Moët Hennessy Travel Retail has opened the first Hennessy boutique in the Americas travel retail market. The 56-square-meter Hennessy shop-in-shop, situated in the Dufry departure store at Montego Bay Airport in Jamaica, is poised to offer a bespoke experience in the Americas region. The boutique offers travelers a selection of travel retail exclusive cognacs, including […]
Caribbean
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Announces Acquisition of WEBB Banks
Deal Expands Southern Glazer’s Presence in the Pan-Caribbean Market and Bolsters Travel & Export Capabilities Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits today announced its plans to acquire Miami-based WEBB Banks, the leading premium wine and spirits distributor in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, as well as the travel retail and cruise sector. The acquisition, […]
Campari Group GTR blends physical and digital at world’s first Appleton Estate boutique in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Campari Group has opened a permanent Appleton Estate Jamaican rum boutique at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The boutique, prominently located near the entrance of the Dufry walk-in store, is Campari’s largest ever investment in global travel retail, and blends physical and digital elements to create an omni-channel experience. A sensorial journey Travel […]
CTO releases Caribbean Tourism Performance and Outlook for 2023
Caribbean tourism in 2022 was characterized by strong recovery reported the Caribbean Tourism Organization at its annual Tourism and Outlook presentation on March 7. Acting CTO Secretary General Neil Walters reported that the Caribbean tourism industry was resilient and built on the rebound that began in the middle of 2021. By the end of 2022, […]
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 […]
Rouge Duty Free debuts first Creed Boutique in the Caribbean as it opens three new chic locations before the end of 2022
Rouge Duty Free, one of the fastest-growing travel retailers in the Caribbean, has announced plans for the opening of three new locations in the Caribbean market, a Creed Boutique in St Barth and two beauty shops in the resort area of Tulum, Mexico. The new locations will be open for business between the end of […]
Rouge Duty Free to celebrate opening of Maison in St. Croix as island enjoys investment boom
Rouge Duty Free is set for a soft opening of its new flagship in St. Croix at the end of this month. Located in an historic mansion in the heart of Christiansted’s business district, Rouge Maison will house 2,500 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, an al fresco Rouge Bistro out back, […]
WEBB Banks hosts 300+ spirits executives at inaugural Caribbean Distributor & Supplier conference in Puerto Rico
More than 300 spirits industry people gathered in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 12-15 to attend a conference specially designed for companies in the Caribbean. Hosted and organized by Miami based WEBB Banks and its sister company, WB Canna & Wellness, the conference welcomed representatives of more than 25 of its supplier brands and […]
Perfumes y Diseño grows Americas fragrance business, expands distribution portfolio with Cartier and Perry Ellis in Caribbean
Spanish Group Perfumes y Diseño reached record sales of 65 million euros in 2021, a 16% increase compared to 2019. The company experienced growth across all its brands and subsidiaries worldwide. Sales of the Caribbean subsidiary, PYD USA, rose by 80% compared to 2019. The division continues to consolidate its position as a distributor in the territory, […]
Carnival breaks ground on new Grand Bahama Island cruise port
Carnival Cruise Line, in cooperation with the Grand Bahama Port Authority and the Government of The Bahamas, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new cruise port destination on Grand Bahama Island on May 12. “With the start of this Carnival project, Grand Bahama is now on the better side of reaching its true economic potential,” […]
Rouge Duty Free opens new locations and expands liquor business
Rouge Duty Free continues to flourish in the region’s duty free and travel retail market, consistently expanding the family-owned retail enterprise to new islands and new locations across the Caribbean. Rouge’s liquor business is also developing on plan, with the product portfolio expanding to offer all the most important brands as well as unique specialties, […]
WEBB Banks flourishes five years after successful merger
Five years after the merger of spirits distributor WEBB and wine specialist Banks created a wines and spirits powerhouse in the region, CEO Andy Consuegra tells TMI that the combined WEBB Banks has been an undeniable success. “The merger has allowed us to go to another level. Five years since we merged, we are now […]
In Memoriam: Dr. Jean Holder, “father of the regional tourism in the Caribbean”
Condolences and accolades are pouring in to the Caribbean from around the world on the death of Dr. Jean Holder on Jan. 26. Dr. Holder, 85, a Barbadian by birth, is considered by many to be the father of regional tourism development in the region. A distinguished diplomat, he was the first secretary general of […]
Dufry extends La Romana duty free concession in the Dominican Republic for 10 years
Global travel retailer Dufry has extended its duty free concession at La Romana Int. Airport & Seaport (AILR & CPLR) in the Dominican Republic for another 10 years. The company has been opera-ting at La Romana for more than 14 years, where the combined airport and seaport location welcomes more than 700,000 passengers a year, […]
Rouge Duty Free on its way to becoming a Caribbean powerhouse
With the opening of its new stores in St. Croix, family-owned Rouge Duty Free now operates a dozen properties in the Caribbean – in St. Thomas, Grenada, Grand Cayman and St. Croix — reaching this milestone sooner than expected since it first started in the region in 2015. “Our goal in the next three-five years […]
