The Airline Retail Conference, the most focused networking platform for airline buyers and suppliers, has announced the winners of the inaugural AR Awards Asia Pacific. With Singapore Airlines picking up two awards, other notable winners included DFASS, Scorpio Distributors and Anna Brownell as Airline Retail Personality of the Year.

The awards were announced at the Airline Retail Conference (ARC) Asia Pacific Gala Dinner at The Grand Hyatt hotel in Singapore. The full list of winners voted for by ARC delegates in advance of the conference included:
- Best Airline for Inflight Retail - Singapore Airlines
- Best Airline for Food & Beverage – Singapore Airlines
- Best Inflight Agent or Distributor - Scorpio Distributors
- Best Inflight Concessionaire – DFASS
- Airline Retail Personality of the Year 2012 – Anna Brownell, Inflight Duty Free Manager, Etihad Airways

There were also four further categories, voted for by ballot at ARC in Singapore. The winners of these categories were:
- Best Inflight Product – Retail - Pashma
- Best Inflight Product – Food - Royce' Confection
- Best Inflight Product – Beverage - Patron Spirits International
- Best NEW Inflight Product – Buckley Jewellery London

“I would like to congratulate all our winners and nominees at this year’s AR Awards Asia Pacific,” said Alex Vail, ARC Events Director. “The number of entries we had and the quality of each of the nominees was astounding and we are really proud of the success of the first AR Awards Asia Pacific”.