BALTIMORE – August 28, 2006 – BAA Maryland is pleased to welcome two Olympic News locations (Concourses B and C) to the AIRMALL® at Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport. As part of a joint venture with Hudson Group, who operates Hudson News and Gift locations at BWI, Olympic News will operate six locations in the AIRMALL®. Olympic News, owned and operated locally, will bring approximately 50 new jobs to the airport.
In Concourse B, the 725-sq.-ft. store, outfitted in cherry wood, is designed to gives travelers a quick snapshot of merchandise being offered without ever stepping a foot in the door. From magazines and newspapers to sundries and souvenirs, travelers can quickly find the items they need.
Concourse C houses a 500-sq.-ft. self-enclosed kiosk made of blonde maple. The kiosk offers a variety of candies, soda, newspapers, gifts and more. This location features a plasma television that gives travelers a preview of the magazines offered at Olympic News.
Additional Olympic News locations will open with the continued expansion and redevelopment of the concession program.