Michael Halpern

IAADFS announces 2024 officers

The International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) has re-elected Rene Riedi of Avolta to serve another term as Chairman. Erasmo Orillac of Motta Internacional was elected Vice-Chair and Michael Halpern of International Shoppes is Treasurer and Audit Chair. “I am honored to be chosen by my fellow Board members to continue serving […]

International Shoppes celebrates 70 years of two families, three generations, and an enduring partnership

In 1951, two young men in New York City got together and opened a jewelry store in the brand new Port Authority Bus Terminal. With that endeavor, Herman Greenbaum, who operated several jewelry stores in Manhattan, and Fred Rosenberg, a watch-maker originally from Germany, who learned the trade while living in a children’s camp in […]