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 […]
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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
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 […]
Israel Assa steps down as head of Global Travel Retail at The Estée Lauder Companies; Olivier Dubos appointed to lead the channel
The Estée Lauder Companies announced that Israel Assa, Global President, Travel Retail Worldwide, left his role with the company last month, and that Olivier Dubos has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Travel Retail Worldwide. Assa, who has had a distinguished career with the Company spanning more than two decades—including more than eight years at […]
International Shoppes opens new store at Houston’s newly constructed terminal
International Shoppes opened a new duty free store this month in the newly constructed Terminal D-West Pier at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The new store—the first store built specifically for the New York-based travel retailer at IAH – is part of the airport’s redevelopment plan. Travelers approaching the six new gates at Terminal […]
Lindt brings holiday cheer to Ronald Reagan Airport with LINDOR Layover
Lindt has created an innovative immersive holiday experience at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the LINDOR Layover. Located in Concourse C, the LINDOR Layover is open on December 19-20 , running from 11am-7pm. The Layover is a larger-than-life, glittering gift box where travelers can sample premium Lindt LINDOR chocolate, win delicious prizes, take holiday photos to […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 39
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As we rapidly approach the Holiday Season, our desks are inundated with end-of-year figures, many of which provide critical analysis and data for the travel retail industry. Today, Travel Markets Insider shares the busiest routes from OAG for 2024, an […]
Duty Free Holdings targets high-net worth travelers with Executive Retail Shops at private airports
Duty Free Holdings has been undergoing a luxury upgrade over the past year, taking its business from its traditional border store history, to opening a new duty free store in California’s John Wayne Airport, and setting its sights on the high-net worth passengers at private airports. Travel Markets Insider spoke with James Mullaney, the new […]
King of Reach by B&S, together with Mark Anthony Brands and Avolta, target Americas for key activations
King of Reach by B&S has partnered with Mark Anthony Brands and Avolta for a series of brand activations focused on the Americas in 2024. The partnership will continue in 2025 in key locations as spirits brands, White Claw Vodka, Glendalough and Bearface are further spotlighted in the travel retail channel. King of Reach by […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 38
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Philippe Margueritte new president of TFWA The biggest breaking news of the week took place this morning in Paris, where the TFWA Management Committee elected a new president for the Association—former Coty executive Philippe Margueritte assumed the role held by Erik […]
Dior Travel Retail Americas and Avolta open first stand-alone Parfums Christian Dior boutique in Canada
Dior Travel Retail Americas has partnered with Avolta to open the first Parfums Christian Dior stand-alone boutique in Canada, in Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1 Domestic Departures. The new boutique brings the fragrances, make up and skincare products of the Maison to travelers who fly or transit at the airport. This elegant 516 sq. […]
TFWA names former Coty executive Philippe Margueritte as next President
TFWA has named Philippe Margueritte, former Coty executive, as the new President of the Association Margueritte was elected by the TFWA Management Committee during its meeting in Paris today (Dec. 13). Margueritte succeeds Erik Juul-Mortensen, who did not run for re-election. Margueritte’s background includes more than seven years with L’Oréal, and more than 15 years […]
Wine Classics International adds Suntory Global Spirits to Canadian portfolio, as business on both sides of the border recovers
Canadian wines and spirits agency Wine Classics International has announced an important new agreement with Suntory Global Spirits. The recent FDFA Convention was the kickoff for the partnership in which Wine Classics International becomes Suntory’s duty free agent in Canada, although the collaboration has been in the works for a while, Wine Classics President Jonathan […]
