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 […]
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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 […]
Amázzoni Gin: capturing the essence of Brazil in a bottle
Amázzoni, the award-winning premium gin being introduced to travel retail at the Summit of the Americas through Duty Free Global this year, is a 100% Brazilian product from its ingredients to its manufacturing. “Amázzoni, which today is the most widely sold craft gin in Brazil, was the first Brazilian gin,” explains its creator, Arturo Isola. […]
How duty free retailers are tackling the supply-chain crisis
Keeping shelves restocked with wines and spirits has been a constant challenge for operators in the Americas. Joe Bates reports on a complex, post-COVID-19 issue. It is the post-pandemic business headache that won’t go away. The global supply-chain crisis has affected almost every industry, the duty free liquor business included. A complex network of interconnected […]
Campari Group GTR blends physical and digital at world’s first Appleton Estate boutique in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Campari Group has opened a permanent Appleton Estate Jamaican rum boutique at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The boutique, prominently located near the entrance of the Dufry walk-in store, is Campari’s largest ever investment in global travel retail, and blends physical and digital elements to create an omni-channel experience. A sensorial journey Travel […]
DFA Golf partners with Miami Dolphins to raise $1 million to fight cancer
The 2023 DFA Charity Golf Tournament, partnering with the Miami dolphins football team, scored a win in the fight against cancer by successfully raising a record $1 million to support leading-edge research and treatments at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. This year the monies raised by the […]
Cosmoprof North America launching Miami Beach Edition in January 2024
It is now official. Leading B2B beauty event Cosmoprof North America is launching a Miami edition in 2024. The inaugural show will take place January 23-25 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Organizers expect the show to attract as many as 20,000 visitors over the three days, 40-50% of which will be international. Show organizers […]
Starboard curates a “new luxury” retail program of design, destination, diversity and sustainability onboard Celebrity Beyond
Cruise retail has come a long way since the early days of tables of promotional products spread out in a ship’s atrium, transforming today into specifically designed programs tailored to each ship, itineraries, guests and destinations. Miami-based Starboard Cruise Services has been a key architect of the change. And nowhere is this more evident than […]
Official naming ceremony with Simone Biles kicks off inaugural North American sailing of Celebrity Beyond
Cruising is back, bringing with it a new relevance.Celebrity Beyond, the third ship in Celebrity Cruises transformational Edge Series, kicked off its inaugural season from Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 4, sailing from Port Everglades following the ship’s official naming ceremony by world-renowned gymnast Simone Biles. As Beyond’s Godmother, Biles is an inspirational female powerhouse, a […]
Brugal reveals rare $2,800 luxury Andrés Brugal sipping rum
Edrington unveiled a special limited edition ultra-premium Brugal rum at an exclusive launch dinner in Miami this week. Only 460 bottles of Andrés Brugal sipping rum will be available worldwide, with 60 exclusively sold in the U.S., and 62 bottles earmarked for travel retail. Developed by fifth generation Maestra Ronera Jassil Villaneuva Quintana, the $2,800 […]
Gin takes aim at the Americas, sees potential in Travel Retail
Gin may still be a modest category in the Americas, but it’s premiumizing fast and should be on the radar of duty free buyers, writes Joe Bates Gin is steadily resuming its growth curve in the Americas duty-free market following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years. The category is […]
Rouge Duty Free debuts first Creed Boutique in the Caribbean as it opens three new chic locations before the end of 2022
Rouge Duty Free, one of the fastest-growing travel retailers in the Caribbean, has announced plans for the opening of three new locations in the Caribbean market, a Creed Boutique in St Barth and two beauty shops in the resort area of Tulum, Mexico. The new locations will be open for business between the end of […]
How global consultancy CPI is helping Denver International Airport create a benchmark Concessions Program Master Plan
One on One with CPI Managing Director Susan Gray There is an unprecedented wave of airport infrastructure and terminal investments underway in the U.S. – a phenomenon that began prior to the pandemic outbreak, but which should accelerate since the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it is awarding nearly $1 billion […]
WEBB Banks hosts 300+ spirits executives at inaugural Caribbean Distributor & Supplier conference in Puerto Rico
More than 300 spirits industry people gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 12-15 to attend a conference specially designed for companies in the Caribbean. Hosted and organized by Miami based WEBB Banks and its sister company, WB Canna & Wellness, the conference welcomed representatives of more than 25 of its supplier brands and […]
DFS celebrates 50 years at SFO with grand reopening of renovated stores
DFS Group is celebrating 50 years of operation at San Francisco International Airport with a gala event at which it will unveil two newly renovated flagship stores and four renovated luxury boutiques. The event will take place on June 1 at the Airport’s Terminal G concourse, attended by official representatives, VIP customers and local celebrities. […]