The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here NOTE: We will once again be holding a gathering of Women in Travel Retail+ during the 2024 IAADFS Summit of the Americas, that will take place prior to the opening cocktail on Sunday evening, April 14th. Stay […]
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 4
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here to the Falic Family Foundation and Duty Free Americas along with their charity partner, the Miami Dolphins football team, who together with their suppliers, vendors, distributors and colleagues in the Americas, again raised one million dollars for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 3
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here DFA Golf The Travel Markets Insider team looks forward to seeing many of you at the 2024 DFA Charity Golf Tournament, which will take place this coming Thursday, Feb. 8. Once again, the event sponsors — the Falic Family Foundation […]
TFWA to mark milestone 40th anniversary in 2024
TFWA is turning 40 in 2024, and plans are in place to mark this momentous occasion in style across the year. The climax of the festivities will come in Cannes during the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, when the association will be throwing a spectacular ‘birthday party’ on the final night of the event. In […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 40
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We are delighted to kick off this issue of Travel Markets Insider with the news that Erik Juul-Mortensen has again been re-elected as President of TFWA—a role he has now served in for 22 years over two terms. The news is particularly […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 39
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider looks at major developments ranging north to Canada, far south to Argentina, and with a strong focus on the Caribbean in between. In the lead story, Argentina swore in a new President on Sunday. Right-wing […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 38
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As 2023 draws to a close, global tourism continues to improve, reaching nearly 90% of the pre-pandemic level, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization. Air arrivals in the Middle East, in fact, are 20% above 2019 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 37
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here BREAKING NEWS The South American Duty Free Association – ASUTIL – today announced its new Board of Directors for 2024-2026. Enrique Urioste, President & CEO Latam & Carib at Avolta (formerly Dufry), has been elected President of […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 36
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The combined travel retail / food & beverage operation formed by the Dufry-Autogrill merger officially rebranded as Avolta last week, including trading on the Swiss stock exchange under the Avolta name and launching a website showcasing the new identity. Further enhancing the Group’s latest chapter — and […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 35
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Notice: Dufry shareholders have approved the change of the company name to Avolta AG. The approval came during an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Basel, Switzerland on Nov. 3, 2023. The company reports that a total number of 99,885,200 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 34
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Anyone who is interested in connecting with the Cruise industry should consider attending the Seatrade Cruise Global event taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center on April 8-11, 2024. Seatrade is the world’s largest cruise event, with 10K attendees including 100+ […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 33
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here DATES TO REMEMBER: The 2024 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference will begin on Sept. 29 (Opening Cocktail). This will be the 40th Anniversary of the Tax Free World Association, so expect something special! The MEADFA Conference will take […]
Spark’s Heidi Van Roon talks about Elevating Travel Retail Careers
Vancouver-based Spark Group, which has been supporting travel retail staffing and recruitment in Canada and the U.S. for the past 10 years, is a finalist for the 2023 Frontier Award: People and Planet / Diversity and Inclusion for its campaign called Elevating Travel Retail Careers. The campaign proposes a modernized Human Resources framework that rests […]
Justin Weston joins Duty Free Global as SVP Middle-East and Asia Pacific and CMO
Duty Free Global has appointed Justin Weston to the dual role of Senior Vice President Middle-East and Asia Pacific and Chief Marketing Officer, effective September 1, 2023. Weston brings an impressive resume to his new positions. He is an experienced luxury sales and marketing executive with a long career spent living and working across Europe, […]
Bijoux Terner revitalizes, expands under new ownership
Iconic travel retail and resort lifestyle brand Bijoux Terner is undergoing an expansion into the U.S. domestic and Caribbean retail locations and online sales, increasing its presence beyond the airports, ports and cruise lines where the brand first launched back in 1997. The company recently changed ownership, being acquired by a group of businessmen […]