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 leads off with encouraging earnings results from two leading travel retail giants, as well as the discouraging news that U.S. ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines – once one of the most profitable airlines — […]

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 jammed pack with news, from new commercial openings at airports from the U.S. East Coast to the Hawaiian islands; and in-depth coverage of both the Seatrade Cruise Global event with its Retail […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Seatrade Cruise Global 2026 opens in Miami today. The global cruise industry converges today for Seatrade Cruise Global 2026, which is widely recognized as the largest and most influential annual gathering of cruise lines, destinations, suppliers and decision-makers shaping […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Last week’s Summit of the Americas, while relatively quiet, nevertheless proved an excellent venue for many of the companies exhibiting and taking advantage of the networking opportunities. The education sessions were candid, informative and relevant. TMI will report on these in […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We at TMI are looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues at the IAADFS Summit of the Americas this weekend. Be sure to check out the excellent series of conference sessions that the Association has organized. There are four sessions spread over two […]

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 takes a deep look at the upcoming Seatrade Cruise Global event and its sister show: F&B@Sea. With the main event, taking place April 13-16 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, featuring a return of Retail Days in collaboration […]

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 focuses on news from Miami International Airport and Avolta. MIA and American Airlines have unveiled plans for a $1 billion “monumental” three-level expansion of Concourse D, scheduled to break ground in 2027 and be completed in 2030. The announcement is […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) has announced that more than 100 participants from seven organized teams have already confirmed their support for the Hollywood 5K Walk/Run and Kite Fly on March 14. This fundraising event, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here OPERATOR NEWS The biggest news of the past week was the announcement that New York-based International Shoppes was awarded the 10-year duty free and specialty retail contracts at Hawaii’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and Kahului Airport (OGG), the main […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We start today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider with a very illuminating report from m1nd-set that analyzes the so-called “income illusion” regarding Low Income Buyers. m1nd-set defines LIB‘s as slightly younger than the global average, with a higher percentage of Millennials, driven by digital […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The biggest news in travel retail over the past few days continues to come from DFS. LVMH has confirmed that it will be “gradually” exiting from DFS, the precursor and once undisputed leader of luxury travel retail shopping. The […]

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 […]