Eddy Duquenne, CEO of Kinepolis Group, received at CinemaCon, the biggest event for the cinema industry in the world, the award for best cinema exhibitor worldwide. The award is a worldwide recognition for the experience Kinepolis offers its customers. Kinepolis wants to offer moviegoers 'the ultimate movie experience' and aspires to be the best in cinema operations, marketing and real estate management, the three pillars of its strategic model. 

The Kinepolis CEO received the prestigious award at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Eddy Duquenne was very honoured with the international recognition and dedicated the award to his team of 1,800 employees.

Together with Joost Bert, CEO next to Eddy Duquenne and representative of the reference shareholders, Duquenne heralded a new approach these last 6 years through his strong management vision. Under their management, the company performed exceptionally well and achieved considerable growth in spite of the stagnating cinema attendance.

This was made possible by making improvements in the business process and diversifying the turnover. Duquenne targeted customer focus and innovation, resulting in high-tempo digitisation and mobile ticketing. He ensured an optimal use of the real estate, an expansion of the B2B activities, film distribution and advertising in the theatres, but also underlined sustainability and the development of a self-learning organisation. 

Thanks to an innovative theatre and movie concept, which serves as an example worldwide, the 23 Kinepolis cinemas welcomed more than 18 million visitors in 2013.

The entire Kinepolis team, the Board of Directors and the Bert family want to congratulate their CEO Eddy Duquenne for winning this prestigious award.

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