Jaya Singh, Managing Director Mondelez World Travel Retail (WTR), European Export and New Business, one of travel retail’s most influential figures, will retire at the end of January 2025. Singh will be succeeded by Joost Rosmuller, who will take on the role of Managing Director WTR following Jaya’s retirement, and is appointed Vice President of […]
Lindt appoints Nicolas Sobredo as Head of GTR North & Central America
Lindt & Sprüngli has appointed Nicolas Sobredo as Regional Head of GTR North & Central America, effective immediately. The move reflects the company’s intention to drive growth for confectionery in the Americas region by splitting responsibilities for South America and North & Central America. Central America. Reporting to Head of Global Travel Retail Peter Zehnder, […]
Lindt & Sprüngli Global Travel Retail features Easter Garden concept at São Paulo-Guarulhos and Paris Charles de Gaulle
Lindt & Sprüngli is celebrating Easter with vibrant Easter Garden activations at São Paulo-Guarulhos and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports. Central to the high-profile promotions (HPP) is a life-size bunny display adorned with the Lindt GOLD BUNNY, Lindt’s hero Easter product, surrounded by Easter baskets containing the LINDOR Present Egg 300g and the LINDOR Small […]
International Shoppes and Otis McAllister open new Cohiba humidor at JFK T1
International Shoppes and Otis McAllister, Inc. in partnership with General Cigar Company, celebrated the opening of a new Cohiba humidor in the International Shoppes Duty Free store in Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 11, 2023. The 12-foot walk up humidor and center floor display offer a welcoming environment for […]
Duty Free Dynamics welcomes LAMY to brand portfolio as it expands footprint to EMEA
Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) has expanded its presence into the EMEA region with the addition of German writing instrument brand LAMY as a new key partner. DFD is widely known throughout the Travel Retail industry in the Americas as a “commercializer” of global brand concepts and with this announcement, DFD says that it is “embarking on an […]
Cannes 2023 Preview: Newmark Retail secures 25+ new TR locations for DPT Antwerp jewelry
Newmark Retail’s London-based strategic travel retail team has secured over 25 new listings on cruise ships, airlines and in airports on behalf of Belgian-based contemporary jewelry brand, DPT Antwerp, previously known as Diamanti Per Tutti, to expand its travel retail presence. Founded in 2013, DPT Antwerp has 15 standalone boutiques in Antwerp (Belgium), Lille […]
FlyWithWine returns to TFWA World Exhibition Cannes with innovative wine and spirits travel products for DF & GTR
FlyWithWine, the designer, creator and global distributor of the VinGardeValise Collection, the first luggage line specifically developed to safely and securely protect wine and spirits while traveling, will again be participating in the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. In addition to the VinGarde Valise Collection of high quality, versatile wine luggage, the FlyWith Wine team […]
Cannes 2023 Preview: Mondelez WTR expands global rollout of Bag That Gives Back activation to Sydney
Mondelez World Travel Retail (WTR) is championing sustainability within travel retail with the global rollout of Toblerone’s Bag That Gives Back campaign. To date, the campaign has launched in Europe and the Middle East and has now rolled out to Sydney, Australia in partnership with Heinemann. The campaign spotlights Mondelez WTR and partners’ support […]
Cannes 2023 Preview: Ferrero to drive expansion of the biscuit category in Cannes
Ferrero Travel Market is continuing to build the biscuit category in travel retail and help drive sales in the Food and Confectionery sector with an exciting and inspiring new offer. (Bay Village, Bay 11). Last year in Cannes, Ferrero debuted La Biscotteria as a way to drive innovation in the biscuit sector. The company reports […]
Cannes 2023 Preview: Nestlé ITR to launch key initiatives, including new sustainable brand as it moves towards Food as #1 most purchased category
Nestlé will reveal key initiatives to further drive its ambition to make Food the #1 most purchased category in Travel Retail at this year’s TFWA World Exhibition (Beach Village 02). The company will launch significant brand and category initiatives within its VERSE model, including eight new travel retail exclusive products, as […]
Lymarie Prudencio joins Mars Wrigley
Lymarie Prudencio has joined Mars Wrigley ITR, taking on the role of ITR Customer Development Leader U.S., based in Miami. Prudencio joins Mars with a 15-year track record in Travel Retail, beginning in perfume and cosmetics with diverse roles in Clarins Group, were she excelled managing the Caribbean & Latin America and later developing the […]
Mars Wrigley ITR: the right offer at every relevant touchpoint
Mars Wrigley International Travel Retail (MWITR) will share the next chapter of its “moment led strategy” with a clear focus on bringing moments to execution on the shop floor, exciting and engaging travelers with the right offer at every relevant touchpoint. (Bay Village 41) The brand reports that it will engagingly […]
Bijoux Terner revitalizes, expands under new ownership
Iconic travel retail and resort lifestyle brand Bijoux Terner is undergoing an expansion into the U.S. domestic and Caribbean retail locations and online sales, increasing its presence beyond the airports, ports and cruise lines where the brand first launched back in 1997. The company recently changed ownership, being acquired by a group of businessmen […]
TAIRO International honors longest-serving employee and welcomes key new senior appointment
Miami fragrance company TAIRO International, a leading fragrance and cosmetics distributor in Mexico and the Caribbean which marked its 25th anniversary last year, is celebrating milestones for two of its own. TAIRO is honoring Sales Director Ricardo Rivas, one of the company’s longest-serving employees, who is celebrating 20 years with the company this year. “Ricardo […]
Ricola on track for best year ever in travel retail
Swiss herbal confectionery specialist Ricola reports its best year on record, with full-year sales for 2022 expected to exceed those of 2019 – the company’s previous best performance – by an impressive 50%. “2022 has been the best year in history for Ricola in travel retail,” confirmed Andreas Reckart, Head of Travel Retail for Ricola […]
