“La Petisquera,” the well-established South American travel retailer founded by the Mannah family in 1970, is entering the Brazilian border duty free business in Foz do Iguaçu. The company has a long history of successful operations in Paraguay, in Ciudad del Este with border and airport shops, and currently operates four downtown stores in the […]
Latin America
Jose Luis Donagaray steps down from ASUTIL after more than two decades
It is the end of an era at ASUTIL — the South American Duty-Free Association (ASUTIL) – with the announcement this week that Jose Luis Donagaray is stepping down from his role as Secretary General after more than 20 years in October. Donagaray will be succeeded by another familiar personality working in support of South […]
SEVA IBP sets sights on Latin American expansion
SEVA IBP is the epitome of today’s travel retail companies. Family-owned, it was first established in 1997 by Severino Pušić, and today SEVA has a true global footprint. It’s duty free operations, under the name of SEVA IBP, are headquartered in The Netherlands, managed by Laura Klingeman, with other offices in Athens, Greece; Panama City, […]
Duty Fly arrives in Bolivia
Bolivian fragrance specialist Distribuidora Aromas expands into full airport retailing with new Duty Fly subsidiary. John Gallagher reports. Duty Fly, a wholly owned subsidiary of Distribuidora Aromas, Bolivia’s leading perfumes and cosmetic distributor, is the new duty free concession holder at the El Alto International Airport in La Paz and Viru Viru International Airport in […]
MONARQ Group to distribute Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin in select markets in the region
MONARQ Group has signed an agreement with The Shed Distillery to represent Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin in the Caribbean as well as in select Latin America domestic and duty free markets. Launched in 2016, Super Premium Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin has seen year on year growth to 1.4m bottles in 2022 globally. It is one […]
Halloween Blossom launches in Puerto Iguazu with London Supply
Spanish fragrance house Perfumes y Diseño continues to give Halloween its own unique interpretation. Its newest holiday-inspired fragrance, Halloween Blossom, filled London Supply’s Puerto Iguazú duty free store with “a magical explosion of flowers” during the whole month of October, reported the company. Travelers were able to discover the new scent by visiting the appealing […]
Victorinox and Motta partnership build strong momentum in Americas highlighted by new opening in Panama Tocumen Airport
Victorinox and Motta Internacional S.A. have highlighted the strong momentum behind their strategic partnership in the Americas with the opening of a new Victorinox watches corner. Located in the recently opened 1,000-square-meter Attenza Duty Free store at Terminal 2 in Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, the premium, fully branded corner is the third largest […]
CCR Aeroportos signs contract with Cellshop for duty free operation at Foz do Iguaçu International Airport
CCR Aeroportos, the company that manages the Foz do Iguaçu International Airport, has signed a partnership with Cellshop Duty Free, the largest land border store in Brazil, for opening a Duty Free Shop at the airport. The store, which will cover nearly 800 square meters of space, will be located in the domestic departure and […]
Ultrafemme celebrates 45 years as the center for luxury in Cancun with an olfactory journey through the history of perfume
Ultrafemme, a benchmark for luxury and tradition in retail based in the center of Cancun, Mexico, celebrated 45 years in business by creating a breath-taking Atelier Du Parfum, a museum that charted the history of perfumery, in a space dedicated to the art of perfume making. Perfume has been the heart of Ultrafemme since Elena […]
WEBB Banks flourishes five years after successful merger
Five years after the merger of spirits distributor WEBB and wine specialist Banks created a wines and spirits powerhouse in the region, CEO Andy Consuegra tells TMI that the combined WEBB Banks has been an undeniable success. “The merger has allowed us to go to another level. Five years since we merged, we are now […]
Puig debuts Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Pour Homme in Travel Retail Americas with heavyweight campaign
Puig Travel Retail Americas has launched the latest masculine scent from Jean Paul Gaultier, Scandal Pour Homme, across 69 travel retail doors in the region with an impactful omni-channel campaign that brought to life the boxing theme of the fragrance. Scandal Pour Homme was introduced to Travel Retail Americas at the end of 2021 ahead […]
ASUTIL to bring back its own stand-alone conferences in 2022, 2023
South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL announced today that it will be holding its own in-person duty free border conference in November 2022 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil, (safe and health concerns permitting) and a return to the full ASUTIL conference in 2023. Speaking at an online press conference from Montevideo on Wednesday, ASUTIL Secretary […]
Duty Free Dynamics and Simextra Group join forces to open a LEGO airport store in South America
Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) and Simextra Group have partnered to bring one of the first stores fully dedicated to LEGO in South America to life at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana. The new store is located in the airport’s departure hall. DFD continues to develop its reputation for building worldwide brands’ in the […]
ASUTIL/CEFSU Border Meeting focuses on latest progress in region
The Uruguayan Chamber of Border Shops, CEFSU, and South American Duty Free Shops Association ASUTIL, hosted a virtual Border Shops meeting entitled “Returning to Normality” on Nov. 23. After a welcome from Carlos Loaiza, secretary general of CEFSU, and ASUTIL Secretary General Jose Luis Donagaray, Gustavo Fagundes, ASUTIL President and Dufry do Brasil CEO, set […]
ASUTIL: Vaccination pace slowly picks up in South America
The vaccination process is going forward in South America, albeit slowly, reported José Luis Donagaray, Secretary General of South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL during a far-ranging webinar last Wednesday. With an average of only 18% of the population currently fully vaccinated in the region, Donagaray confirms that the region is still far behind North […]
