The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here. This week’s issue of Travel Markets Insider is all about Numbers and People on the Go. Among the People News, IAADFS has announced that best-selling executive coach and author Scott Miller will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Summit of the Americas, taking place April […]
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here. Our first newsletter of the New Year has a decidedly international flavor, with updates from regions around the globe. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS First and of foremost importance to the duty free/travel retail world is the easing of COVID bans […]
MONARQ Group to distribute Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin in select markets in the region
MONARQ Group has signed an agreement with The Shed Distillery to represent Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin in the Caribbean as well as in select Latin America domestic and duty free markets. Launched in 2016, Super Premium Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin has seen year on year growth to 1.4m bottles in 2022 globally. It is one […]
WTDC’s Sean Gazitua appointed to Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Board of Directors
Congratulations to WTDC President and CEO Sean Gazitua, who was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Adrienne Arsht Center Trust (AACT). Gazitua was one of six new members to the AACT Board of Directors named by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners in November. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts […]
m1nd-set sees significant growth potential for GTR from E-commerce
The latest research from indus-try research agency m1nd-set unveils significant room for growth in the online and mobile retail channel within global travel retail. The agency says that operators can increase overall travel retail sales by a more streamlined approach to e- and m-commerce. Awareness of service is key Compiled from interviews conducted among more […]
Maison Albert Bichot appoints Duty Free Global (DFG) to build the Bichot footprint in Global Travel Retail
Duty Free Global has been appointed the Travel Retail partner by Albert Bichot for the Domaines Albert Bichot wines as of Jan. 1, 2023. Albert Bichot has a strong presence in Travel Retail and Duty Free Global will be in charge of developing new markets for the estate wines. Albert Bichot is a family-owned winery […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 43
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As this momentous year of recovery draws to a close, the duty free channel is busier than ever. People are returning to travel in record numbers and travel retail is pulling out all the stops in order to engage them, charm […]
ASUTIL Border Conference in Montevideo reports recovery and opportunity in event
The Encuentro Border Shops Conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 9-10, was filled with information-packed sessions presented by government and business officials from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The two-day event, which was organized by South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL in association with the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Free Shops of Uruguay (CEFSU), welcomed a capacity […]
Marshall Farrer, Brown-Forman President of Europe, expands leadership role
Marshall Farrer, President, Europe, at Brown‑Forman, will expand his leadership responsibilities and be named Executive Vice President, Chief Strategic Growth Officer, effective January 1, 2023. In addition to stewarding Brown‑Forman’s European business, Farrer, in his new role, will work closely with Lawson Whiting, President and CEO, and the entire Brown‑Forman Executive Leadership Team, on developing […]
Travel Retail Made Right: Mondelēz World Travel Retail Helps to Support Cocoa Communities with Ghana Mobility Initiative
Mondelēz World Travel Retail (WTR) has rolled out the next phase of its Travel Retail Made Right sustainability roadmap with a dedicated initiative to help give back to cocoa communities. A collaboration between the Mondelēz World Travel Retail team, the Cocoa Life Program, and Child Rights International, this project provides tricycles to local Ghanaian cocoa […]
Lindt paves way for chocolate growth with new name, new vision, new formats
Lindt & Sprüngli Global Duty Free has become Lindt & Sprüngli Global Travel Retail. The new name reflects the evolution of its business over the years since forming a dedicated business for the channel, said the company. Under this new name, Lindt & Sprüngli Global Travel Retail is set to implement a new category vision […]
Innovation and quality spur Illva Saronno brands to awards and top-trending levels
Italian drinks leader Illva Saronno SpA has enjoyed exciting growth and wide-spread global recognition over the past few years. Through a strong focus on innovations, the producer of the iconic Italian liqueur Disaronno has achieved impressive results using a two-pronged approach: first, by consolidating its core strongholds like Disaronno Originale and Tia Maria by reinforcing […]
Motta welcomes first Dior Beauty boutique in Central America at Tocumen Terminal 2
Dior Travel Retail Americas has opened the first Dior Beauty boutique in Central America at Tocumen International Airport Terminal 2, in Panama. The boutique was opened in partnership with Motta Internacional, and is hosted in Motta’s new Attenza Duty Free store. The “ultra-luxurious boutique” offers the full range of Dior Beauty products, as well as […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 42
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here SPECIAL REPORT ASUTIL Border Conference in Montevideo reports recovery and opportunity in first post-pandemic in-person industry event in LATAM The Encuentro Border Shops Conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 9-10, was filled with information-packed sessions presented […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 41
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In the big news breaking this morning, Erik Juul-Mortensen has been re-elected President of Tax Free World Association. “Our mission remains unchanged, and that is to serve the duty free and travel retail industry to the best of our ability as we […]
