SSP Group, in a partnership with Duty Free Americas, has opened its first outlets at Brazil’s two main international airports, Rio de Janeiro Tom Jobim International Airport (RIOgaleão) and São Paulo International Airport (GRU Airport). The new units are the first to open under a joint venture partnership between SSP and DFA, following the win of […]
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Duty Free Americas and Ukraine International Airlines to launch inflight duty free program
Miami- and Panama-based travel retailer Duty Free Americas (DFA) is once again expanding its business, entering both a new channel and a new geographic region, commencing next month. DFA and Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) last week announced a strategic collaboration to launch an inflight duty free retail program. This is the travel retailer’s first inflight […]
DFA Golf Tournament nets $325,000 for Children’s Tumor charity
Duty Free Americas and the Falic Family Foundation raised $325,000 from its 5th annual Charity Golf Tournament held in Miami on Jan. 31. The funds, collected through the Falic family and the travel retail industry, were donated to the Children’s Tumor Foundation, which provides research, expands knowledge, and advances care for NF (all forms of […]
DFA wins top performer retail award for its Shoppes at Venetian in Macau, China
Duty Free Americas is also garnering recognition on the other side of the world from the Uruguay border. DFA was awarded 2018’s Best Store Performance – General Retail Award for its store in Shoppes at Venetian, Macau, China last month. The Sands Retail Awards ceremony is held annually to recognize and reward retailers for their […]
DFA opens 10,000 sqm Panda Free Shop on the border in Rio Branco, Uruguay
Duty Free Americas last week opened the doors to its major shopping and entertainment complex in the city of Rio Branco in Uruguay. A unique proposal in the region, the free shop is operating under the name Panda Free Shop, as part of the new Rio Branco Shopping. The Shopping center also comprises several commercial […]
SSP forms JV with DFA to enter South America with two new contracts in Brazil
Airport food and beverage operator SSP has announced it will be entering the South American travel market for the first time after securing contracts with two of Brazil’s main international airports in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The agreement is a joint venture partnership between SSP and Duty Free Americas (DFA) that is worth […]
DFA stores help transform Tocumen Airport
Panama’s Tocumen International Airport is going through a major transformation, driven in large part by the new stores recently opened by Duty Free Americas. The makeover is immediately visible as travelers pass through Tocumen’s main security checkpoint in Terminal 1where they are greeted by two brightly lit, welcoming Duty Free Americas stores sporting a […]
Motta Internacional and Duty Free Americas win duty free concessions for T2 at Tocumen International Airport
Motta Internacional and Duty Free Americas have each won a block in the duty free tender at Tocumen International Airport’s Terminal 2. The 10-year contracts cover the operation of multi-category duty free stores in Tocumen’s new terminal, which is scheduled to open in the first semester of 2019. The new terminal will increase capacity at […]
Bacardi Wows MIA travelers with fun-filled Dewar’s Whisky Emporium
Bacardi Global Travel Retail is wowing passengers at Miami International Airport with a creative eye-catching month-long John Dewar & Sons Fine Scotch Whisky Emporium. The activation is designed to engage consumers traveling through the United States’ gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean, whether or not they can buy in the duty free store. The […]
DFA opens first U. S. Polo Ralph Lauren airport shop in MIA
Duty Free Americas opened the first Polo Ralph Lauren Duty Free shop in an airport in the United States at Miami International Airport North Terminal D last week. The 920 sqf store offers a range of apparel and accessories from the World of Polo for both men and women, including Polo shirts, oxfords, chinos, crisp shirting […]
Duty Free Americas – now second largest TR retailer in Brazil – opens store in São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
Duty Free Americas (DFA), which says it is now the second largest travel retailer in Brazil, announced today the opening of a 9,500 square foot travel retail store at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport. DFA will operate the store under a 10-year concession with Infraero, the Brazilian government corporation responsible for managing Brazil’s major airports. São Paulo-Congonhas is a […]
Duty Free Americas wins top concession award at MIA
Duty Free Americas was named Overall Concession winner of Miami International Airport’s first annual Concessionaire of the Year Award. Nominees were judged by an independent selection panel comprised of professional organi-zations that included the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, representatives from Bayside MarketPlace, luxury retail brand […]
TR industry supports 2nd annual DFA Charity Golf Tournament to raise $250,000
The travel retail industry in North America turned out in force to help support the 2nd annual Duty Free Americas Charity Golf Tournament Sept. 10, raising $250,000 for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, an organization dedicated to ending Neurofibromatosis (NF) through research. Last year, at the inaugural DFA Charity Golf Tournament, the company raised over $180,000 […]
DFA inaugurates new branded Dulles Airport boutiques
Washington Dulles International Airport celebrated the grand opening of its luxury retail wing in Concourse A and B on August 19, highlighted by the gala ribbon cutting of seven new luxury branded boutiques opened by Duty Free Americas. The new DFA stores include Michael Kors, Kiehl’s, L’Occitane, Burberry, Thomas Pink, Coach and Montblanc. “We are […]
US Court of Appeals upholds lower court’s dismissal of DFA lawsuit against Estée Lauder
In the ongoing lawsuit between Duty Free Americas and The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. that began in 2012, the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT has affirmed the earlier decision of the district court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Duty Free Americas (DFA) against the Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. The decision […]
