It is all about the people for Vancouver-based staffing and marketing agency Propelle + Konnect. Company founder Ally Grodd tells TMI that the primary objective for her boutique agency is to bring great people and great organizations together. “Our expertise is people. First and foremost, we are a people-based business. Our products are the people. […]
North American travel retailer Hudson has slowly begun reopening its travel stores closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hudson is also bringing back a number of furloughed team members, announced the company in its 2Q financial statement. In order to preserve liquidity, the Company had implemented a number of cost savings actions beginning in March, […]
The Ottawa International Airport Authority has named SSP Canada and Paradies Lagardère the Master Concessionaires for food, beverage, and retail. The YOW airport authority said that a key consideration in the decision was that Ottawa-Gatineau is reflected in the terminal offers. SSP Canada will add local Canadian brands Big Rig Brewery, Bridgehead Coffee, La Bottega […]
The City of Chicago last week selected architecture firm Skid-more, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM) to lead the design of two new satellite concourses at O’Hare International Airport – an integral part of the airport’s $8.5 billion Terminal Area Plan expansion. Following a competitive process, SOM was selected to design Satellite Concourse 1 and Satellite […]
Paradies Lagardère has partnered with Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) in Arizona to offer three new retail concepts that address traffic growth at the airport and meet traveler and airport employee needs. The new stores have been inspired by the beauty, culture and history of the region, says the company. “Paradies Lagardère has been a long-time […]
The $8 billion construction of an entirely new LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York – the first new airport in the U.S. in 25 years – achieved a major milestone with the opening of its first new concourse in Terminal B last December. The concourse features light-filled and spacious gate areas, locally inspired dining and retail, and […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced this week that it has reached agreement with Munich Airport International GmbH (MAI) to operate the $2.7 billion Terminal One now under construction at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). EWR Terminal One LLC, a 100% subsidiary of MAI, will oversee operations, maintenance and concession functions […]
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in partnership with Unibail‐Rodamco‐Westfield (URW) Airports has unveiled a number of new digital services and the enhancement of the flyLAX. com website. These upgraded experience includes the ability to pre‐order food and shop online by viewing products and menus for numerous restaurants and retail stores at LAX. “LAX is proud to once again be at […]
Stellar Partners, Inc. brings a new shopping experience to air passengers traveling through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with the opening of the first airport location for White House Black Market, a Chico’s FAS, Inc. brand. Stellar and ACDBE partner Morgan Group Ventures, Inc. opened the well-known women’s clothing shop in Concourse A/B. […]
The partial shutdown of the US Federal Government, now in its 23rd day, is having an impact on air travel in the nation. Workers have now missed their first paychecks. Miami International Airport, “as a precautionary measure due to uncertainties created by the lapse in federal government funding,” has instituted a number of “travel tips” to […]
The Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) Board of Directors has appointed Barbara Barrett to serve as the association’s new executive director. She replaces Laurie Karson, who left the role last September after 12 years at the helm of the industry association. Barrett brings over 20 years of high level public affairs expertise to FDFA. She […]
L’Oréal Travel Retail has teamed up with DFS to celebrate the vibrant colors of Los Angeles with an eye-catching Giorgio Armani Pop-Up store for L.A. LIP VIBES in Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. Located in the main retail hall outside the DFS store, the 15-sqf Pop-Up store is running through June […]
Fraport USA has announced it is the new retail developer at JetBlue’s home terminal – Terminal 5 (T5) at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Beginning April 1, Fraport USA will take over day-to-day management operations of T5’s retail program and will be responsible for managing all shopping and dining areas. Fraport USA […]
Diageo Global Travel opened a new luxury store in partnership with DFASS Group and its partners CBI Retail Venture (CBIRV), MDT Strategic Ventures and Charles Bush Consulting in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport earlier this month. The 400 sq.ft store is the first Diageo retail space to open in Dallas Fort Worth Airport and is designed […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has taken over the leasing function from Miami Dade Airport Aviation Department, the authority that oversees concessions at Miami International Airport. In a memorandum issued to Miami-Dade Aviation Director Emilio Gonzalez on October 30, Mayor Gimenez said that he had decided to make “certain strategic changes in the operation of the landside […]
