Reflecting on my first year as Hudson's CEO, it has been an honor to help lead Hudson into the next era as we continue to evolve the travel retail experience. I am fortunate to have been part of Hudson's rich 30+ year history serving as the industry travel retail leader, and I am proud to lead the company in its transformation from being a travel retail pioneer to leading travel concessionaire.
As I look back on 2019, while we faced several challenges outside of our control, we accomplished much in the year. Thanks to the unwavering dedication of our team, we continued to win new and extend existing contracts, added exciting new brands to our portfolio, and expanded our footprint.
Reached record full year turnover of $1.95 billion, 1.5% year-over-year increase. Delivered 1.4% organic sales growth
Announced a partnership and license agreement with Joe & The Juice, a Scandinavian juice bar and coffee shop phenomenon
Opened a location at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) as part of the Company's accelerated food and beverage expansion
Announced agreement to acquire a controlling stake in the assets of food & beverage operator OHM Concession Group, accelerating expansion into food & beverage service
Acquired the airport store assets for Brookstone, adding a strong, well-known and trusted brand to specialty retail portfolio
Added new markets with RFP wins in Indianapolis International Airport and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport
Launched new local concepts including "Empire on Fifth" and "Holidays by Hudson"
Hudson operates airport stores for many of the world's most prestigious brands, including Tumi, Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, FAO Schwarz and most recently, Brookstone, which are designed seamlessly to reflect each brand's identity, from store design to customer service. These stores are operated by our employees and provide travelers with the same experience as the flagship locations. In order to best meet the needs of each airport's customer demographic, we design these stores as standalone concepts or integrate them as a shop-in-shop in our general travel convenience stores, which exist in both duty free and duty paid store concepts.
Hudson also operates a diversified portfolio of proprietary specialty brands including Tech on the Go, 5th & Sunset, Ink by Hudson, among others. These stores are located in airports, transportation terminals, and hotels throughout the continental United States and Canada, in locations where we see a strong potential for a store to carry a broad product range tied to a specific theme. The key to operating successful proprietary brands is to cater to the needs and wants of travelers. Tech on the Go, for example, has been highly successful at providing customers with a one stop shop for all of their tech needs.
Our food & beverage portfolio is comprised of roughly 50 quick-service, casual dining and coffee concepts, including Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Quiznos, Jason's Deli, and Pinkberry. Strengthening our F&B offerings, in 2019, we announced an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in the assets of food & beverage concessions operator OHM Concession Group, which accelerates our expansion into food & beverage service. With OHM, we've added new food & beverage capabilities to our business, including full-service, fast casual, sports restaurants and fine dining locations and notable brands like Chick-fil-A, Wolfgang Puck, Einstein Bagels and Jamba Juice, perfectly complementing our QSR and grab & go expertise. Food & beverage is a growing business in airports, and we see an enormous whitespace opportunity for us to expand in this category.
Throughout the United States and Canada, we offer a wide range of traditional retail products for travelers under the duty free banners of Dufry, World Duty Free and Nuance. Our stores are often designed to direct the entire passenger flow through the store, also referred to as "walkthrough" stores, that allow travelers to explore our products we sell without needing to deviate from their way to and from the gate. As the majority of passengers in the U.S. are domestic, we also promote awareness that domestic passengers can buy in duty free shops despite only traveling domestically.
Our travel essentials and convenience stores consistently offer items that appeal to the wants and needs of passengers. As one of the premier operators in this category, we provide travelers with both a nationally and locally-curated product assortment, which includes a wide variety of healthy grab & go meals and snacks, portable electronics, travel essentials and accessories, gifts and souvenirs, reading materials and more. Our award-winning Hudson concept is not only trusted by travelers but is also known for being well organized and easy to shop. We continued to expand our proprietary grab & go branded products - "Traveler's Best". The Hudson branded concept includes over 30 fresh food combinations, including sandwiches, wraps, salads and meats & cheese platters all sold in highly visible coolers to draw customers into our stores. We also continue to develop our transactional capabilities including self check-out, mobile wallet options, and tap & go technology to evolve with changing customer needs and demographics.