A little over a year after Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits acquired Miami- based WEBB-Banks, the new combined organization has delivered on its promise, creating a new wine and spirits powerhouse in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, as well as the travel retail and cruise sector, WEBB Banks Chief Operating Officer Jose Castellvi tells […]
In the three years since Juan Gentile created Distribution Spirits Company (DISC), the company has stayed true to its founding vision, and has consolidated and strengthened its presence in the Caribbean market and duty free sector. Gentile, who worked for Edrington for almost 20 years, most recently as Senior Vice President, Managing Director Americas Travel […]
Despite its rich portfolio of brands, the L’Oréal Group realized that there were markets around the world that were under potentialized and the company recently added a new business unit to its structure designed specifically to build select brands in these areas. The world’s leading beauty group has launched L’Oréal International Distribution, familiarly known in […]
Operating from a modest kiosk at Melbourne Orlando Airport (MLB) in Florida since 2019, Core Plus Duty Free opened a 500-square-foot store in MLB in January 2023 as part of the official inauguration of the airport’s Terminal Renovation and Expansion. The small airport, which serves Central Florida (home of Disney World in Orlando), handled 747,000 […]
Not only did Rouge Duty Free open in Trinidad in 2023 – its 9th Caribbean island location – but the luxury and beauty retailer is about to take a giant step forward in Grenada, as it expands its charming flagship in the renowned Port Louis Marina into six new outlets. The Rouge stores will be […]
L’Oréal invites travelers to step into the world of Lancôme’s Rose Agora at JFK-T1, where it says that “beauty meets innovation.” Inspired by the iconic Lancôme Rose, L’Oréal Travel Retail Americas and International Shoppes have unveiled a “breathtaking” refreshed in-store design with rose gold and gold accents and welcoming organic curves. “As we open the […]
Dior’s Travel Retail Americas team has partnered with International Shoppes to open the first La Collection Privée stand-alone boutique in the United Sates, bringing the brand’s “most exquisite high perfumery collection” to the travelers who will fly or transit from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, Terminal 1. This boutique […]
U.S. whiskey has rebounded well across the Americas this year as the purchasing habits of traveling consumers become increasingly more adventurous, writes Joe Bates. The U.S. whiskey category enjoyed a very strong period of recovery in the duty free Americas market last year as international travel in the region rebounded from COVID-19, and consumer […]
ARI celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its business in North America at an exclusive “cocktail dinatoire” event hosted at 1769 Distillery in Montreal on September 15. The event was attended by many partners and local supporters of the ARI business in the region, including airport partners, local suppliers with long-standing relationships, executives from ARI, senior […]
DFS Group reopened its iconic store in the heart of Waikiki, Hawaii on September 14. Celebrating more than 60 years in the islands, DFS says its Waikiki store is set to redefine the world of luxury shopping for both locals and visitors, offering them a curated selection of more than 100 renowned brands in beauty, […]
The Macallan has unveiled its first shop-in-shop in the Americas Travel Retail channel at Panama Tocumen International Airport (PTY) Terminal 2 in partnership with Duty Free Americas. The opening marks the latest chapter in the long-term collaboration between Duty Free Americas and the Edrington-owned distiller, following the launch of The Macallan Boutique at New […]
Distinguished Spanish pearl brand Majorica, a long-time leader in global travel retail jewelry, opened its first U.S. store last week, situated in the upper level of Miami’s famed Aventura Mall. With a rich heritage spanning more than a century, every Majorica pearl is organic and each piece of its elegant jewelry is hand-crafted. […]
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 […]
Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PRGTR) has unveiled a collaboration with DFS at JFK International Airport Terminal 4 to launch Rabbit Hole’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey range for traveling shoppers in Global Travel Retail (GTR) for the first time. The GTR launch comprises four Rabbit Hole’s bottlings, each of which is crafted with unique, malted […]
It’s now more than three and a half years since Top Brands International won the Asuncion tender to operate duty free in Paraguay’s biggest airport in December 2019. After beating off competition from La Petisquera (Mannah) and Golden Duty Free, the company was looking forward to being the exclusive retailer at Silvio Pettirossi Airport – […]
