After more than eleven years with TFWA, the last six as managing director, John Rimmer left the global travel retail association in November 2023. He returns to Cannes this year with a new advocacy role, and a wealth of knowledge to offer anyone with goals of growing their business in the travel retail channel. In […]
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TFWA looks ahead: TMI speaks with Erik Juul-Mortensen and John Rimmer
Travel Markets Insider Publisher Lois Pasternak recently had a chance to speak at length with TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen and TFWA Managing Director John Rimmer about a range of topics, including the upcoming Tax Free World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes; the industry’s new global campaign against illicit trade, and a prognosis of the future […]
TFWA Asia Pacific Live event in Singapore rated a “huge success”
There was much to celebrate this week when the Asia Pacific duty free and travel retail industry reunited for the first time in three years in Singapore at TFWA Asia Pacific Live. TFWA reports that 677 delegates from 235 companies attended the event at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre to network with industry […]
TFWA confirms that Cannes show will go on
TFWA President Jaya Singh doubled down on his message that the TFWA World Exhibition and Conference in Cannes will take place, stressing that “the show will go on” during a virtual press conference last week. The decision comes with the unanimous support of the Management Committee, and with pledges to attend from retailers, large and […]
