DFASS Group with its partner CBI Retail Ventures (CBI) officially inaugurated the largest duty free store in the western hemisphere last week at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s (DFW) Terminal D. The 19,000-square-foot, two-level TRG Duty Free store, which has been open since December, offers passengers experiential shopping including two executive mezzanine lounges, $2 million […]
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DEN sets new traffic record in 2017, welcomes one billionth passenger as international travelers surge
International traffic at Denver International Airport (DEN) grew by 12.5 % to 2.59 million interna-tional travelers in 2017, more than double the overall passenger traffic growth rate – which itself was up by 5.3% to reach a record high of nearly 61.4 million. International traffic growth over the last year was driven in part by new […]
Stellar opens three new retail shops at Tampa International Airport
Stellar Partners, has opened three new retail locations at Tampa International Airport’s Airside A. The new locations include a Stellar Bay News & Market, Ron Jon Surf Shop, and InMotion. Representatives from the airport, Stellar, and partner Roberto Torres, Black & Denim, Inc. took part in the festive ribbon-cutting event on December 6. […]
Airmall Cleveland awarded 5-year contract extension at CLE
Airmall Cleveland, has signed a five-year contract extension to continue its role as developer and manager of the retail concessions program at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), effective Jan. 16, 2019. Under the contract extension, the Fraport USA unit will continue managing the retail and dining program at CLE through beginning of 2024. The agreement covers the […]
Flor de Caña volcano activation impacts millions at MIA
Flor de Caña stopped traffic at Miami International Airport this summer with an elegant, disruptive, 10-feet high display inspired by the San Cristobal Volcano in Nicaragua, the birthplace of Flor de Caña rums. The activation, which ran from July through Sept. 8, incorporated large screens that created an incredible visual mosaic showing lava, volcano explosions […]
Concessions International: Staying relevant for 35 years
Concessions International, LLC, is a dynamic food and beverage operator with business in airports in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Seattle, St. Thomas, USVI, and Washington, DC. The family and minority-owned entity has been in business since 1979, with a storied history that reflects much of the past 35 years in airport development in the U.S. […]
Morgan Group Ventures: The strategic edge of being different
Headquartered in Washington DC, Morgan Group Ventures opened its first airport retail operation, Pen & Prose Boutique, as a kiosk at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in 1996. Founder and owner Mary Morgan entered the airport arena initially as a consultant for the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA), but after five years of management […]
Lancôme Lip Pop-Up Shop immerses LAX travelers in unforgettable experience
Lancôme celebrated Lips through its L.A. Lip Art Academy at Los Angeles International Airport in August and September. The L.A. Lip Academy was Lancôme’s first ever pop-up shop in a Duty Free venue in the Americas, and took place in a 15 sqf modular space located outside the DFS shop in Tom Bradley International Terminal […]
International Shoppes debuts stunning 7,200 sqf Beauty Store at JFK Terminal 1
International Shoppes has taken the next step in its travel retail evolution with the opening of a 7,200 sqf stand-alone Beauty Store at New York’s JFK Terminal 1. Travel Markets Insider had the opportunity to tour the beautiful new store the day after its opening last week with IS vice presidents Scott Halpern and […]
International visits to the United States +2% in January 2017; but five of top 10 inbound markets show decreases
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that the United States welcomed a total 5.6 million international visitors in January 2017, a two percent increase in arrivals when compared to January 2016. This figure (preliminary data) marked the first month of growth in total U.S. visits since June 2016. However, non-resident visits from overseas countries (all […]
DFASS wins Charlotte, N.C. retail contract
DFASS has been awarded the duty free concession at North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport, reports The Moodie Report. The six-year contract is expected to start in mid-September and covers a 1,200sq ft duty free/duty paid shop in the D Concourse that will be renovated in the first quarter of 2018. DFASS currently operates a […]
MIA launches first airport app to include Mobile Passport Control for U.S., Canadian visitors
MIA has an app for that! Miami International Airport is the first airport in the world to implement a fast-track way to clear passport control with mobile passport screening. The app allows U.S. citizens and Canadian visitors to fill out their customs form before they even land. The information is saved and the passenger is pre-screened for […]
Delta gets approval for $4 billon facility at LGA
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners have given final approval to a lease agreement with Delta Air Lines for its new $4 billion, 37-gate facility at LaGuardia Airport. The new facility will be much more passenger friendly and provide 30% more concessions space than is currently available. This is […]
Giorgio Armani Beauty opens two new North American TR locations
L’Oréal’s Giorgio Armani team unveiled two expansions in Travel Retail Americas in May, with major openings in Vancouver and New York’s JFK International airports. Vancouver International Airport welcomed Giorgio Armani Beauty in a 12-sqm space located in the Beauty Shop’s main traffic area. The store, dressed in Armani’s new red look, caters to a […]
Westfield to open seven new retail concepts at LAX T3
Westfield has announced it is opening seven new dining and retail outlets at Delta’s Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport as part of the airport’s overall modernization program. The new retail and dining collection covers more than 5,000 square feet including a multi-unit quick service food court, a bar, two travel essentials and one […]
