The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In a week filled with major retail developments in the region, TMI is very pleased to be featuring two in-depth reports in this issue – one on International Shoppes’ stunning new duty free store in JFK Terminal 1, […]
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International Shoppes transforms new T1 store in JFK to elevate the customer experience
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Starboard’s “Sensory Shopping Journey” on Celebrity Edge includes retail with a purpose for Malala Fund, sustainability and empowerment
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One on One with Brown-Forman’s Marshall Farrer: Bullish on future as TR portfolio generates global growth
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DFASS rebrands as 3Sixty and promises Duty Free and More
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This is Furla’s year in retail, says Americas CEO Scott Link
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Motta Internacional plans for expanded presence in Tocumen’s new Terminal 2 in Panama
Mars ITR & DFS team up at LAX and SFO to celebrate M&M’s Shanghai shop
In a first for the company, Mars Wrigley Confectionery International Travel Retail partnered with the Mars Retail Group and DFS Group in a customized promotion to celebrate the reopening of its flagship M&M’s store in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai M&M’s Chocolate World first opened in 2014 and remains the only one based in Asia. To celebrate the […]
Lindt brings Master Chocolatier to International Shoppes new JFK T1 store
Lindt & Sprüngli Travel Retail is bringing ‘magical moments’ to travelers around the world with the debut of live Lindt Master Chocolatiers in the North American travel retail market. Lindt & Sprüngli Travel Retail helped International Shoppes celebrate the opening of the new store at JFK Airport Terminal One by treating passengers to LINDOR […]
Martin Eurnekian heads ACI World Governing Board
Airports Council International (ACI) World has announced that Martín Eurnekian is the new Chair of the ACI World Governing Board. Eurnekian is the CEO of Corporación América Airports and President of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 and just ended his term as President of the ACI Latin America-Caribbean Region. He has been Vice-Chair of the ACI World […]
International Shoppes transforms new T1 store in JFK to elevate the customer experience
International Shoppes’ transformation of its duty free offer at New York’s JFK Terminal 1 took another giant step forward with the opening of a stunning, upgraded 5,800 sqf liquor, tobacco, confectionery, and luxury store last month, designed to elevate the customer experience to new levels. The new store follows the opening last year of IS’ award-winning […]
Starboard’s “Sensory Shopping Journey” on Celebrity Edge includes retail with a purpose for Malala Fund, sustainability and empowerment
Starboard Cruise Services has revealed a next-level shopping experience aboard Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship, Celebrity Edge. The visionary vessel is set for her maiden voyage, a seven-night sailing on December 9th, from the brand new Terminal 25 in Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Among the many highlights of the inaugural season is the naming ceremony by the […]
Starboard Cruise Services invites guests to “Shop Royally” on Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship
Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship which made her North American debut for Caribbean sailings out of RCL’s new PortMiami Cruise Terminal on November 17, features game-changing duty free shops designed by Starboard Cruise Services. Symphony of the Seas says it is redefining cruise travel with revolutionary new adventures for […]
SSP forms JV with DFA to enter South America with two new contracts in Brazil
Airport food and beverage operator SSP has announced it will be entering the South American travel market for the first time after securing contracts with two of Brazil’s main international airports in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The agreement is a joint venture partnership between SSP and Duty Free Americas (DFA) that is worth […]
Paradies Lagardère closes acquisition of airport restaurateur Hojeij Branded Foods
Paradies Lagardère closed the acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods (HBF), a leading airport restaurateur in North America, on Nov. 20. The acquisition is part of Paradies Lagardère’s strategy to strengthen its position as a major restaurateur in North America airports. Combining the activities of Paradies Lagardère and HBF creates the third-largest operator in the North […]
One on One with Brown-Forman’s Marshall Farrer: Bullish on future as TR portfolio generates global growth
Just weeks after the 2018 TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes, Travel Markets Insider sat down with Marshall Farrer, Brown-Forman’s Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Global Travel Retail & Developed APAC, at the Louisville headquarters of the American Whiskey giant. With Jack Daniel’s leading the way, a growing portfolio of bourbons featuring Woodford Reserve and Old […]
First Brazil border shops could open before year end
Brazil may finally see the opening of its first duty free border stores in December, following the election of Jair Bolsonaro who will succeed Michel Temer as president on January 1. ASUTIL Secretary General Jose Luis Donagaray, in a press briefing held last week, says he expects one or two small operators could open the […]
Edrington sells Cutty Sark to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet
Edrington and La Martiniquaise-Bardinet announced this week that they have concluded an agreement on the sale of the Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky brand. The completion of the transfer to La Martiniquaise is expected within a month. Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky was launched in 1923; Edrington’s association with Cutty Sark stretches back over nine decades to […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 6
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Brazil may finally see the opening of its first duty free border stores in December, following the election of Jair Bolsonaro who will succeed Michel Temer as president on January 1. ASUTIL Secretary […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 5
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. We wish all our American readers the very Happiest of Thanksgiving Holidays, and hope that our friends and colleagues around the world enjoy their own reasons for being thankful. TMI will be closed […]
Sault Ste. Marie Duty Free: Fishing for partners in the North
In TMI’s continuing series on the Gold Standard winners of the Frontier Duty Free Association for 2018, Sault Ste. Marie Duty Free Store nabbed the top Marketing award by taking partnership marketing to a new level in order to increase its day to day customer base. Located on the Canadian side of the International Bridge […]
