DISC to distribute Sazerac spirits portfolio in select Caribbean domestic markets

Sazerac Company Inc. and Distribution Spirits Company LLC (DISC) have announced a distribution partnership for select Caribbean domestic markets. “To ensure our continued success and growth of our brands, we have appointed DISC as our new strategic distribution partner for the following markets in the Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin […]

Seatrade Cruise partners with The Moodie Davitt Report for dedicated retail conference in Miami in April 

Seatrade Cruise Global, the premier annual gathering of the cruise industry worldwide, is partnering with The Moodie Davitt Report to host a dedicated retail day at its 2024 event in Miami. The event runs from April 8-11 at The Miami Beach Convention Center with the retail sessions taking place at the same venue on the morning and […]

F&B@SEA 2024 Conference program- an interactive experience for cruise F&B professionals to explore

F&B@Sea, Seatrade Global’s focus on cruise food and beverage, has unveiled details of its 2024 conference program. F&B@Sea will take place at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center in Miami, FL from April 10-11, 2024 to explore the latest trends and innovations shaping the future of cruise F&B. The conference sessions will examine evolving consumer trends, the […]

Sol de Janeiro brings the Samba spirit to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo airports with celebration of the Carnival of Brazil 

L’OCCITANE Group Travel Retail is set to unleash the dynamic and exuberant spirit of the Carnival of Brazil at both Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo airports with its Brazilian-inspired, premium beauty brand, Sol de Janeiro. As the iconic annual Brazilian festival kicks off across the country from the beginning of February, Sol de Janeiro […]

Brown-Forman unveils GTR exclusive Benriach Triple Distilled 25 Years Old

Brown-Forman has announced the GTR exclusive launch of Benriach Triple Distilled 25 Years Old, limited to only 1,000 9L cases. The Benriach Triple Distilled 25 Years Old joins the exclusive Brown-Forman GTR lineup, alongside core variants like Triple Distilled 10 Years Old, Quarter Cask, and Smoky Quarter Cask. Stéphane Morizet, Marketing Director GTR at Brown-Forman, […]

Four Pillars sets sights on global market with newly appointed international team

Multi-award-winning Australian craft gin brand Four Pillars has appointed three international leads across the business: Head of Asia, Karan Tuli; Head of EMEA, Ellie Nash; and Head of the Americas, Jen Bailey. Led by ex-Bacardi and twenty-year industry veteran, David Hogan as the Four Pillars GTR & International Director, the new recruits round out the […]

Rise Brand Partners to distribute Metallica’s Blackened Whiskey in GTR

Rise Brand Partners, a boutique multi-channel and multi-category curator of luxury brands, has entered a distribution agreement with Blackened Whiskey, a collaboration by Metallica and Master Distiller & Blender Rob Dietrich.  Rise Brand Partners will distribute Blackened for travel retail in the Americas, Europe, the Caribbean, and select Latin American Countries. The makers of Blackened […]

Brown-Forman launches Herradura Legend into GTR with pop-up at Mexico City Airport

Brown-Forman has announced the successful introduction of Herradura Legend into Global Travel Retail, with the launch with a pop-up flagship at Mexico City airport. The activation was remarkably successful, resulting into a high consumer demand for this unique product, says the company. The specially designed pop-up space in cooperation with Avolta Duty Free invited travelers […]

Holland America Line selects exclusive Buffalo Trace Premium Barrel

Holland America Line’s beverage program is introducing an exclusive single barrel select bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery. This premium offering, curated by Sazerac Master Blender Drew Mayville and Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame inductee Freddie Johnson, will be available fleet-wide in March while supplies last. Mayville, an avid Holland America Line cruiser, endorsed the cruise line for […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 4

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here  to the Falic Family Foundation and Duty Free Americas along with their charity partner, the Miami Dolphins football team, who together with their suppliers, vendors, distributors and colleagues in the Americas, again raised one million dollars for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami […]

International Shoppes opens interactive boutique for The Macallan Colour Collection at JFK T1

Edrington Global Travel Retail has partnered with International Shoppes to open an immersive pop-up at JFK Terminal 1 featuring the newly launched global travel retail exclusive The Macallan Colour Collection.  The nearly 800 sq ft. JFK Terminal 1 Macallan Pop Up Space which opened in September 2023 is fully personalized to create a memorable encounter of The Macallan brand and Colour Collection. It will remain open […]