Lancôme has unveiled a new feminine fragrance, Idôle, which Françoise Lehmann, Lancôme Global Brand President, said is created for a new generation of women. American actress, singer, and fashion authority Zendaya Coleman is the face of the new fragrance. The former Disney Channel-star was announced as a Lancôme ambassadress last March. Idôle, a musky chypre […]
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Peace Bridge Duty Free celebrates reopening after major renovation
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Colm McLoughlin honored for 50 year career milestone in the Duty Free Industry
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TFWA ASIA PACIFIC EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE REVIEW Despite roaring success of TR in Asia, Maingreaud warns channel must remain relevant
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3Sixty celebrates grand opening of the first 3Sixty Duty Free More store at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
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SeaTrade Global examines onboard retail sales at first Cruise Innovation session
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One on One with Rene Riedi, Division CEO Central and South America for Dufry
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Travel Markets Insider: One on One with Gregg Paradies, president and CEO, Paradies Lagardère
The Estée Lauder Companies promotes Sara E. Moss to newly created role of Vice Chairman
The Estée Lauder Companies continues to build on its legacy as a family company founded by a woman, for women, by promoting Sara E. Moss to the newly created role of Vice Chairman. Moss is currently Executive Vice President and General Counsel and will continue in her role until a successor is named at a […]
Natalie’s Candy Jar opens new location at Orlando International Airport
Natalie’s Candy Jar has opened a new location at Orlando International in the Main Terminal, as it continues to expand its presence at MCO with a refreshed new look. The new store reflects Natalie’s new design that the company says provides a sophisticated, fun atmosphere well-suited for the traveling public, reports Natalie’s Managing Partner, Cielo […]
Nigel Keal elected new President of ETRC
The European Travel Retail Confederation has elected Nigel Keal as President. Keal, Global Commercial Director for Dufry, has been a member of the Managing Board of ETRC since 2017. He replaces Frank O’Connell, who stepped down as ETRC President but continues in his role as President of the Duty Free World Council (DFWC). Keal comments: […]
IATA: air passenger demand stays solid but growth trend slows
Global passenger traffic results for May rose 4.5% compared to the same month in 2018, reports the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest analysis. This was in line with the revised April traffic growth of 4.4% and above the recent 3.1% year-on-year growth recorded in March. However, growth remains below the 20-year average […]
Travel Trends Index: U.S. domestic, international demand expected to drag over next six months
Travel to and within the U.S. grew 3.2% year-over-year in May, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index (TTI). This marks the industry’s 113th straight month of overall expansion. While this is up slightly from April’s 3.0% overall growth, the Leading Travel Index (LTI) predicts travel growth will soften through November 2019 […]
Pillitteri Estates Winery, official wine supplier for the Canadian Olympic Committee, releases “Team Canada” Wine
Pillitteri Estates Winery, which entered into a partnership with the Canadian Olympic Team and the Canadian Olympic Committee to produce a special branded Pillitteri wine for Team Canada and the “be Olympic” movement, held a special ceremony last month for the release of the “Team Canada” wine. Pillitteri and the Canadian Olympic Committee worked closely […]
Luxottica and Scuderia Ferrari Watches race into Montreal with Aer Rianta International in cross-category initiative
Luxottica Group and Scuderia Ferrari Watches, designed, manufactured and distributed worldwide by Movado Group, Inc., have partnered with Aer Rianta International to host a traffic-stopping motor sport-themed cross-category promotion at Montréal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Through this collaboration, a first for all three parties, The Loop Duty Free store hosted a retailtainment activation coinciding […]
Canadian duty free sales drop in March
Canadian airport sales were down 10% in March 2019 with land border sales dropping 2.76%, according to the latest statistics provided by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). However, airport sales for the first three months of the year are up 4.39% versus the January-March period in 2018. Land border sales fell 1.14% for the […]
Peace Bridge Duty Free celebrates reopening after major renovation
Peace Bridge Duty Free held the grand re-opening of its newly renovated duty free store on July 10 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration attended by dozens of partners and customers. The updated store, which is nearly 18,000 sqf in size, took nearly a year of construction to complete. By working on one half of […]
Top Brands International buys Neutral Duty Free
Panamanian company Top Brands International has just announced that it has acquired Neutral Duty Free, the largest duty free chain in Uruguay, employing more than 500 staff across its nine locations. No financial details were released. With this acquisition, Top Brands surges to become one of the largest duty free operators in the region, with […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 32
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 key news story that broke today, Panama-based Top Brands International announced that it has acquired Neutral Duty Free, the largest duty free chain in Uruguay. No financial details were released. With this acquisition, Top Brands surges to […]
Dominican Republic ticket sales down, but air travel to other Caribbean destinations swells
Air travel distribution and intelligence company Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) says that the Dominican Republic’s (D.R.) tourism crisis is diverting more visitors to Mexico and other Caribbean destinations. ARC reports that air ticket purchases made in the U.S. from June 1-23, 2019 for travel to the D.R. fell 10% when compared to the same period […]
Diageo goes to four corners of Scotland with Johnnie Walker Black Label Origin Series
Diageo is releasing a new series of Johnnie Walker whiskies exclusively in global travel retail before rolling the range out in domestic markets in October. The limited edition Johnnie Walker Black Label Origin Series is a collection of four, 12-year-old blended Scotch whiskies, each of which honors a different whisky producing region in Scotland. Each […]
Lisa Bauer named President and CEO of Starboard
Starboard Cruise Services has named travel and cruise industry veteran Lisa Bauer as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 18. She will be based out of Starboard’s Miami headquarters and report to Toni Belloni, Group Managing Director of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who is based in the LVMH Paris head-quarters. Bauer will oversee […]
