Port of Seattle

Our Airport Dining and Retail team hosted an Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration at SEA Airport this morning. Travelers enjoyed live performances of music, spoken word, and storytelling by Khu.éex’, a talented local band featuring members of the Tlingit, Haida, and Blackfoot tribes. The Central Terminal showcased a stunning art installation by Indigenous artist Tommy Segundo, and guests savored delicious treats from local Indigenous caterer Liiv for Flavor. Watch a video of the festivities ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gidhjJiu

Introducing Marisa Spencer, a journeyman plumber at the Port. As more women join the trades, Marisa stands as a trailblazer, shattering stereotypes and creating new possibilities. Her journey not only showcases her mastery but also encourages others to follow in her footsteps and thrive in the skilled trades industry.

Tandoori Hut, a small family-run Indian restaurant, has been serving the Seattle community since 2010. They specialize in vegetarian Indian cuisine, prepared using traditional spices and slow cooking methods. Over the years, cruise ship passengers and tourists have added to the success of their business. Watch this video to learn more ⬇️

Commissioner Sam Cho, alongside Executive Director Stephen P. Metruck, recently represented the Port at the Busan International Port Conference. Commissioner Cho highlighted the importance of successful collaboration in advancing shared sustainability objectives and fostering innovative solutions.

At the biennial Open Doors Organization "Universal Access in Aviation 2024" Conference this year, Heather Karch, Aviation Facilities and Infrastructure Architecture Manager, received the prestigious Disability Access Professional Award. This accolade recognizes Heather's contributions to advancing accessibility and equity within the travel and tourism industry. Heather's achievements and leadership in this arena have been recognized throughout the industry and in her role in Aviation Facilities. She has had a deliberate and impactful role in the SEA Airport journey towards becoming the "most accessible airport". Congratulations Heather!

We’re thrilled to welcome nonstop service between SEA and Manila on Philippine Airlines. Washington state is home to one of the nation’s largest Filipino populations and this has been one of our most frequently requested routes. Passengers can travel to MNL on three weekly nonstop flights on the airline’s Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. https://lnkd.in/gvJXjQxr

Next up in our volunteer spotlight series -- meet Will Crawford, Senior Environmental Management Specialist. He volunteered the Wednesday after Labor Day and was stationed at the Information Desk between the International Arrivals Facility and the A Concourse. Here are a couple of his favorite stories: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘈𝘍 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘰. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵.” “𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘌𝘈. 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

Something special has surfaced at SEA Airport! Check out the Jordan Eberle bobblehead by the Information Desk near Checkpoint 3 and gear up for an exciting new season of Seattle Kraken hockey with the home opener on Oct. 8! 🦑🏒 https://lnkd.in/gSRQG3KQ

Next up in our volunteer spotlight series — meet Susan Spadoni, one of our superstar regular airport volunteers. Susan has volunteered at SEA for nearly three years, starting when the volunteer program restarted post COVID. She spent 30 years travelling for work, and now she’s able to use her extensive experience traveling out of SEA and other airports to help make travelers’ experience easier and more welcoming.  “𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 ‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?’ ‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦?’ ‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳?’ 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 90 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.” Here are a few of her favorite interactions with travelers: “𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘈3 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘈2. 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘐𝘋, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”

Experience the magic of SEA Airport’s art collection! 🎨 Come explore the airport’s stunning glass collection with our public art program team on Thursday, Oct. 17. Discover works by talented PNW artists Cable Griffith, Weston Lambert, and Metz&Chew.