Travel Markets Insider’s Lois Pasternak had the opportunity to speak with René Riedi, chief executive officer of Dufry’s Latin America division and Cyrille Beauviche, Dufry’s Divisional Commercial Director, Latin America & Caribbean, during the inauguration of Dufry’s Lima Duty Free store in August. The two executives discussed some of the challenges faced by Lima Airport […]
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Tourists ignore Puerto Rico’s economic woes and flock to the island
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Santa Clara, first Cuba destination for U.S. jet service, relatively untouched by tourism
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Going Grey: The impact of the parallel market in the duty free spirits channel
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Duty Free Americas – now second largest TR retailer in Brazil – opens store in São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
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Dufry welcomes new world class shopping at Lima Duty Free
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Peace Bridge Duty Free retains duty free concession
Rouge Carib expands in Grenada with airport, mall and port stores
Since Buenos Aires-based Perfumerias Rouge announced it was expanding into the Caribbean and launched its first stores in Grand Cayman in July of last year, it has opened new stores on four islands and is on track to deliver 15 stores within the first two years. And these are not just any stores. Rouge is […]
Tourists ignore Puerto Rico’s economic woes and flock to the island
Story and photos by Larry Luxner As politicians gear up for a gubernatorial election dominated by Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis and Washington’s approval of a control board to supervise the island’s finances, tourism offers a rare glimmer of hope for the troubled commonwealth, even as it chafes under the weight of the island’s $68 […]
The 20 year saga of Carnival’s quest to cruise to Cuba
Carnival Corporation & plc made history on March 21, 2016 when it announced that the Cuban government had granted approval for the company to begin travel to Cuba. On May 1, Carnival’s newest cruise brand, Fathom, began seven-day cruises every other week from Miami to Cuba onboard the 704-passenger MV Adonia, visiting the historic […]
Santa Clara, first Cuba destination for U.S. jet service, relatively untouched by tourism
Story and photos by Larry Luxner SANTA CLARA, Cuba — On Aug. 31, JetBlue became the first airline to offer direct commercial jet service between the United States and Cuba, when its Flight 387 from Fort Lauderdale touched down at Santa Clara’s Abel Santamaría International Airport. The flight, marked with melodramatic speeches, water-cannon salutes, ribbon […]
Going Grey: The impact of the parallel market in the duty free spirits channel
Is grey market distribution – trading outside authorized channels – an inherent part of international business, particularly in the spirits industry? And is the duty free channel – where so many mullti-national companies have a huge flow of products trading all around the globe – an integral player in this trans-border system? Does grey market […]
Loch Lomond Group launches GTR exclusive collection
Independent distiller Loch Lomond Group has brought on industry veteran Andre de Almeida as Managing Director for Global Travel Retail to develop its duty free and travel retail business worldwide. De Almeida joins Loch Lomond from William Grant & Sons where he was European Travel Retail Director. “Travel Retail is definitely an important channel for […]
Nestle and KITKAT “Celebrate the Breakers” with airport campaign
Nestle International Travel Retail is inviting traveler’s to take a break and share it with KITKAT in an expanded version of last year’s “Celebrate the Breakers” KITKAT campaign in key airports around the world. Under the new theme of “However you break it, SHARE IT,” NITR has set up KITKAT red dedicated brand spaces featuring […]
Revlon Introduces three new travel exclusives at Cannes
Revlon, has unveiled three new makeup sets to add to its travel retail exclusive portfolio, which it will be showing at this year’s TFWA World Exhibition (Stand Location: Yellow Village, A13). Following the worldwide success of the Revlon Ultra HD Lipstick exclusive set, the brand is launching the Revlon Ultra HD Gel Lipcolor Bonus Pack. […]
Bacardi GTR sees major uplift from Leblon cachaça campaign in Brazil
Bacardi Global Travel Retail featured Leblon ultra-premium cachaça in a major airport campaign at Rio Galeao and Sao Paulo Airports during the Olympics in August. The activation formed part of #liveloveleblon, a cross-market campaign designed to raise awareness and trial of Leblon and its signature Caipirinha cocktail. The airport campaign ran across five different locations […]
Paul & Shark celebrates 40 years with unique designer collaboration
Luxury Italian lifestyle brand Paul & Shark is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year by sponsoring TFWA’s first Regatta, taking place on Sunday, October 3 in the Bay of Cannes. “We wanted to do something special in Cannes this year which would relate directly to the Paul & Shark brand,” explains Worldwide Travel Retail Director […]
Cross’ new pen destroys AK47s
A.T. Cross is using the power of the pen to help stop gun violence in war-torn regions of Africa. Partnering with social good company Fonderie 47, Cross is launching the Peerless Fonderie 47 Collector’s–Edition Rollerball Pen, which is made in part from AK47 assault rifles. In addition, each Peerless Fonderie 47 Collector’s-Edition Roller-ball Pen purchased funds the destruction […]
Scotch whisky struggles to hold on in The IWSR Travel Retail Top 100
With 27 of The IWSR’s Travel Retail Top 100 brands, Scotch whisky had the most brands of any single category, although half of these Scotch brands reported declines in 2015. Some malt Scotch whiskies, such as Edrington’s The Macallan, Diageo’s The Singleton, Beam Suntory’s Laphroaig and William Grant’s The Balvenie – were able to buck […]
Outbound Chinese tourists spent $215 billion in travel in 2015
Mainland Chinese tourists spent $215 billion traveling abroad in 2015, 53% more than in 2014, according to a report on travel and tourism from the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) last week. Chinese spending accounted for 17% of all consumption by international customers, said the report. More than 120 million Chinese tourists made overseas trips […]
Carnival Corp. Cruise JV in China signs MOA for first new cruise ships built in China for Chinese market
Carnival Corp. & plc announced last Friday that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of agreement (MOA) to order the industry’s first new cruise ships built in China for the Chinese market. The MOA is subject to several conditions including closing of the joint venture, financing and other key terms. As part of the new MOA, […]
