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 COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on world tourism and travel. Global air capacity is now less than half of what it was in 2019, and is trending towards less than 50 million […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Publisher’s Comment: The United States has elected a new President. Along with the rest of the world, we at TMI have spent the last five days glued to our news stations as the United States painstakingly counted […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   Two major developments took place in the industry this past week. In Europe, the European Travel Retail Confederation and ACI Europe unveiled a report calling for the introduction of duty and tax free arrivals shopping, outlining a whole […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link.   Breaking News: TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference to return in 2021 As TMI prepared to “go to press” today, the welcome news broke that the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference will take place in 2021, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News. L’Oréal has just announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jean-Paul Agon will be succeeded by Nicolas Hieronimus as Chief Executive Officer. Hieronimus, who has been Deputy CEO in charge of Divisions since 2017, joined L’Oréal 33 […]

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 news that U.S. President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning was devastating on many levels, but it had an immediate impact on the beleaguered cruise industry. Cruise line representatives and the White […]

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’s issue delivers more evidence that the industry is slowly emerging from lock-down as it examines new ways to move forward in a world still defined by the coronavirus pandemic. CANADA/FDFA 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.   INDUSTRY The Duty Free World Council organized and hosted an informative and broad-ranging webinar that took place on Thursday. More than 850 registered for the event, moderated by TFWA Managing Director John Rimmer. TMI will present highlights of the session in […]

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 biggest news of today is, of course, the announcement that the 2021 Summit of the Americas will be held as a virtual event in the beginning of April, and will be organized in partnership […]

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 presents a very mixed bag of news in this issue. A highlight of the week is the opening of a new travel retail store by 3Sixty Duty Free & More at Terminal C of the Dallas Fort […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. “We are Walking.” Those are the words of ASUTIL Secretary General José Luis Donagaray speaking at the latest webinar hosted by South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL earlier this month. Although regional experts like Airports Council International – […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News- Edrington reorganizes As we go to press, Edrington Global Travel Retail (GTR) has announced a restructuring of its organization, effective Sept. 1. Key functions will now split between two hubs in Singapore and Glasgow. Marketing […]

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 biggest news this week is the return of the first major cruise line to service. MSC Cruises began sailing its flagship MSC Grandiosa yesterday, August 16, and its MSC Magnifica will begin sailing again in the Mediterranean as of […]

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 of TMI features some worrisome reports on aviation recovery. In the latest ASUTIL webinar, two Latin America-based experts– Rafael Echevarne, Director General of ACI-LAC; and Gonzalo Yelpo, Legal Director and General Counsel of ALTA, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association […]