French brand Guerlain (LVMH), in partnership with travel retailer International Shoppes, has revealed its new counter at New York John F. Kennedy (JKF), Terminal 1. The 16 square-meter (172-square-foot) counter, which reopened in July, 2024- has doubled in size compared to its previous iteration. It was redesigned using the brand’s latest retail design concept, inspired […]
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Dior Travel Retail Americas and Avolta open first stand-alone Parfums Christian Dior boutique in Canada
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Frontier Duty Free Association celebrates Excellence, Innovation, and Leadership at the 2024 FDFA 40th Anniversary Convention
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Nick Mogford: Brown-Forman’s super premium philosophy has company set up for the future in GTR
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Waldemar Behn prepares fifth generation to assume management
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Heinemann celebrates 10 years in the Americas as it strives to be the cruise supplier/retailer of choice
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PIT: adapting the airport offer to a new consumer
Top Brands acquires Mega Shopping store in Iquique, Chile
Top Brands has acquired Mega Shopping, a prominent store located in Iquique, Chile, from the Vierci Group. The store, which spans an impressive 1,200 square meters, offers a wide range of product categories, making it the largest and most important Duty Free shopping destination in the region, according to the company. It is the largest […]
Avolta opens new duty free store in Martinique
Avolta has unveiled a new Martinique Duty Free store at Fort-deFrance Airport (Martinique Aimé Césaire) in Martinique. The company announced the opening on LinkedIn. Avolta says that the new store showcases the company’s expertise in combining an international offer and a carefully curated local product selection to highlight the culture and unique heritage of Martinique.Local […]
Hudson names Lester Adams as Vice President of Business Development
Hudson has appointed Lester Adams as Vice President of Business Development for its business in the U.S. and Canada. With a career spanning over 25 years, Adams boasts diverse global experience in strategy, international business, franchising, licensing, and finance. In his new role within the company, Adams will play a crucial role in Hudson’s growth […]
SSP announces leadership change as Pat Murray appointed CEO of SSP America
SSP Group has announced the appointment of Pat Murray as the new Chief Executive Officer of SSP America with immediate effect. Murray succeeds Michael Svagdis, who is leaving to pursue a new opportunity outside the Group after a decade of strong leadership. SSP Group is a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel […]
Champagne Lanson appoints new Head of TR
Champagne Lanson announces the appointment of Marian Geoffroy as Head of Travel Retail, succeeding Albane Lussat. He will be based in Reims. Geoffroy brings over 20 years of retail and international market expertise, positioning Champagne Lanson for continued growth and success within the travel retail channel. He has been a key member of the Champagne […]
Byredo unveils Pop-Up at LAX Airport in partnership with DFS
Byredo has launched its first West Coast travel retail store, in partnership with DFS at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This collaboration marks a significant step in Byredo’s journey to bring its unique vision of modern luxury and craftsmanship to discerning travelers on the West Coast, comments the company. The Byredo pop-up at LAX – […]
Drinksology Kirker Greer appoints Gordon Buchanan to lead EMEA and Travel Retail
Drinksology Kirker Greer Group (DKG) has appointed Gordon Buchanan as its new Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Global Travel Retail (GTR). Buchanan will focus on elevating DKG’s core brands, including Ukiyo Japanese Spirits, Jawbox Gin, Born Irish Whiskey, Bowsaw American Whiskey, and Kadoo Rum. Buchanan has held senior commercial […]
DFA and House of Suntory launch first ever whisky showcase in Latin America in Panama, with more collaborations to come
House of Suntory has launched its first-ever whisky showcase in Latin America in partnership with Duty Free Americas at Panama’s Tocumen International Airport. The showcase marks a crucial step in the company’s strategic expansion across the Americas and highlights the growing importance of Latin America in House of Suntory’s global travel retail strategy, the partners […]
Geske looks back at 2024 as “The Year of Beauty”
Geske Beauty devices, which are now present in 75 countries, six continents and 100,000 stores worldwide, reports that 2024 was a “landmark year” filled with innovation, expansion, accolades and marketing successes. Retailing worldwide Geske reports that its products have been flying off the shelves of major online and offline retailers from around the world, like […]
JFK T8 opens six women-owned and locally based retail brands
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, American Airlines and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports opened six new retail spaces at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s (JFK) Terminal 8 (T8) operated by small, local, women- and minority-owned entrepreneurs. The openings were part of the $125 million commercial redevelopment program for T8. The shops were selected […]
JFK Terminal 4 hits record 27 million passengers in 2024
JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT), the operator of Terminal 4, has announced that T4 reached 27 million passengers in 2024, a new milestone, marking the highest number of passengers ever recorded in a single year at JFK’s largest terminal. “We celebrated this achievement with the travelers on avianca flight 211, which carried the 27 millionth passenger, […]
m1nd-set forecasts 2025 air traffic and shopper behavior
Air traffic trends: key findings m1nd-set’s 2025 Annual Fore-cast Report for global air traffic in 2025 projects that global passenger numbers will reach 4.22 billion in 2025, an increase of 8.3% on 2024 figures. The sustained growth in global passenger numbers is a key trend in the report, with m1nd-set reporting that air passenger traffic […]
IAADFS announces Latin America information specialist John Price as Keynote Speaker for 2025 Summit
Latin America information specialist John Price will kick off the conference session program at the 2025 Summit of the Americas on Sunday, March 9, reports the International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS), organizer of the regional leading event. The Summit will take place from March 8-11, 2025, at the InterContinental Miami in […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 1
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Happy New Year to all our readers around the world. We hope that you had a restful and joyous holiday. The Travel Markets Insider team was able to take a needed break and spend wonderful time with family. In […]
