The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   The spotlight this week is squarely focused on PEOPLE news. Alain Maingreaud was unanimously re-elected for a second term as president of TFWA. Page 1. Two major travel retail executives take new roles: Dan Cappell, whose career […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   Canada’s Frontier Duty Free Association held its annual Convention in Toronto on Nov. 11-14, welcoming attendees with its renowned warmth and good spirits in an atmosphere that FDFA Executive Director, Barbara Barrett says fostered “meaningful connections.” TMI here […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   The first ASUTIL/CEFSU Border Conference that took place last week in Porto Alegre, Brazil was deemed a complete success by the organizers, and attracted some 170 registered delegates. See full report from John Gallagher beginning on page […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   TMI’s spotlight is on Canada this week, as Canada’s Frontier Duty Free Association prepares to welcome the industry to its annual Convention in Toronto next week. Today and tomorrow, however, members of the industry are meeting in Porto […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   U.S. airports and concessions were squarely in the news this week, with new contracts, new openings and new terminals all in the headlines. But first, Interbrand issued its respected brand valuation survey this month, showing that luxury and […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   This jam-packed double issue of Travel Markets Insider starts off with the sad news that Concessions International Vice President Charles “CJ” Johnson has passed away. TMI add its condolences to those of the US airports industry. Page 1. BREAKING […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   The 2019 TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes appears to be a success on all counts: record numbers of attendees at all events; a world class conference – even with a somewhat controversial keynote speaker; a […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   As many of us are now en route to Cannes for the 2019 TFWA Tax Free World Exhibition, we wish all our industry colleagues safe travels and a very successful week ahead. TMI here presents some […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. The Frontier Duty Free Association has revealed details of its Convention taking place in Toronto in November. FDFA Executive Director Barbara Barrett also speaks with TMI about the Association’s legislative priorities for the coming year, led by its efforts to have the Visitor […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   It is now two weeks since Hurricane Dorian devastated the northern Bahamas. The official death toll stands at 50, although 1,300 people are still listed as missing. Preliminary reports estimated Dorian caused some $7 billion […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   It has been another week of environmental and political upheavals, beginning with a devastating hurricane that struck the northern Caribbean islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, and ranging to the uncertainty posed by […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. TFWA has announced that brandtech expert David Jones will be the second keynote speaker at the TFWA World Conference in Cannes, joining with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and TFWA President Alain Maingreaud. The Association has also announced this years […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Five years after the original legislation was passed by the Brazilian Parliament, the first Brazilian border store operated by a major operator has officially opened. Global travel retailer Dufry inaugurated an 850 sqm retail shop in the border […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL this week revealed more details about the regional meeting it will hold to help operators and suppliers best develop the business in the new stores authorized on the […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   As we prepare to go to press, the L’Oréal Group announced that it has delivered its strongest first half like-for-like growth in more than a decade at +7.3%. Based on reported figures, the Group’s sales […]