Regional distribution company Duty Free Dynamics continues to expand its product portfolio, debuting new and unique categories for the Americas Travel Retail channel. This week the innovative company has unveiled its first brand in the Writing & Arts category, with the announcement that it has added Faber-Castell products to its portfolio. Faber-Castell is one of […]
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Toorank’s Coppa Cocktails ready to dominate RTD category
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Penderyn: from Wales to the world
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Essence Corp stays connected with the latest social media tools
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SeaTrade goes virtual for 2020 and focuses on health, safety, sustainability and optimism
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Island Companies seeking exceptional luxury partners for Cayman’s unique high-end clientele
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ARI’s Jackie McDonagh: “Treat every customer like gold”
“Travel Retail will come back” Beam Suntory commits to GTR channel
Beam Suntory Global Travel Retail’s appointment this month of Phil Restall as General Manager of Travel Retail was the next step in its transformation of its global operating model. In the works for a while, the evolution of its travel retail business was sped up by COVID-19, Restall tells TMI. “At Beam Suntory, we have […]
Toorank’s Coppa Cocktails ready to dominate RTD category
After spending a decade perfecting Coppa Cocktails, and redesigning the bottle and packaging, the time is right for Toorank’s Coppa Cocktails to dominate the Ready-To-Drink market. Toorank CEO Natal da Graca tells TMI that even as COVID-19 devastates on-premise and travel retail markets around the world, his company’s ambition is to create a global brand. […]
Penderyn: from Wales to the world
Penderyn Whisky is not just another scotch, Penderyn Distillery CEO Stephen Davies tells TMI. The whisky from Wales has a unique story to tell and a one of a kind still which together help fuel the company’s ambitions to grow the brand around the world. “We are certainly not another whisky from Scotland and not […]
Essence Corp stays connected with the latest social media tools
Duty free stores may be closed and travel halted but Miami-based distribution company Essence Corp is more connected than ever to its customers, its brands, its Beauty Advisors and even consumers. The renowned beauty company that represents such brands as Versace, Rituals, Hermès, the whole Interparfums portfolio, and many other global marques, has ramped up […]
New border shops open in Brazil despite slowdown
Border store openings in Brazil slowed down towards the end of 2019 when the Brazilian economy stagnated and did not advance in line with expectations. The pandemic clearly made the situation much worse for all operators and business was non-existent during the second quarter of this year. As of the beginning of the third quarter, […]
Latin America sees first hints of recovery from COVID-19 shut downs
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Latin America at the end of February this year. Initially, cases were few and far between and the speedy introduction of lockdowns and border closings by most governments helped control the spread of the virus. But in the second quarter of the year Brazil swiftly became one of the worst […]
SeaTrade goes virtual for 2020 and focuses on health, safety, sustainability and optimism
One of the biggest items of news that that came out of the 2020 SeaTrade Cruise Virtual Experience that began on Oct. 5, was the announcement by Cruise Lines International Association President and CEO Kelly Craighead that all of the organization’s members worldwide had agreed to 100% testing of passengers and crew for COVID-19 prior […]
Island Companies seeking exceptional luxury partners for Cayman’s unique high-end clientele
Cayman Islands-based Island Companies Ltd. is on a crusade to show the luxury world the value of the destination’s unique high net worth visitors. The sophisticated Caribbean island, known as a leading international financial center, hosts an enviable roster of both long-term tourists staying in such top-line 5-star hotels as The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman with […]
ARI’s Jackie McDonagh: “Treat every customer like gold”
Since Aer Rianta International reopened The Loop international store at YUL Montréal- Trudeau International Airport in July, passenger traffic has not picked up to the level that was expected. Fewer passengers means that sales are low, only a fraction of what they had been before the coronavirus pandemic brought global travel to a stand-still and […]
2020 Travel Markets Insider October/November Special Edition
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 34
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. The news that U.S. President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning was devastating on many levels, but it had an immediate impact on the beleaguered cruise industry. Cruise line representatives and the White […]
Nestlé offers consumer-driven innovation in response to COVID challenges
Nestlé International Travel Retail (NITR) remains committed to the confectionery category in travel retail and continues to invest in measures to drive industry growth despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on travel. In an online media briefing in September, NITR general manager Stewart Dryburgh and Marketing Manager Tamara Spada said the company […]
Mars Wrigley ITR to simplify portfolio and introduce more value to drive category sales in ‘21
Mars Wrigley International Travel Retail is gearing up for recovery in travel retail with a tight range of power SKUs representing the highest selling products from its travel retail portfolio. Raghav Rekhi, Category Director Mars Wrigley ITR, reported that the company will be significantly simplifying its travel retail portfolio in 2021. Since 9% of the travel […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 33
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. This week’s issue delivers more evidence that the industry is slowly emerging from lock-down as it examines new ways to move forward in a world still defined by the coronavirus pandemic. CANADA/FDFA By […]
