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 is all about Numbers and People on the Go. Among the People News, IAADFS has announced that best-selling executive coach and author Scott Miller will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Summit of the Americas, taking place April […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here. Our first newsletter of the New Year has a decidedly international flavor, with updates from regions around the globe. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS First and of foremost importance to the duty free/travel retail world is the easing of COVID bans […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As this momentous year of recovery draws to a close, the duty free channel is busier than ever. People are returning to travel in record numbers and travel retail is pulling out all the stops in order to engage them, charm […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here SPECIAL REPORT ASUTIL Border Conference in Montevideo reports recovery and opportunity in first post-pandemic in-person industry event in LATAM The Encuentro Border Shops Conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 9-10, was filled with information-packed sessions presented […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In the big news breaking this morning, Erik Juul-Mortensen has been re-elected President of Tax Free World Association. “Our mission remains unchanged, and that is to serve the duty free and travel retail industry to the best of our ability as we […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here More numbers from the major reporting sites show that the post-pandemic travel recovery is strengthening. See IATA air traffic numbers for October on page 1, and the latest tourism movements (January-September 2022) from the UN World Tourism Organization on page 2. In the U.S., […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider is delighted to share some major stories from the beauty sector. Leading off this issue, however, are more reports showing the continued recovery of air traffic and travel. On the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here CRUISE RETAIL: IN THE SPOTLIGHT Cruise retail has come a long way since the early days of tables of promotional products spread out in a ship’s atrium. Most cruise lines today feature specifically designed programs tailored to […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here SOUTH AMERICA: ON THE BORDER A capacity-crowd of 200 delegates attended the Encuentro de Frontera Border Meeting in Montevideo last week, organized by ASUTIL and CEFSU- the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Free Shops of Uruguay. John Gallagher was there and presents a brief […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider is being brought to you from onboard the spectacular new Celebrity Beyond, whose North American naming ceremony will take place at sea this evening. The ship’s retail plays a key role in the ship’s allure, developed by Starboard […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here This week TMI takes a deeper look at the Supply Side, particularly news generated by the confectionery companies during TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes, and recent local developments in the beauty sector. Before that though, the big political news from the […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The momentum of new travel retail developments in the Americas continues unabated. TMI’s lead story takes a look at South America, where CCR Aeroportos, a group that operates 20 airports worldwide, including in nine Brazilian states, announced a deal with land border […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here By every indication, the 2022 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference was an unqualified success. Not only were the attendance numbers soaring, but the feeling throughout the event was one of recovery, opportunity, and optimism that the worst of the COVID crisis […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here With the Countdown to Cannes now only days away, the travel and tourism industries—including travel retail – are cheering three important developments that took place over the past week. CANADA: Most relevant to the Americas, the Canadian government –in a huge shot of good news for […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here It is with deep sadness that we report the death of yet another industry icon: Alex Smith, a brilliant writer and one of the most respected – and beloved – journalists in the global drinks and travel retail industry, […]