Autogrill awarded new retail contract at Houston Intercontinental Airport

Milan, 19 November 2003 - Autogrill, through its subsidiary HMSHost Corporation and joint venture partner Houston 8 Team LLC, awarded a seven-year contract to develop and operate seventeen new and specialty stores at Houston Intercontinental Airport.
The concepts are expected to generate more than US$190 million in revenue over the life of the agreement.
With more than 35 million passengers a year, Houston Intercontinental Airport is the twentieth largest airport world-wide and the twelfth in the USA in terms of passenger traffic.