“2024 is going to be the year of duty free for Shanky’s Whip,” Daniel Bras, Export Director at spirits creator, importer and distributor Biggar & Leith tells TMI. Shanky’s Whip, an Irish whiskey infused with natural vanilla and caramel, is the number one brand for Biggar & Leith, with domestic success in almost eighty countries […]
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Tea Forté brings the luxury tea tasting experience to airport travel retail
Global luxury tea brand Tea Forté is escalating its efforts in the travel retail channel, pushing its presence in key markets to the next level under Miami-based ACTIUM. The agency was appointed as Tea Forté’s exclusive representative for Travel Retail World Wide and Latin America and Caribbean domestic markets last February. Tea Forté is all […]
Actium adds Amaro Montenegro and Aperitivo Select to Beverage Division
Miami-based Actium Group has expanded its Beverage Division by adding the Gruppo Montenegro brand’s Amaro Montenegro and Aperitivo Select to its portfolio. The company will represent the brands for the domestic and travel retail channels in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in North America Travel Retail. “Amaro Montenegro and Aperitivo Select are high-quality products […]
Actium/Saint-Honoré partnership acquire Cartier Boutiques on St. Maarten and St. Barts
Miami-based Actium and its joint venture partner Panama-based Saint-Honoré announced that they have acquired the Cartier Boutiques on the duty-free islands of Saint Barth (Saint Barthelemy) and Sint Maarten and simultaneously signed a new long term agreement with Cartier to operate them. “These boutiques complement our retail portfolio of exceptional luxury brands (Hermès and […]
Tea Forté names Ferreira VP of Retail, brings in ACTIUM for global travel retail growth
Global luxury tea brand Tea Forté will be escalating its efforts in the travel retail channel to the next level, with new management and a worldwide agency to represent the brand. David Ferreira (previously Head of Global Travel Retail with Cross) has joined Tea Forté as Vice President of Retail. In his new role, Ferreira […]
Actium to manage Americas business for select Emperador spirits brands
Miami-based Actium Group has announced that it will manage the Americas business for the portfolio of brands recently purchased by Emperador Inc. from Beam Suntory, which includes Fundador, the Philippines’ best-selling premium imported brandy, Terry Centenario, Spain’s #1 selling brandy; Tres Cepas, the #1 brandy in Equatorial Guinea, and Harveys Sherry, including Bristol Cream. Beginning […]
