Cruise retailer Harding+ has announced the launch of Pandora engraving machines onboard select cruise ships. A global first in travel retail, the engraving machines offer guests the chance to create bespoke personalized jewelry pieces while at sea. Following its debut in October, the service is now live across five ships – P&O Cruises Arvia and Iona, Sun Princess, and […]
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Avolta: enhancing the passenger journey with seamless integration of retail, F&B, and travel essentials businesses
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Blue Caterpillar rides relationships to continued growth in Americas and beyond
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Working together to transform TR with innovation and engagement
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ARINA grows Canadian business even as U.S./Canada tensions disrupt cross border travel
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Cellshop transforms Paraguayan border shopping as it expands into new cities
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Starboard to debut vibrant, immersive “concept gallery” retail experience aboard Virgin Voyages’ Brilliant Lady
PortMiami welcomes 10 new cruise ships for the 2025-2026 cruise season
PortMiami will welcome 10 new cruise ships, including five new build vessels, during the 2025-2026 cruise season. Starting in October 2025, a new roster of ships will set sail from PortMiami, including Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth and Virgin Voyages’ Brilliant Lady. In November, Holland America’s Zuiderdam, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Xcel and Oceania Cruises’ Allura will make their debut. In December, the port welcomes MSC […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 41
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here UPDATE: JAMAICA Estimates of the damage from Hurricane Melissa, a brutal Category 5 storm that battered Jamaica and other nearby islands in the Caribbean last week, continue to rise. Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Hurricane Melissa caused damage equivalent to nearly […]
Pernod Ricard GTR launches The Glenlivet Cask Master’s Collection, new permanent GTR exclusive range
Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PR GTR) has launched The Glenlivet Cask Master’s Collection, a new aged range of 14, 16, and 19 Year Old expressions. This new permanent collection of aged single malts, exclusively available in Global Travel Retail, celebrates the mastery and vision of Cask Master Kevin Balmforth, and showcases The Glenlivet’s iconic smooth […]
Mozart Chocolate Liqueurs launches with Avolta in key South American airports
Marussia Beverages Export is partnering with Avolta to bring the premium Mozart Chocolate Liqueurs to travelers across Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Starting this December, Mozart’s range—including the Mozart Chocolate Cream, White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and the newer Chocolate Coffee flavor—will be available at selected Avolta duty free locations in major airports throughout South America. […]
Highland Park partners with Michelin-starred chef Björn Frantzén on GTR-exclusive 17 YO Single Malt
Highland Park has partnered with 3 x 3-Michelin-starred chef Björn Frantzén to launch Between You and I: Journeys – a travel exclusive 17 Year Old Single Malt that offers a new approach to whisky tasting. Rather than traditional tasting notes, drinkers are invited to explore the many journeys that flavor can take them on. With […]
The Macallan takes inspiration from tea with latest Harmony Collection release
The Macallan has launched the latest in its Harmony Collection, a travel retail exclusive whisky created in a unique collaboration with JING, curators of some of the world’s most distinctive and fine single garden teas. Inspired By Organic Cherrywood Lapsang Tea is a limited-edition single malt Scotch whisky that pays homage to the world of tea and the […]
Floral Street and Netflix team up to produce Bridgerton fragrance
Award-winning British fragrance brand Floral Street has teamed up with Bridgerton, Netflix’ hugely successful period drama that takes place during the Regency period in England, to create a fragrance based on the hit series. Floral Street founder and CEO Michelle Feeney says that the collaboration “is a celebration of storytelling, sustainability, and scent. “As a British brand rooted in self-expression […]
JFKIAT & Hudson partner to debut custom, local concepts at JFK T4
JFKIAT – the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport – has announced the opening of three reimagined Hudson market concepts in T4: Manhattan Mercantile, Brooklyn-inspired East River Market, and 149th & Grand, representing the Bronx. Designed as immersive tributes to these three NYC boroughs, these new Hudson locations showcase the best of […]
JFK T6 adds three new dining concessions
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected to build and operate the new US$4.2bn Terminal 6 (T6) at John F Kennedy International Airport, have announced the addition of PJ Clarke’s (a saloon-style restaurant in New York), For Five Coffee Roasters and Brooklyn Brewery to the terminal’s hospitality options. These […]
Avolta, JFK T8 operators reveal duty free and F&B brands with 60+ new concessions
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, American Airlines and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield have announced 24 additional duty free and food hall brands arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s (JFK) Terminal 8 as part of the terminal’s expansion, which includes a $125 million commercial redevelopment program. All leasable space has now been awarded […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 40
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here BREAKING NEWS Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm of historic proportions, slammed into Jamaica yesterday with winds of 185 miles per hour, causing widespread devastation. The extent of the damage is not yet known. The storm was one of the […]
DISCUS: U.S. Spirits exports decline sharply in 2Q amid rising trade tensions, falling 9% YoY
Following a banner year for U.S. distilled spirits exports in 2024, exports of American spirits fell 9% year-over-year in the second quarter, driven by ongoing trade tensions, according to a report released earlier this month by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). The American Distilled Spirits Exports 2025 Mid-Year Report showed declines were particularly steep […]
TFWA President Philippe Margueritte: innovation, collaboration, and market intelligence will take TFWA into a brighter travel retail future
The 2025 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference was Philippe Margueritte’s first as president of the association since being elected in December 2024, succeeding Erik Juul-Mortensen. Following Juul-Mortensen, whose history with TFWA started at its beginning, is no small task. Margueritte tells TMI at a meeting in his office at the Palais in Cannes that his […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 26 No. 39
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In today’s newsletter, Travel Markets Insider is very proud to feature an in-depth interview with Tax Free World Association President Philippe Margueritte, who speaks with TMI’s Michael Pasternak about his goals for the Association and his view of the future of the industry. […]
