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We An Idea: Booming creative design agency rebrands, expands markets and extends into domestic channels
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Essence Corp.: How to survive – and prosper – over 35 years in business
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Amázzoni Gin: capturing the essence of Brazil in a bottle
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How duty free retailers are tackling the supply-chain crisis
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Campari Group GTR blends physical and digital at world’s first Appleton Estate boutique in Montego Bay, Jamaica
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DFA Golf partners with Miami Dolphins to raise $1 million to fight cancer
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 18
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Air travel is nearly back to normal—at least for this Memorial Day weekend in the United States. Data released by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) indicates that some 2.6 million passengers were screened on Thursday, which is the highest number since the […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 17
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 reports on the optimistic prognosis ahead for the industry as the Asia Pacific region continues to recover from the pandemic, as presented by TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen at last week’s TFWA Asia Pacific Conference & Exhibition […]
Hudson wins duty free concession, expands duty-paid operations at Boston Logan Int’l Airport
Dufry, under its Hudson division, has been awarded a 12-year duty free contract at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), as well as a 3-year extension for its duty paid business. Under the new contracts, Hudson will open 16 new stores in Boston by 2024, consisting of eight new duty paid and eight duty free stores. […]
International Shoppes partners with leading hunger-relief agency
International Shoppes has partnered with Island Harvest Food Bank, an organization on Long Island in New York that provides assistance to those struggling with poverty, food insecurity and beyond. As a company that has been part of the New York business fabric for over 70 years, IS’ Co-CEOs Scott Halpern and Matt Greenbaum tell TMI […]
Moët Hennessy Travel Retail opens its first Hennessy Boutique in Jamaica’s Montego Bay Airport
Moët Hennessy Travel Retail has opened the first Hennessy boutique in the Americas travel retail market. The 56-square-meter Hennessy shop-in-shop, situated in the Dufry departure store at Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica, is poised to offer a bespoke experience in the Americas region. The boutique offers travelers a selection of travel retail exclusive cognacs, including […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 16
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here This special issue of Travel Markets Insider reports on Breaking News from the U.S./Canada border, which is finally opening fully after three years of closure and restrictive border measures. The Frontier Duty Free Association has been working […]
In Memoriam: Len DaSilva
Canada’s Frontier Duty Free Association announced the very sad news that Len DaSilva has passed away. DaSilva was the Senior VicePresident and COO of West Coast Duty Free store for nearly two decades. “Len sat on the FDFA Board of Directors for several years and contributed greatly to Canada’s duty free industry. “Len was part […]
FDFA advocates to protect U.S./Canada border from future closures
Travel Markets Insider had an opportunity to speak with FDFA President Tania Lee and FDFA Executive Director Barbara Barrett about their efforts to promote the cause of the border duty free stores with Canada’s elected officials in Ottawa, and what they are hoping for going forward. “May 10th was the FDFA’s Day on the Hill […]
Canada/U.S. Border to open fully May 11
The Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) has announced that tomorrow, May 11, 2023, marks the day non-essential travelers will be accepted into the United States without proof of a COVID-19 vaccine and will end unnecessary conditions at the border and return the Canada/USA border to a normal pre-pandemic state. The FDFA, representing the small independently-owned, […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 15
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here THE NEWS This week’s jam-packed issue of Travel Markets Insider sadly starts off with the news of the death of yet another pioneering icon of the travel retail industry, who had a profound impact on how jewelry is sold onboard […]
We An Idea: Booming creative design agency rebrands, expands markets and extends into domestic channels
Well-known travel retail creative architectural and industrial design firm We An Idea has been on a whirlwind of development over the past year, expanding from its original platform in Miami and extending its services to high profile projects in related domestic markets. TMI had an opportunity to speak with We An Idea founders Juan Trelles […]
Essence Corp.: How to survive – and prosper – over 35 years in business
Miami-based beauty distribution company Essence Corp. has made a lasting and indelible impression on its home town and the travel retail industry throughout the Americas over the past 35 years. From its business success to its charitable and community involvement, the family-owned company demonstrates that it is possible to be successful and a good citizen […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 14
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here THE NEWS The Summit of the Americas delivers visitors and buyers. There was a decidedly positive buzz throughout the IAADFS Summit of the Americas, with higher than expected visitors and – most importantly – buyer numbers up by 45%, […]
2023 Travel Markets Insider April Special Edition
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