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 […]

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 great sadness that we announce the passing of Canadian duty free pioneer Garvin Lee, founder of award-winning Blue Water Bridge Duty Free. Page 1. TFWA announces more networking details for Cannes. Page 1.  TRAVEL AND TOURISM […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here I had the privilege to attend a first ever event this past week – a Supplier & Distributor Conference organized by Miami spirits company WEBB Banks and its sister company WB Canna & Wellness. The Caribbean-focused event attracted more than 300 industry […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In Breaking News announced this morning, the Biden administration is lifting the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirement for international travelers to U.S. effective Sunday, June 12. The travel and tourism industries had been heavily lobbying for the move. U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow says […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Congratulations to DFS Group, which is celebrating 50 years in operation at San Francisco International Airport. In recognition of the milestone, the leading travel retailer has unveiled two newly renovated flagship stores and four renovated luxury boutiques. See more on pages 1 […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Travel retail giant Dufry Group turned in encouraging first quarter results, reporting organic growth of 144.5% over the first quarter of 2021. EMEA delivered significant progress over the year ago period—with organic growth up nearly 284%. The Americas also turned in very solid results—up […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In the travel retail industry’s first live gathering in Asia since the pandemic began, TFWA reports that its Asia Pacific Live networking event was a “huge success.” See overview on page 1. Back in the Americas, IAADFS- the International Association of Airport & Duty Free […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here DUFRY Travel retail giant Dufry further consolidates its strong footprint in South America with two new duty free and duty-paid concession contracts in Salvador, Brazil. Page 1. BY THE NUMBERS The numbers are pouring in and so far they all point […]

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 Recovery, resilience, cooperation and sustainability were the major themes of the 2022 Seatrade Cruise Global event that took place in Miami Beach last week. Although Seatrade had held an abbreviated event last September, this was the […]