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 – […]
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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 […]
Dufry turnover plunges -62% in first half; accelerates re-opening and re-organization
Dufry, the world’s largest travel retailer, last week revealed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its first-half results, and it should come as no surprise how dire the impact was on earnings. During the first six months of the year, Dufry’s performance was impacted by the unprecedented level of disruption of retail operations, globally driven by […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 27
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 this week is the return of the first major cruise line to service. MSC Cruises began sailing its flagship MSC Grandiosa yesterday, August 16, and its MSC Magnifica will begin sailing again in the Mediterranean as of […]
Travel Markets Insider Vol. 21 No. 26
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Today’s issue of TMI features some worrisome reports on aviation recovery. In the latest ASUTIL webinar, two Latin America-based experts– Rafael Echevarne, Director General of ACI-LAC; and Gonzalo Yelpo, Legal Director and General Counsel of ALTA, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association […]
One on One with Lisa Bauer, President and CEO, Starboard Cruise Services, Inc.
Reframing the cruise retail experience in a post-COVID world Amidst the slowdown and uncertainty facing the cruise industry as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Starboard Cruise Services is focusing on reframing onboard guest engagement for when cruising returns. Starboard President and CEO Lisa Bauer talked to TMI about how Starboard will adapt to new requirements and […]
U.S. airport store re-openings
Duty Free Americas Duty Free Americas has recently opened a few of its stores in Miami International Airport, confirms DFA CEO Jerome Falic. As reported last month, DFA has retained an Aventura-based physician, Dr. Michael Braun, to guide the company as it gets ready to re-open select stores closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We […]
Carolyn Mariani starts own consultancy
Carolyn Mariani, one of the best-known and respected figures in travel retail, has started her own consultancy. A super star in inflight, she spent more than 17 years with 3Sixty Duty Free & More (formerly DFASS) in Miami, and now she’s bringing all that knowledge to her own business, appropriately named PIVOT305. “After more than 20 […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 25
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 very pleased to be starting off this issue of Travel Markets Insider with the positive news that Aer Rianta International has re-opened The Loop store at YUL Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, which had been closed since March 24 due to […]
New for1314 consortium introduces innovative high-tech solutions to combat current challenges
for1314, the intriguingly named consortium formed earlier this summer by travel retail industry veterans Christoph Henkel, Denz van der List, and Adil Raïhani, has taken the next step with its portfolio of “sophisticated, affordable technology” by introducing Density, a scalable people counting system. Designed to measure real-time space occupancy, not just entrance/exit count, Density has […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 24
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider is our most positive in two months, even as the confirmed number of cases in the United States surges past three million and hard-hit Brazil passes 1.7 million cases […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 23
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 of Travel Markets Insider focuses on a slew of airport and aviation developments in the Americas, beginning with the petition by several U.S. industry associations (The International Association of Airport Duty Free Stores; the […]
IAADFS joins U.S. airport concessions groups seeking $5 billion in financial relief
The International Association of Airport Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) co-authored a letter to the U.S. Congress with the Airport Restaurant and Retail Association (ARRA), the Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), the National Parking Association (NPA), and the American Car Rental Association (ACRA), asking the U.S. Congress to provide financial relief for duty free, travel retail, […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 22
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: FDFA cancels 2020 convention Canada’s Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) today took the difficult decision to cancel its annual convention set to take place in Toronto in November 2020. Toronto is currently restricting […]
