Tania Lee

FDFA prioritizes pandemic recovery as it fights to remove domestic excise tax

Canadian duty free is undergoing a “slow and painful recovery,” as it still struggles to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, facing underwhelming car traffic and domestic taxes targeting its industry, Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) President Tania Lee said in her opening remarks at the Operators Meeting of the landmark 40th anniversary for the Canadian […]

Hard fought recovery showing signs of progress as new Canadian border Duty Free model stresses collaboration 

There was a sense of hopefulness at the 2023 Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) Convention held last month in Toronto, the first full gathering of Canadian land border operators, suppliers, and industry stakeholders since the pandemic. While registration numbers were down 30% versus the last pre-COVID show in 2019, FDFA Executive Director Barbara Barrett tells […]