Airport food and beverage operator SSP has announced it will be entering the South American travel market for the first time after securing contracts with two of Brazil’s main international airports in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The agreement is a joint venture partnership between SSP and Duty Free Americas (DFA) that is worth […]
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DFA stores help transform Tocumen Airport
Panama’s Tocumen International Airport is going through a major transformation, driven in large part by the new stores recently opened by Duty Free Americas. The makeover is immediately visible as travelers pass through Tocumen’s main security checkpoint in Terminal 1where they are greeted by two brightly lit, welcoming Duty Free Americas stores sporting a […]
Motta Internacional and Duty Free Americas win duty free concessions for T2 at Tocumen International Airport
Motta Internacional and Duty Free Americas have each won a block in the duty free tender at Tocumen International Airport’s Terminal 2. The 10-year contracts cover the operation of multi-category duty free stores in Tocumen’s new terminal, which is scheduled to open in the first semester of 2019. The new terminal will increase capacity at […]
Luxottica and Duty Free Americas develop standalone sunglasses boutique concept at Punta Cana International Airport
Eyewear leader Luxottica Group and Duty Free Americas have partnered to develop a new stand-alone Sunglasses boutique at Punta Cana International Airport’s Terminal A, Dominican Republic. This cutting-edge store – which was custom-designed for the location – is the first stand-alone space for the sunglasses category operated by DFA. Built on sunglasses category management principles, the boutique […]
Bacardi Wows MIA travelers with fun-filled Dewar’s Whisky Emporium
Bacardi Global Travel Retail is wowing passengers at Miami International Airport with a creative eye-catching month-long John Dewar & Sons Fine Scotch Whisky Emporium. The activation is designed to engage consumers traveling through the United States’ gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean, whether or not they can buy in the duty free store. The […]
DFA opens first U. S. Polo Ralph Lauren airport shop in MIA
Duty Free Americas opened the first Polo Ralph Lauren Duty Free shop in an airport in the United States at Miami International Airport North Terminal D last week. The 920 sqf store offers a range of apparel and accessories from the World of Polo for both men and women, including Polo shirts, oxfords, chinos, crisp shirting […]
DFA pushes Brazil expansion with new duty free stores in Salvador airport
DFA’s rapid expansion into Brazil continues with the recent opening of two duty free stores at Deputado Luís Eduardo Magal-hães International Airport in Salvador. The stores cover 7,700 square feet, and occupy prime areas of the terminal. The multi-category store design enhances DFA’s core portfolio of traditional travel retail products, which includes perfumes and cosmetics, wine and […]
DFA aggressively expands in Latin America
Powerhouse travel retailer Duty Free Americas is aggressively expanding its reach throughout the hemisphere, opening new operations in Latin America and the Caribbean and renovating key locations in its stronghold North America market. The expansion comes just as the company is beginning to see a recovery in much of its business, DFA CEO Jerome Falic […]
Bottega scoops DFA listing for its iconic Bottega Gold Prosecco
Bottega SpA has strengthened its presence in North America duty free by listing its iconic Bottega Gold sparkling Prosecco with Duty Free Americas. Sandro Bottega, owner and managing director of Bottega, comments: “I am very pleased to see that our business in North America continues to grow at a fast pace. In Canada, our […]
DFA will unveil two new luxury concepts in British Airways’ multi-million dollar re-design at New York JFK’s Terminal 7
Duty Free Americas has confirmed that it will play a major role in creating the new “immersive retail environment” at Terminal 7 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, when British Airways modernizes the terminal as part of its multi-million dollar re-design there. British Airways last week revealed details for the modern-ization at […]
Duty Free Americas – now second largest TR retailer in Brazil – opens store in São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
Duty Free Americas (DFA), which says it is now the second largest travel retailer in Brazil, announced today the opening of a 9,500 square foot travel retail store at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport. DFA will operate the store under a 10-year concession with Infraero, the Brazilian government corporation responsible for managing Brazil’s major airports. São Paulo-Congonhas is a […]
Duty Free Americas wins top concession award at MIA
Duty Free Americas was named Overall Concession winner of Miami International Airport’s first annual Concessionaire of the Year Award. Nominees were judged by an independent selection panel comprised of professional organi-zations that included the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, representatives from Bayside MarketPlace, luxury retail brand […]
TR industry supports 2nd annual DFA Charity Golf Tournament to raise $250,000
The travel retail industry in North America turned out in force to help support the 2nd annual Duty Free Americas Charity Golf Tournament Sept. 10, raising $250,000 for the Children’s Tumor Foundation, an organization dedicated to ending Neurofibromatosis (NF) through research. Last year, at the inaugural DFA Charity Golf Tournament, the company raised over $180,000 […]
DFA inaugurates new branded Dulles Airport boutiques
Washington Dulles International Airport celebrated the grand opening of its luxury retail wing in Concourse A and B on August 19, highlighted by the gala ribbon cutting of seven new luxury branded boutiques opened by Duty Free Americas. The new DFA stores include Michael Kors, Kiehl’s, L’Occitane, Burberry, Thomas Pink, Coach and Montblanc. “We are […]
US Court of Appeals upholds lower court’s dismissal of DFA lawsuit against Estée Lauder
In the ongoing lawsuit between Duty Free Americas and The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. that began in 2012, the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT has affirmed the earlier decision of the district court to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Duty Free Americas (DFA) against the Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. The decision […]
