Dufry, in partnership with Dior, has opened the first ever pop up store of the brand, located in the departure area of Terminal 3 São Paulo/Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Brazil. The Dior Pop Up boutique is situated in a key location of passenger traffic and offers an exciting shopping environment, reflecting the brand’s unique heritage […]
The third tranche of the Brazil’s airport privatization program was completed in March this year and 10 of the most important airports in the country are now managed by private companies. With this latest round of privatizations, 59% of total passenger traffic in Brazil is now being handled by private companies. In a special analysis for […]
On the morning of May 17, just as Brazil was set to celebrate the news that it might finally be climbing out of its worst recession in its history, the country got slammed with a bombshell allegation that President Michel Temer was involved with a coverup and had condoned bribery payments made to a former […]
Asutil confirms additional speaker and registration numbers Registrations for the 21st annual ASUTIL Conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro from June 6 – 9 are proceeding at a good pace and are slightly ahead of the organization’s original budget, Jose Luis Donagaray, Secretary General of the Latin American Duty Free Shops Association tells Travel Markets Insider. […]
Tocumen SA, the airport management company at Panama’s leading international gateway is set to confirm details of the duty free tender for the airport’s North Terminal. After 2 years of planning with London based Pragma Consulting, Carlos Duboy, the recently appointed airport general manager has published the initial tender details and is expected early next […]
Dufry has signed an agreement with Madrid-based Grupo Pullmantur to operate all gift shops onboard their fleet of four ships until 2022. The travel retailer also announces that it has won the concession contract to operate the very important duty free concession at Terminal 2 in Mexico City airport. Dufry’s contract with Grupo Pullmantur covers […]
London Supply is unveiling a huge new draw to its destination flagship store in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, when it opens an Apple store at the end of March. The Apple store will be located in the section that had previously featured luxury watches. London Supply expects it “to be a big novelty,” says Commercial Director […]
The 13th annual London Supply Trophy Golf Tournament, organized by the London Supply Group Foundation, has raised a new record high of US$809,276 for charity. The event this year took place at Club del Lago Golf in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The monies raised at this year’s tournament will be used to continue with the works already begun by […]
Congratulations to Uruguayan border store, Neutral Duty Free, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on January 24 in Chuy, the location of the group’s original shop opened 30 years ago to the day. Neutral is the largest duty free chain in Uruguay, employing more than 500 staff across its nine locations. Neutral CEO Enrique Urioste hosted the […]
Dufry and DFASS have been awarded the operation of the duty-free shops at El Dorado International Airport, Bogota. The 10 years concession agreement signed with the airport operator, Opain S.A., will comprise close to 2,200 sqm of total retail space. El Dorado International Airport is the largest airport in Colombia and the main international […]
Norwegian and Royal Caribbean Cruises have received approval from the Cuban government to start sailing from the US to Cuba. Carnival Corp. has been sailing to Cuba under its Fathom brand since May. Switzerland-based MSC Cruises also sails to and from Havana with its MSC Opera, but does not market to Americans. Norwegian’s Marina, part of its […]
October ushers in “big win” for Uruguay border duty free as Mercosur economies start to recover The business on the Uruguay border is showing encouraging signs of recovery after taking a deep nosedive over the last year. “The industry on the border in Uruguay closed the year minus 50%, and we (Neutral) closed minus 44%. We […]
Martin Eurnekian, executive director of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA2000) and its holding company Corporacion America, was unanimously elected as the new chairman of ACI – LAC (Airports Council International – Latin American & Caribbean) at the council’s 25th annual conference held last week in Brasilia. ACI-LAC is the airport association that represents more than 260 […]
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 […]
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 […]
