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, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Destination 2027. In the lead story of this week’s issue of Travel Markets Insider, Dufry has unveiled a new four-pillar growth strategy, which at its heart is designed to give consumers a better travel experience, while the company uses its geographic diversification to protect itself against […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here As the start of the 2022 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference is now just a month away, the Association has released details of the conference and workshop program, as well as information about the new TFWA i.lab. Page 1. SAVE […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here IN MEMORIAM: JAVIER MEDINA of Bodegas Williams & Humbert Travel Markets Insider is very sad to announce the passing of another beloved travel industry figure: Javier Medina of sherry and brandy producer Bodegas Williams & Humbert passed away last month at the […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here IN MEMORIAM: DAVID TILLMAN Oct. 21, 1956 – August 9, 2022 David Tillman passed away earlier this week, on August 9, after a grueling three-year battle against lymphoma. He was 65. The New York-based travel retail colleague had recovered enough to […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s super special issue of Travel Markets Insider is filled with exclusive news and interviews running the gamut of the travel retail markets. In our lead story, Travel Markets Insider Publisher Lois Pasternak had a chance to speak at length with TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen and TFWA Managing Director John Rimmer about a […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here ASUTIL ANNOUNCES TWO CONFERENCES As travel and the travel retail business begins to show signs of recovery in Latin America, ASUTIL, the Association of South American Duty Free Stores, has announced that it will be holding two gatherings over the next several months, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here TMI SPECIAL REPORT DUFRY AND AUTOGRILL JOIN FORCES TO REDEFINE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE GLOBALLY AND CREATE A “WORLD CHAMPION” IN THE SECTOR With the news on July 11 that Edizione S.p.A., the majority shareholder of Autogrill S.p.A., has signed a strategic agreement […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here The Travel Retail industry associations were especially busy over the past week: IAADFS announced revised dates for the 2023 Summit of the Americas. It will now take place April 16-19 instead of April 18-21, although it is still at the Palm Beach County […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In a big story breaking this week, two industry giants, Swiss-based Dufry and Italy’s Autogrill, confirmed media reports that they are in discussions over a possible merger. Page 1.  BY THE NUMBERS/TRENDS ACI issued its quarterly assessment analyzing the impact of […]