The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here NOTE: We will once again be holding a gathering of Women in Travel Retail+ during the 2024 IAADFS Summit of the Americas, that will take place prior to the opening cocktail on Sunday evening, April 14th. Stay […]
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 4
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here to the Falic Family Foundation and Duty Free Americas along with their charity partner, the Miami Dolphins football team, who together with their suppliers, vendors, distributors and colleagues in the Americas, again raised one million dollars for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 3
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here DFA Golf The Travel Markets Insider team looks forward to seeing many of you at the 2024 DFA Charity Golf Tournament, which will take place this coming Thursday, Feb. 8. Once again, the event sponsors — the Falic Family Foundation […]
TFWA to mark milestone 40th anniversary in 2024
TFWA is turning 40 in 2024, and plans are in place to mark this momentous occasion in style across the year. The climax of the festivities will come in Cannes during the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, when the association will be throwing a spectacular ‘birthday party’ on the final night of the event. In […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 40
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We are delighted to kick off this issue of Travel Markets Insider with the news that Erik Juul-Mortensen has again been re-elected as President of TFWA—a role he has now served in for 22 years over two terms. The news is particularly […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 39
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider looks at major developments ranging north to Canada, far south to Argentina, and with a strong focus on the Caribbean in between. In the lead story, Argentina swore in a new President on Sunday. Right-wing […]
Hard fought recovery showing signs of progress as new Canadian border Duty Free model stresses collaboration
There was a sense of hopefulness at the 2023 Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) Convention held last month in Toronto, the first full gathering of Canadian land border operators, suppliers, and industry stakeholders since the pandemic. While registration numbers were down 30% versus the last pre-COVID show in 2019, FDFA Executive Director Barbara Barrett tells […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 38
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As 2023 draws to a close, global tourism continues to improve, reaching nearly 90% of the pre-pandemic level, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization. Air arrivals in the Middle East, in fact, are 20% above 2019 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 37
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here BREAKING NEWS The South American Duty Free Association – ASUTIL – today announced its new Board of Directors for 2024-2026. Enrique Urioste, President & CEO Latam & Carib at Avolta (formerly Dufry), has been elected President of […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 36
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The combined travel retail / food & beverage operation formed by the Dufry-Autogrill merger officially rebranded as Avolta last week, including trading on the Swiss stock exchange under the Avolta name and launching a website showcasing the new identity. Further enhancing the Group’s latest chapter — and […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 35
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Notice: Dufry shareholders have approved the change of the company name to Avolta AG. The approval came during an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Basel, Switzerland on Nov. 3, 2023. The company reports that a total number of 99,885,200 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 34
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Anyone who is interested in connecting with the Cruise industry should consider attending the Seatrade Cruise Global event taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center on April 8-11, 2024. Seatrade is the world’s largest cruise event, with 10K attendees including 100+ […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 33
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here DATES TO REMEMBER: The 2024 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference will begin on Sept. 29 (Opening Cocktail). This will be the 40th Anniversary of the Tax Free World Association, so expect something special! The MEADFA Conference will take […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 32
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here With the TFWA World Exhibition just days away, the Tax Free World Association President Erik Juul-Mortensen anticipates that the premier event in the travel retail calendar will welcome at least as many visitors as in record 2019: “The record numbers we are […]
We An Idea: Booming creative design agency rebrands, expands markets and extends into domestic channels
Well-known travel retail creative architectural and industrial design firm We An Idea has been on a whirlwind of development over the past year, expanding from its original platform in Miami and extending its services to high profile projects in related domestic markets. TMI had an opportunity to speak with We An Idea founders Juan Trelles […]