A storied Florida-made aperitif from the late 1800’s has been revived and is now being featured in two cocktails onboard the newest Royal Caribbean cruise ships. Following its listing earlier this year as a featured cocktail on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, Munyon’s Paw-Paw now has two cocktails on its sister ship Utopia of […]
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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
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Penhaligon’s opens first store in Travel Retail North America with International Shoppes
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Pernod Ricard’s premium tequila Código 1530 makes travel retail debut at JFK with DFS
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2024 ASUTIL Conference: magical, relevant and filled with Latin flair
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 26
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . We wish everyone who celebrates it, a very enjoyable Labor Day! With the official end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere just days away, the travel retail industry is quickly gearing up for the 2024 TFWA Tax […]
Balmain Beauty unveils fragrance collection–Les Éternels –with The Estée Lauder Companies
Balmain Beauty has launched its first fragrances, a collection of eight all-gender eaux de parfum, “Les Éternels de Balmain.” Balmain Beauty was established in 2022 through a partnership between the French fashion house Balmain Paris and The Estée Lauder Companies. It builds upon Balmain’s exceptional fashion and fragrance legacy to change the meaning of beauty […]
PyD celebrates Children’s Day in Argentina with playful TOUS event at Ezeiza
To celebrate Children’s Day in Argentina (August 18), Spanish fragrance house PyD teamed up with Avolta to hold a joyous, playful 2-day activation for TOUS Kids and Baby TOUS perfumes at the Ezeiza International Airport departure store in Buenos Aires. The in-store event took place August 15-16 at the Baby and KIDS area in the […]
m1nd-set: Travel retail shopper priorities shift from price to experience
According to ground-breaking research just published by leading travel retail research agency m1nd-set, the global travel retail industry is encountering a significant shift in consumer behavior, with price becoming less dominant in purchasing decisions as shoppers prioritize other beneficial aspects of the shopping experience in travel retail. The research, which explores the reasons behind this […]
KROMA Makeup, natural, vibrant and sustainable for 20 years, targets travel retail with a Greek touch
KROMA Makeup founder Lee Cristou, along with her husband Eli Rodriguez, who has added the creative support for the brand for the last decade, are delighted that two of the products in their portfolio have been short-listed for the 2024 European Natural Beauty Awards. This international recognition for the Florida-based brand is the culmination of […]
Essence Corp hosts successful Beauty Consultant seminar in Cartagena
Miami-based Essence Corp recently concluded its highly anticipated Beauty Consultant Seminar in Cartagena, Colombia. The event, held from August 18 to 21, 2024, marked a “triumphant” return after a hiatus, bringing together beauty consultants from across the Caribbean and Duty Free Americas. As a leading distributor of fine fragrances and cosmetics for duty free, travel […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 25
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . BY THE NUMBERS Air traffic continues to show healthy year-over-year gains, reports the latest IATA analysis, although not at the staggering rates that were seen post-pandemic when travel bans first began to be lifted. As a result of […]
Bacardi GTR elevates the luxury rum market with GTR exclusive Santa Teresa Bicentenario
Bacardi Global Travel Retail (GTR) has launched Santa Teresa Bicentenario Ron Ultra Anejo, a new travel-retail exclusive expression from the award-winning Venezuelan rum. The company says this new luxury product underlines its commitment to premiumize the rum category in duty free. Santa Teresa Bicentenario has been crafted with an antique blend of the oldest and […]
Campari Group GTR Americas sets sail with Royal Caribbean for a summer of exclusive experiences
Campari Group Global Travel Retail (GTR) Americas and Royal Caribbean kicked off the summer season with a first-of-its-kind experience on the Oasis of the Seas during the President’s Cruise, hosted annually by Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley. The week-long adventure set sail on June 23 in Barcelona, Spain, journeying through the Western Mediterranean’s top […]
Beyoncé partners with Moët Hennessy to launch new American whisky
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has joined forces with Moët Hennessy to launch a new American Whisky – SirDavis – named after her great-grandfather. The joint venture reflects a shared vision between Knowles-Carter and Moët Hennessy around the future of American whisky, that was years in the making. Knowles-Carter, a Japanese whisky enthusiast, sought out Moët Hennessy to […]
Brown-Forman names Nick Mogford new head of GTR
Brown-Forman Corporation has named Nick Mogford as VP, Director Global Travel Retail, a key change to its GTR team. He will be based in London. The new role became effective August 1, 2024. Mogford joined Brown-Forman in 2012 and has served in a variety of leadership roles across Brown-Forman’s GTR business before taking over the […]
Pernod Ricard’s premium tequila Código 1530 makes travel retail debut at JFK with DFS
Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PR GTR) launched Código 1530 Tequila in travel retail with a vibrant pop-up event at Terminal 4 in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The immersive activation, hosted by DFS Group, started July 15 and ran until August 11. The exclusive debut signals a strategic move by PR […]
Espolòn Tequila campaign takes over Miami International Airport during Copa America 2024
Campari Group Global Travel Retail (GTR) Americas launched a dynamic, multi-touchpoint Espolòn Tequila campaign at Miami International Airport in partnership with Duty Free Americas during Copa America 2024. As the Official Tequila Sponsor of Inter Miami CF, Espolòn Tequila has established a strong presence with striking displays and engaging experiences. In June, travelers enjoyed a […]
Citizen Watch America and Starboard unveil multi-branded boutique aboard Celebrity Summit
Citizen Watch America and Starboard unveiled a new multi-branded retail space for timepieces from Citizen and Bulova onboard Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Summit. The first at-sea boutique concept was inspired by Citizen’s new Flagship Boutique located on Fifth Avenue in New York, displaying oversized and impactful visual elements portraying Citizen and Bulova’s latest and most successful collections. The 320-square-foot […]
