The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. This week the TMI Spotlight is squarely on Latin American operators.     In news breaking early this morning, Dufry and DFASS officially announced the award of the operation of the duty free shops at Bogota’s El Dorado International […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. This week TMI is all about PEOPLE.     Edrington Global TR announces a change in leadership with “Tellis” Baroutsis and    Igor Boyadjian moving up to new positions.     Godiva promotes three of its staff in TR […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. I must start this issue of TMI by sending our deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting attack that took place at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport on Friday afternoon. Not only did it take […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. As we close out 2016, TMI takes a look at three elegant, high-profile venues and events that graced travel retail in the Americas this month. And we take a moment to wish all […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. DFA continues to open new airport venues across Brazil, the most recent being a 2,400 sq. foot duty free store in the departures area at Manaus International Airport, its second store of three planned […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Today’s issue covers industry developments from Canada to Brazil, with a heavy emphasis on airport news.     The Frontier Duty Free Association Convention that took place in Toronto in mid-November tackled several […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. UNWTO- the United Nations World Tourism Organization – has tracked nearly one billion international tourists in the first nine months of 2016, 34 million more than in the same period of 2015. See […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In Memoriam: Harold Judson “Jud” Brady. We are very sorry to report the passing of another travel industry pioneer. Harold Judson “Jud” Brady, 91 of McAllen, Texas passed away on October 28, […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In Memoriam: We are very sad to report the passing of former TFWA president Jacky Paquet, a true gentleman of the Association and the industry. Page 1. Cannes 2016 – attendance […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. In today’s TMI newsletter, we are happy to share a Special Report from our intrepid Washington-based writer Larry Luxner, who flew to Santa Clara, Cuba on Sept. 9 onboard JetBlue. This […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Venezuela currently owes international airlines US$3.8 billion with no end in sight to the government’s refusal to release the blocked funds. The International Air Transport Association has filed a request for […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. The IAADFS has been focusing its efforts on a variety of items this year and Association President & CEO Michael Payne talks about two of the major issues with TMI: the […]

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. Airports Council International has released the 2015 World Airport Traffic Report, and heralds the strongest growth in passenger traffic since 2010, with increases approaching the records of the pre-recessionary 2004-2007 period. […]