The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News: As we get set to send out this issue of TMI, we received notice that JFKIAT, the operator of Terminal 4 at JFK International Airport in New York, has named Roel Huinink as its new CEO. Huinink will replace Gert-Jan […]
-
Essence Corp.: 30 years of partnership, community engagement and “Giving Back”
-
ABCD: Torben V Andersen – “Mr. DANZKA” – bids the Americas a fond farewell as he attends his final Orlando
-
DFA opens first U. S. Polo Ralph Lauren airport shop in MIA
-
Diageo GTR opens luxury spirits shop at DFW with DFASS
-
Diageo Global Travel and DFA open first Johnnie Walker Store in the Americas at MIA
-
Dufry opens 7 stores in Cancun Airport’s new T4; unveils first New Generation store in Latin America
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 19 No. 29
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Congratulations to Edrington Travel Retail Americas for a spectacular effort to raise funds to help rebuild Puerto Rico. The Edrington TRA team, together with friends, family and industry colleagues, held a 100-mile bike relay from […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 19 No. 28
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Thank you to all who attended the WiTR networking cocktail event in Orlando during the Summit of the Americas, and to all those companies who donated so generously to our raffle and silent […]
Essence Corp.: 30 years of partnership, community engagement and “Giving Back”
When you start a business, your goal is to make money. Be successful. Excel in the field. But a rare few rise above the dollars and cents aspect of commerce to become something much more—a vitally engaged and giving member of its community. Essence Corp., the family-owned distributor/agent of fine fragrances and cosmetics headed by […]
Artco Group showcases new Caribbean stores
Artco Group, the Miami-based specialist store planners, designers and manufacturers of customer millwork and store fixtures, has been providing store designs for the duty free and travel retail industry for the past 30 years, always staying ahead of the retail trend. The company created some striking new stores in the Caribbean this past year, and […]
Starboard Cruise Services unveils the new Retail Reality at SeaTrade Cruise Global 2018
Global cruise retailer Starboard Cruise Services will commemorate its 60-year legacy with a number of innovative new retail concepts on four new cruise ships in 2018. Under the leadership of President and CEO Beth Neumann, Starboard continues to bring new retail design, unique entertainment experiences, and exceptional guest hospitality to the cruise industry. “Shopping must […]
SeaTrade Global addresses potential, challenges and responsibilities of a booming cruise industry
Earlier this month, the 2018 SeaTrade Cruise Global event gathered 11,000 of the world’s top cruise line and port executives to discover the latest destinations, maritime innovations and cruise news. Kicking off the four-day event was a two-part State of the Global Cruise Industry panel discussion, moderated by Peter Greenberg of CBS News, where executives […]
George Sternberg to retire
Waldemar Behn has announced that George Sternberg, its U.S. broker for almost a decade, has decided to retire. “We thank George and Katrin for their invaluable support and friendship and wish them all the best for the future,” says Torben V. Vedel Andersen, Global Sales Director. George’s extensive career included long stints at Seagram, […]
Top Brands International enters St. Thomas market with duty free concession at the historic A.H.Riise Mall
Panamanian company Top Brands International continues to power ahead with its expansion strategy in the Americas, and announces an important new retail concession contract with the owners of the A.H.Riise Mall in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Danny Yohoros, President of Top Brands International, tells TMI that his company will be operating more than 6,000 […]
Grand Duty Free flourishes under new ownership in the Cayman Islands
The Grand Duty Free store in downtown George Town, Grand Cayman, was opened under new ownership in July 2017, and continues to offer a range of exclusivities on the upscale tourism island. One year after introducing the high-end Swiss skincare brand Valmont, offering facials and other treatments in the only instore cabin on the […]
Rouge hits milestones in Grenada and St. Thomas with more store openings
Rouge Caribe is celebrating two major milestones so far this year as it continues to expand in the Caribbean. One month prior to the Summit of the Americas the aggressively growing duty free operator opened its first stores in 3,000 sq. feet of new space on the second level of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport. […]
ABCD: Torben V Andersen – “Mr. DANZKA” – bids the Americas a fond farewell as he attends his final Orlando
The Summit of the Americas in Orlando, March 2018 will be my good-bye to the Americas Duty Free and Domestic trade after many years of fantastic events and experiences. My debut was back in 1989 at the last IAADFS show held at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. Those days I worked with Hiram Walker together […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 19 No. 27
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. As the new year progresses, some major personnel changes are taking place in the travel retail channel. It is with sadness that we learn that Andreas Fehr is retiring from Mondelez World Travel Retail after 24 […]
WTDC evolves to better serve Free Trade Zone inventory management
WTDC, a Foreign Trade Zone and Logistics company specializing in inventory management for the duty free and travel retail industry, now oversees FTZ inventory management for some of the largest portfolios in the Spirits industry. When WTDC president and CEO Sean P. Gazitua first visited the IAADFS Duty Free show in 2013, he was focused […]
Intrepid Spirits debut three fun spirits brands with storied pasts
Ireland’s Intrepid Spirits has the perfect brands to round out the spirits sections of duty free stores throughout the Americas, says Jeremy Toettcher, Intrepid’s Regional Director Latin America. Intrepid’s premium to ultra-premium spirits portfolio consists of three unique and authentic brands: Cocalero, a South American herbal spirit that is one of the fastest-growing spirit brands […]
