The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Publisher’s Comment: The United States has elected a new President. Along with the rest of the world, we at TMI have spent the last five days glued to our news stations as the United States painstakingly counted […]
Duty Free
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 37
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Two major developments took place in the industry this past week. In Europe, the European Travel Retail Confederation and ACI Europe unveiled a report calling for the introduction of duty and tax free arrivals shopping, outlining a whole […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 36
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News: TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference to return in 2021 As TMI prepared to “go to press” today, the welcome news broke that the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference will take place in 2021, […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 35
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News. L’Oréal has just announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jean-Paul Agon will be succeeded by Nicolas Hieronimus as Chief Executive Officer. Hieronimus, who has been Deputy CEO in charge of Divisions since 2017, joined L’Oréal 33 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 34
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. The news that U.S. President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning was devastating on many levels, but it had an immediate impact on the beleaguered cruise industry. Cruise line representatives and the White […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 33
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. This week’s issue delivers more evidence that the industry is slowly emerging from lock-down as it examines new ways to move forward in a world still defined by the coronavirus pandemic. CANADA/FDFA By […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 32
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. INDUSTRY The Duty Free World Council organized and hosted an informative and broad-ranging webinar that took place on Thursday. More than 850 registered for the event, moderated by TFWA Managing Director John Rimmer. TMI will present highlights of the session in […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 31
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. The biggest news of today is, of course, the announcement that the 2021 Summit of the Americas will be held as a virtual event in the beginning of April, and will be organized in partnership […]
m1nd-set: mixed outlook for travel retail revival in Europe
The travel retail sector across Europe can expect mixed prospects in-store as shoppers begin to travel again in light of the Coronavirus pandemic, reports the latest m1nd-set shopper behavior report. The report from the industry consumer insights research agency was finalized the last week in August, only days after quarantine rules were enforced in the […]
TFWA Annual General Meeting goes virtual
Given the “exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic” and the cancellation of this year’s TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, TFWA will hold its Annual General Meeting via video-conference this year. The virtual event will be held in two parts. A video-conference on October 1 will be an interactive meeting held via the Zoom platform, allowing […]
3Sixty opens at Dallas Fort Worth Terminal C
Florida-based 3Sixty Duty Free & More has celebrated the grand opening of a new store located at Terminal C of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Responding to the sharp increase in domestic traffic in Dallas Fort Worth, (which they say is currently the world’s busiest airport), 3Sixty has deployed a range of creative strategies […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 30
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. TMI presents a very mixed bag of news in this issue. A highlight of the week is the opening of a new travel retail store by 3Sixty Duty Free & More at Terminal C of the Dallas Fort […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 29
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. “We are Walking.” Those are the words of ASUTIL Secretary General José Luis Donagaray speaking at the latest webinar hosted by South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL earlier this month. Although regional experts like Airports Council International – […]
Duty Free Zone to launch live global Marketplace in September
Duty free operators and suppliers may find a viable new outlet for sales through Duty Free Zone (www.dutyfreezone.com), a digital listing of more than 3000+ Duty Free Stores from around the world. The specialized platform is going live with its new Marketplace concept as of Sept. 1, 2020. In its latest iteration, DutyFreeZone.com, which has […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 28
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Breaking News- Edrington reorganizes As we go to press, Edrington Global Travel Retail (GTR) has announced a restructuring of its organization, effective Sept. 1. Key functions will now split between two hubs in Singapore and Glasgow. Marketing […]
