As part of its 90th Anniversary celebration, Godiva Chocolatier is collaborating with DFS to mount a special event at San Francisco International Airport featuring the work of renowned Belgian artist/illustrator Oli-B. A similar event will be staged at Los Angeles Airport in August. Godiva, founded in Brussel, Belgium in 1926, is marking its 90th anniversary with a […]
Westfield has completed the first phase of redevelopment in Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 1, which will introduce Southwest Airlines customers to a new retail and dining collection. As part of a $508 million over-haul spearheaded by Southwest and Los Angeles World Airports, Westfield’s new dining and retail collection will feature 24 destinations and […]
New milestone in $8.5 billion makeover at Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA) announced this week the completion of the latest large-scale improvement project at LAX — a $332 million overhaul of Terminal 2. The renovation has modernized more than 76,000 square feet of the international terminal, including 15,000 square feet of […]
Los Angeles International Airport and American Airlines celebrated the inaugural charter flight from the West Coast to Havana last Saturday, Dec. 12. The high profile flight took off from LAX Terminal 4, following a gala ribbon cutting that included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Deborah Flint, Executive Director, LAX; Juan Carlos Liscano, Managing Director, LAX, […]
Bacardi Global Travel Retail, in partnership with DFS Group, presented a peak summer activation at Los Angeles International Airport. ‘Cocktails of the World,’ which ran throughout July and August in the main store at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, introduced travelers to premium Bacardi brands in malt whisky, rum and vodka, including Glen Deveron […]
Delta Air Lines in partnership with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the City of Los Angeles unveiled the completion of a three-year terminal-wide $229-million refurbishment of Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 5 last week on June 10. The Delta refurbishment includes four additional security screening points, an expanded ticketing lobby, a new baggage claim, […]
Jean-Luc Decaux, Co-CEO of JCDecaux North America, tells TMI how his company’s cutting edge campaigns are able to capture the attention – and pocket book – of the traveling public. Lois Pasternak reports. Travelers arriving in Los Angeles Airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal at the end of last year were treated to the jaw-dropping spectacle […]
One of the industry’s most respected aviation executives, Gina Marie Lindsey, has announced that she is stepping down from her position as executive director of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). Telling staff “it is time for me to move on to other adventures,” Lindsey announced her retirement last week. With a career spanning 39 years, […]
The city of Los Angeles has reported its fourth consecutive year of record-breaking tourism and record-breaking passenger levels at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Mayor Eric Garcetti said that 43.4 million tourists visited Los Angeles in 2014, an increase of 1.2 million visitors over 2013 levels. Of these, a record 6.5 million were international tourists. […]
Hudson Group joint venture HG LAX T6 JV was recently awarded the retail contract at Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 6. The team will debut a cutting edge LA-centric travel essentials concept called Market 8600 that was specifically matched to “The Boulevard” design theme created by developer Westfield. Market 8600 is a variation of Hudson […]
