Tax Free World Association (TFWA) has announced the appointment of Franck Waechter as Managing Director. He assumed the role from November 2, 2023. Waechter has worked with a number of leading global brands that operate in the duty free and travel retail industry, including L’Oréal, Givenchy, Guerlain, Champagne Laurent-Perrier and Valmont. A French national, he has […]
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Record number of buyers and landlords attend TFWA World Exhibition & Conference 2023
While the 2023 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference was just shy of attracting a record number of total visitors to Cannes this year, it broke numerous other records and was hailed as a resounding success by attendees. According to the Tax Free World Association, the event hosted a total of 7,385 visitors –up 23% from […]
TFWA looks ahead: TMI speaks with Erik Juul-Mortensen and John Rimmer
Travel Markets Insider Publisher Lois Pasternak recently had a chance to speak at length with TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen and TFWA Managing Director John Rimmer about a range of topics, including the upcoming Tax Free World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes; the industry’s new global campaign against illicit trade, and a prognosis of the future […]
DFWC & TFWA launch new campaign against illicit trade, counterfeiting and intellectual property theft
The global duty free and travel retail industries are banding together in a new campaign that targets illicit trade, counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft. Organized by the Duty Free World Council and Tax Free World Association, the global campaign– Duty Free: Trusted, Transparent, Secure—launched today, July 6. Its goal is to highlight the industry’s […]
TFWA Asia Pacific Live event in Singapore rated a “huge success”
There was much to celebrate this week when the Asia Pacific duty free and travel retail industry reunited for the first time in three years in Singapore at TFWA Asia Pacific Live. TFWA reports that 677 delegates from 235 companies attended the event at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre to network with industry […]
TFWA confirms that Cannes show will go on
TFWA President Jaya Singh doubled down on his message that the TFWA World Exhibition and Conference in Cannes will take place, stressing that “the show will go on” during a virtual press conference last week. The decision comes with the unanimous support of the Management Committee, and with pledges to attend from retailers, large and […]
TFWA World Exhibition & Conference to return to Cannes in Sept. 2021
The Tax Free World Association has announced the welcome news that the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference is planning to return to Cannes from Sunday, September 26 – Thursday September 30, 2021. The Association says that it is closely monitoring the development of the health and travel environment, but that it has informed its members and […]
TFWA’s new president Jaya Singh introduces Board and talks about his vision for TFWA and its role in travel retail going forward
Incoming Tax Free World Association (TFWA) President Jaya Singh met with global media during a digital press conference last Thursday in a candid discus-sion that he called a “dialogue session” which touched on a wide range of topics critical to the industry. Singh was joined by the new TFWA Board– Vice-President Finance Frédéric Garcia-Pelayo of […]
TFWA Annual General Meeting goes virtual
Given the “exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic” and the cancellation of this year’s TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, TFWA will hold its Annual General Meeting via video-conference this year. The virtual event will be held in two parts. A video-conference on October 1 will be an interactive meeting held via the Zoom platform, allowing […]
CANNES CANCELLED
TFWA HAS JUST ISSUED THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT: TFWA World Exhibition & Conference 2020 to be cancelled Given the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its members, exhibitors and the duty free & travel retail industry as a whole, Tax Free World Association has today decided to cancel the 2020 edition of the TFWA World […]
TFWA President Maingreaud: “We would not be fulfilling our mission if we did not make every effort to make Cannes happen.”
TFWA President Alain Maingreaud held a virtual press briefing on Friday afternoon (Paris time) to ad-dress industry questions following the announcement that the 2020 Tax Free World Exhibition would take place on Sept. 28-Oct. 2, as well as reveal more details of the event. Most questions dealt with the precautions that would be taken to […]
TFWA says Cannes will go on – but with changes
The Tax Free World Association has announced that the 2020 TFWA World Exhibition & Conference will take place as scheduled in Cannes on September 28th – October 2, albeit with a number of sweeping changes to the pricing, format and structure of what is normally the main business event of the year on the travel retail […]
Cannes 2019: attendance tops record 7.5k; industry calls for a major thrust for sustainability
The 35th TFWA World Exhibition & Conference was deemed an unqualified success, according to the organizers. Following a week of spectacular weather on the French Riviera, the annual industry event closed on an upbeat note as TFWA President Alain Maingreaud announced that a record 7,531 delegates visited the exhibition during the week, an increase of 7% […]
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced as keynote speaker at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference 2019
TFWA has announced that Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of The United Kingdom, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. Blair will share his experience of working on the frontline of UK and international politics and offer his thoughts on Brexit, foreign policy and other pressing geopolitical matters. Blair […]
TFWA ASIA PACIFIC EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE REVIEW Despite roaring success of TR in Asia, Maingreaud warns channel must remain relevant
While Latin America’s major economies continue to decline and its duty free stores suffering as a result, the Asia Pacific region’s tourism growth rates are lapping the global average, it was announced at the 24th TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference held in the beginning of May in Singapore. The Singapore event, with another year of […]
