For a company that has roots going back to the 1800s, Weitnauer Group is still evolving and staying relevant nearly 160 years after it was founded. With the expansion of its distribution network, Weitnauer has developed into a leading organization providing duty free operation services, sales, and distribution resources to major brand owners. Just this […]
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2024 ASUTIL Conference: magical, relevant and filled with Latin flair
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Essence Corp helps build the LATAM border business
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Duty Free Holdings to open La Boutique, first duty free store at California’s John Wayne Airport
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William Grant & Sons launches Hudson Whiskey – the “Official Bourbon of the Mets” – with DFS at JFK Terminal 4
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Pernod Ricard Travel Retail increases focus on the Americas
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Combined WEBB Banks – Southern Glazer’s powerhouse delivers synergies, market expansion, deeper focus on growth categories
ForwardKeys analyzes impact of Brazil floods on tourism as Porto Alegre airport closed indefinitely
Severe flooding has affected over 90% of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, one of Brazil’s premier tourist destinations. The state’s primary airport, Salgado Filho Airport (POA) in Porto Alegre, has been forced to close indefinitely, underscoring the severity of the situation. ForwardKeys’ analysis of the data paints a stark picture of the impact on […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 18
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . AT THE AIRPORT In today’s lead story, Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) reveals the winners of its 2024 ACI-NA Airport Concessions Awards, which recognize airports, concessionaires, and industry business partners for their work in elevating the traveling public’s […]
FDFA opens registration for 40th anniversary Convention
The Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) has opened registration for its annual convention taking place from November 18 – 21, 2024 at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. To mark the anniversary of the association’s establishment, the theme for this year’s convention is Celebrating 40 Years of Growing Together. The FDFA says its […]
Adrian Pittaway launches Cruise Retail Academy
Cruise industry veteran Adrian Pittaway, whose tenure at MSC Cruises as Head of Retail from 2015 and 2023 propelled the cruise line’s innovative retail concessions into an industry model, has launched the Cruise Retail Academy, an online digital hub designed to be a resource for the cruise retail community. According to the official announcement, the […]
Tairo International announces grand opening of Marc Jacobs corner and launch of Daisy Wild fragrance at John Bull flagship store in Nassau
John Bull’s flagship store on Bay Street in Nassau has opened a Marc Jacobs corner, which saw the highly successful launch of the new fragrance, Daisy Wild, reports Tairo International, the company that distributes the Marc Jacobs fragrances. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new corner took place ahead of Mother’s Day last month, marking a […]
Coty Travel Retail kicks off Boss cross-category pop-ups across the globe
Coty Travel Retail has unveiled a series of BOSS immersive cross-category pop-up activations at key airport locations across Europe and the Americas. Beginning June 1, 2024, the highly engaging, interactive pop-up spaces celebrate the spirit of football through a unique blend of sports, fashion, and fragrance. The BOSS cross-category pop-up experiences allow visitors to immerse […]
2024 Travel Markets Insider ASUTIL Special Edition
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Rouge Duty Free surges forward as a bigger pan-Caribbean powerhouse
Rouge Duty Free – the pan-Caribbean retail power that now has stores in Trinidad, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Grand Cayman, Grenada, St. Maarten/St. Martin and Tulum, Mexico as well as operating the only Creed boutique in the Caribbean in St. Barth—will be expanding further with the opening this year of six new stores in Grenada, […]
Essence Corp helps build the LATAM border business
Essence Corp has taken full advantage of the unique opportunities that opened for it with the establishment of the Brazilian duty free border business in 2019. The Miami-based beauty distribution company has so far added 20 new doors from the Brazilian border to the 50 or so outlets it supplies on the Uruguay border, plus […]
Caribbean In-depth Report: Caribbean tourism robust, but growth is slowing even as inter-regional and LATAM travel gain strength
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) teamed up with travel intelligence specialist ForwardKeys to produce an in-depth study of air traffic and the tourism prospects for the region. “A data-based approach to destination promotion and management will be foundational for a sustainable, resilient and profitable future for the region’s tourism sector,” commented CHTA President […]
Brazilian deluge damages duty free on the border
The catastrophic flooding in Porto Alegre at the beginning of May has been one of the biggest natural disasters to hit southern Brazil in many years. With 170 people dead and 70 people still missing, further heavy rain at the end of the month hampered clean-up operations and local authorities say that there is no […]
Sold-out ASUTIL Conference reflects optimism for LATAM future
There is an air of excitement around the 2024 ASUTIL Conference taking place in Bogotá. This year’s event is the first ASUTIL in Colombia, and is also the first Conference with Carlos Loaiza-Keel as head of the South American Duty Free Association, after he took over for Jose Luis Donagaray as Secretary General late last […]
First bikes delivered to school children in Sri Lanka through WiTR+’s 2024 charity program
FRASI, the Swiss non-profit association whose Bike to School program is the beneficiary of the 2024 WiTR+ charity endeavor, reports that the first bikes for 2024 have been delivered. The organization’s website has been updated, and shows the WiTR+ support. In addition, the bikes show the WITr+ logo on the baskets. The first donation was […]
Duty Free Holdings opens La Boutique, first duty free store at California’s John Wayne Airport
The La Boutique duty free store was visited by more than 7,500 travelers in its first week of operation at California’s John Wayne Airport. A joint venture of Duty Free Holdings and DF Express, La Boutique opened for business on May 30, 2024 with a gala ribbon cutting attended by government and community dignitaries. This […]
