The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Today’s issue covers industry developments from Canada to Brazil, with a heavy emphasis on airport news.     The Frontier Duty Free Association Convention that took place in Toronto in mid-November tackled several […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. UNWTO- the United Nations World Tourism Organization – has tracked nearly one billion international tourists in the first nine months of 2016, 34 million more than in the same period of 2015. See […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In Memoriam: Harold Judson “Jud” Brady. We are very sorry to report the passing of another travel industry pioneer. Harold Judson “Jud” Brady, 91 of McAllen, Texas passed away on October 28, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In Memoriam: We are very sad to report the passing of former TFWA president Jacky Paquet, a true gentleman of the Association and the industry. Page 1. Cannes 2016 – attendance […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In today’s TMI newsletter, we are happy to share a Special Report from our intrepid Washington-based writer Larry Luxner, who flew to Santa Clara, Cuba on Sept. 9 onboard JetBlue. This […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Venezuela currently owes international airlines US$3.8 billion with no end in sight to the government’s refusal to release the blocked funds. The International Air Transport Association has filed a request for […]

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 IAADFS has been focusing its efforts on a variety of items this year and Association President & CEO Michael Payne talks about two of the major issues with TMI: 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. Airports Council International has released the 2015 World Airport Traffic Report, and heralds the strongest growth in passenger traffic since 2010, with increases approaching the records of the pre-recessionary 2004-2007 period. […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   Canadian tourism is the big winner following new trade agreements discussed between Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and top officials of the People’s Republic of China, including designating 2018 as […]

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 week features three important airport concessions in the Americas: DFA opens a 9,500 square foot travel retail store in São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, just one of 18 retail venues currently open […]

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 special issue of Travel Markets Insider reveals Dufry‘s stunning new Lima Duty Free stores which were inaugurated at Peru’s Jorge Chavez International Airport on August 8. Lima Duty Free is the latest addition to Dufry’s […]

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 week at TMI is all about the numbers. LVMH reported strong half year results, although its DFS business was hard hit by challenges in Macau and Hong Kong. Story on page 1. The US Department […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   What a terrible week it has been throughout the world:  a lorry attack that killed more than 80 people on Bastille Day in Nice; a thwarted but bloody military coup […]