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New Horizons Cafe Bar

12th February 2008

12 February 2008

Coventry Airport enhances its facilities for passengers

with new Horizons Café Bar and Restaurant

Coventry Airport has signed a three-year contract with Nuneaton-based Skypartners to manage and run its new Horizons café, a development that will further enhance the airport experience for departing travellers.

Skypartners, which operates the existing facilities at Coventry Airport, has commenced the new contract with immediate effect. A brand new landside Horizons Café Bar and Restaurant will be developed over the coming months, as well as a new Destinations Buy & Fly retail outlet, incorporating newspapers and magazines, travel pharmaceuticals, fragrances and cosmetics, a duty free range, electrical, fashion, toys and more. Skypartners will also design new airside catering and retail facilities.

The cafés will offer a wide variety of hot and cold food and an extensive range of beverages, including beers, wines and spirits, in a relaxed atmosphere. For the departing holidaymaker it will provide the perfect opportunity to start to unwind and for the business traveller, Horizons will offer refreshments around the clock with a range of reading material, plus confectionary and gifts.

Skypartners’ new facilities are part of a much bigger development programme being implemented at the airport. During the past year the management has put in place an extensive forward thinking development plan. To date almost £10m has been invested in improvements to the Midlands’ airport. The management team remains confident that it will get the necessary approval to go ahead with the construction of a new terminal, which will increase the capacity for passenger throughput from 0.98 million to two million passengers per annum.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to further develop our excellent working relationship with Skypartners and to expand and upgrade the catering facilities available to our passengers,” said Chris Orphanou, Coventry Airport’s CEO. “We are keen to improve our amenities wherever possible to make Coventry the airport of choice for passengers and airline partners alike.”

“We are especially pleased to have renewed the contract to run the catering and dining services for Coventry Airport, as it’s where we began our operations three years ago,” said Skypartners’ Managing Director Marc Bond. “Passengers will really notice the difference when they fly, whether they want a quick cappuccino or a hearty hot meal. We will continue to work with Midlands’ suppliers and as with all our Horizons outlets, this one will be staffed and managed locally.”

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Note to Editors:

• Coventry Airport was first opened in 1936 and recommenced passenger operations in March 2004. The airport is now used by nearly 700,000 passengers per annum, from Coventry, Leamington, and surrounding areas. The freehold is owned by Coventry City Council. Both Warwick District Council and Coventry City Council backed the application to permit the airport to fly two million passengers per annum.

• Coventry Airport is wholly owned by Howard Holdings plc

Howard Holdings plc

• In less than 30 years, Howard Holdings plc has become one of Europe’s most respected and successful developers, combining imagination and advanced construction technology with some of the most experienced professionals to shape distinctive landscapes across the Continent.

• From residential to retail, office to leisure, airports to hotels, Howard Holdings plc has built a reputation for ambition, trust, passion, diversity and delivering visionary developments which influence the way people live, work and relax.

• Currently €4 billion (Euro) of investments and developments in hand throughout Europe, many in partnership with local, regional and national authorities, partner developers, individuals and institutional investors.

• A dynamic board lead by industry specialists Greg Coughlan. Brendan Murtagh, Brian Madden and Stephen Webster, has combined entrepreneurial zeal with prudent financial management to create a powerful market force.

Skypartners

• Skypartners’ cafés and restaurants offer an extensive selection of snacks and home cooked meals with an emphasis on quality and value. The company can produce anything from food ‘on the go’ to a full sit-down dining experience. Skypartners has expertise in designing and building facilities to suit all requirements, coupled with 20 years’ experience in the licensed trade. Skypartners has run the Max Beans café at Coventry Airport since March 2004 and also runs the Horizons café at Newquay Cornwall Airport and a Max Beans café and in-flight catering unit at Blackpool where a Horizons café is also being developed.

Sue Lindsay Helen Stevens

Marketing & PR Manager Emerald Media

Coventry Airport T. 01962 736600

T: 02476 308681 helen@emeraldmedia.co.uk

M: 07904 639101

slindsay@coventryairport.co.uk

www.coventryairport.co.uk

Media Enquiries Contact: Sue Lindsay +44 (0) 2476 308681

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