The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here There is a saying in the Caribbean that when the U.S. sneezes, the islands catch a cold … or worse. It appeared that the Caribbean might suffer a full-blown’ flu epidemic’ at the start of the year, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here There is a saying in the Caribbean that when the U.S. sneezes, the islands catch a cold … or worse. It appeared that the Caribbean might suffer a full-blown’ flu epidemic’ at the start of the year, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Greetings to all our readers around the world. We hope that you are all getting ready for a joyful Holiday. In today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider we start with more major news from airport operator ASUR. The Mexico-based company has completed […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We start this week’s issue of Travel Markets Insider with the critically important – and very welcome news – that the members at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) fourth Meeting of the Parties (MOP4) for Illicit Trade Protocol have agreed that the duty free industry […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers! Today’s special holiday edition spotlights two exclusive stories that you will only find in Travel Markets Insider. First, TMI is delighted to present an in-depth, One-on-One interview with Avolta COO Jordi Martin-Consuegra, who has seen the explosive growth […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We begin today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider with the very sad news of the passing of yet another travel retail figure. Doug Andrews, who held positions at companies ranging from Giorgio Beverly Hills to Movado, died two weeks ago […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here This week’s issue of Travel Markets Insider presents two exclusive interviews from companies that are making a difference at the point of sale in travel retail, in the Americas and worldwide. First, TMI’s Michael Pasternak met with Roy Summers, head of Global Travel […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here UPDATE: JAMAICA Estimates of the damage from Hurricane Melissa, a brutal Category 5 storm that battered Jamaica and other nearby islands in the Caribbean last week, continue to rise. Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Hurricane Melissa caused damage equivalent to nearly […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here BREAKING NEWS Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm of historic proportions, slammed into Jamaica yesterday with winds of 185 miles per hour, causing widespread devastation. The extent of the damage is not yet known.  The storm was one of the […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In today’s newsletter, Travel Markets Insider is very proud to feature an in-depth interview with Tax Free World Association President Philippe Margueritte, who speaks with TMI’s Michael Pasternak about his goals for the Association and his view of the future of the industry. […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The whirlwind of Cannes may be over, but news post-show is unabated. With just shy of 8,000 visitors (a record 7,999 to be exact), TFWA reports that attendance at this year’s hugely successful TFWA World Exhibition & […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here While much of the industry is in the South of France at the TFWA World Exhibition, many developments continue to take place throughout the world. In its latest research report, m1nd-set reveals that Millennial business travelers rank as travel retail’s highest spenders, especially […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here With Cannes just around the corner, the news keeps pouring in. Most notable this week is a change in one of the main speakers at the opening TFWA Conference. Tony Parker, four-time NBA champion, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is replacing Gloria Guevara Manzo, former […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In a major step forward for prestige beauty in the travel retail channel, Duty Free Americas and The Estée Lauder Companies last week announced a strategic global partnership that will launch ELC brands across DFA stores. Calling the collaboration a “significant […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here IN THE TMI SPOTLIGHT: CRUISE RETAIL We start today’s issue with two exciting cruise retail launches at sea. Heinemann Americas has unveiled 10 distinct retail venues on board Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships in […]