The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here IN MEMORIAM: MARWAN TAQTAQ The duty free/travel retail industry has lost another of its true pioneers with the passing of Marwan Taqtaq, who founded the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Duty Free Shop in 1986. This was the first land border duty […]

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 issue, TMI is focusing on some of the very exciting developments taking place in Travel Retail AT THE POINT OF SALE, both on land and at sea! We start with the stunning blockbuster shop-in-shop that The Macallan has opened in Sao Paulo Guarulhos […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here It may be the middle of summer but the travel retail channel seems to be busier than ever. In a major development that can make travel a little easier in the United States, the Transportation Security Administration –TSA- […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here IN MEMORIAM: SANTOS FAGUNDES We are extremely saddened to report the passing of Mr. Santos Fagundes last Saturday, a great businessman, one of the founding members of ASUTIL, and father to Gustavo Fagundes, current ASUTIL Board member who has headed up Avolta’s Brazilian […]

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 look at some of the exciting new store openings and concession wins from Canada to South America. Avolta has been particularly busy in the region, unveiling the first of several new stores […]

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 heavy look at some of the extremely exciting and innovative activations taking place in travel retail venues throughout the Americas, as well as other Supply Side news, plus some alarming numbers […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here ASUTIL The 2025 ASUTIL Conference that took place in Lima, Peru last week brought together more than 300 delegates and industry experts who do business in South America for another memorable, informative, and entertaining event. Among the key highlights, ASUTIL presented […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Thom Rankin It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Thom Rankin after a short illness. A kind, soft-spoken Dutchman, Thom was a member of the TFWA management committee for many years and also […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here We wish everyone gathering in Singapore for the TFWA Asia Pacific Conference and Trade Show a very successful convention! UPDATE: Cayman Island voters firmly rejected the proposal on whether or not the island should construct fixed cruise ship piers during a national referendum on […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Just weeks before the upcoming 2025 ASUTIL Conference in Lima, Peru on June 3-5, the Latin American Duty Free Association has announced a partnership with research agency m1nd-set to provide members with quarterly data on traffic forecasts and shopper insights. The inaugural information, released this […]

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 revisits the very successful 2025 edition of F&B@Sea, the specialized offshoot of Seatrade Cruise Global. Held for the third time this year, the trade show for food and beverage for the cruise industry occupied double the space […]

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 begins with a look at Avolta’s reimagined duty free store at Vancouver International Airport. Expanded to 30,000 square feet, and spanning two walk-through locations post-security in International departures, the updated space features a mix of global luxury […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Duty Free Americas named winner of duty free retail concession at JFK Terminal One  In huge breaking news, Duty Free Americas has been awarded the duty free concession at JF Kennedy International Airport’s New Terminal One. Covering nearly 20,000 square […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here CRUISE The word’s largest cruise event, Seatrade Cruise Global, is taking place this week in Miami. A key highlight is the The Retail Days, co-organized by The Moodie Davitt Report. See stories beginning on page 2. We hope to see […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here TRADE WARS U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that today is “Liberation Day” and that the U.S. will impose a minimum baseline of 10% tariffs on goods imported from all foreign countries, as well as higher, “reciprocal” tariffs on nations that impose tariffs […]