The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here HURRICANE UPDATE Hurricane Beryl, which struck the Caribbean in early July, made history by becoming the earliest category 4 and 5 hurricane on record. Developing from a tropical storm into a major hurricane in just over 12 hours, it first […]
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 20
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . COUNTDOWN TO CANNES In Breaking News issued today, the Tax Free World Association has announced that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 TFWA World Conference – the prestigious organization’s 40th anniversary. The Conference will take place […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 19
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . ASUTIL CONFERENCE The 2024 ASUTIL Conference held last week in Bogota, Colombia was a sold out success with 307 attendees for the annual South American duty free event, managed by TFWA (Tax Free World Association). Travel Markets Insider’s Michael Pasternak had a front […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 18
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . AT THE AIRPORT In today’s lead story, Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) reveals the winners of its 2024 ACI-NA Airport Concessions Awards, which recognize airports, concessionaires, and industry business partners for their work in elevating the traveling public’s […]
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Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 17
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . AT THE AIRPORT ARI-North America brought a joyous burst of colorful to Montreal-Trudeau International Airport with its inaugural cross-category Garden Event promotional island that is running through the end of June. See more details on page 1. La Boutique, the […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 16
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider begins with the news that ARI reports strong growth across all its operations for 2023. In North America, recovery in ARI’s Canadian operations gained pace, reaching 2019 levels despite the late opening of the Canadian market and […]
Bacardi GTR introduces Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Stone Toasted Whisky
Bacardi Global Travel Retail has introduced Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Stone Toasted as one of its key whisky innovations this year. The company is featuring a travel retail exclusive Discovery Pack of two expressions to feature exclusively with China Duty Free Group throughout the month of May, before rolling out to other travel retail […]
Bushmills Irish Whiskey releases 23 Year Old Madeira Cask Aged Single Malt exclusively with Avolta
Bushmills Irish Whiskey has released a rare, limited-edition 23 Year Old Madeira Cask exclusively with Avolta. The new addition to the brand’s Causeway Collection will initially be available only from Avolta’s World Duty Free stores at Heathrow Airport from the end of May, before global release one month later across Avolta travel retail outlets worldwide. […]
NITR’s Stewart Dryburgh to retire
Industry leader Stewart Dryburgh will take early retirement from Nestlé International Travel Retail at the end of June 2024. A popular and respected executive, Dryburgh will step down after a working career of 38 years, with 26 years at Nestlé and 12 running Nestlé’s travel retail business unit. Dryburgh’s replacement will start on September 1 […]
m1nd-set GTR research reveals males, younger shoppers, and Asia Pacific consumers as the driving forces behind luxury shopping
Research from Swiss-based research agency m1nd-set reveals that more than half of luxury shoppers (57%) are younger than 35 years old. Millennials make up 42% of luxury shoppers in travel retail, while Gen Zs account for 15% currently. According to the research, Gen Zs have started to purchase luxury goods much earlier than the Millennials. […]
Weitnauer Group expands South American operations with hub in Uruguay
Weitnauer Group has announced the opening of its latest subsidiary in Uruguay, strategically positioned to cater to the vibrant and expanded market along the Brazilian border. The new operation in Uruguay will serve as a gateway to the dynamic Uruguay borders and the growing market of Brazilian borders, while supporting Weitnauer’s logistic capabilities in other South American markets. Headed by […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 15
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here PEOPLE In one of today’s front page stories, Stewart Dryburgh, the well-respected and very liked head of Nestle International Travel Retail announced that he will take early retirement at the end of June. Read how Dryburgh’s vision has helped shape the […]
Duty Free Global and The Lakes Distillery announce GTR partnership
Duty Free Global has announced a partnership with The Lakes Distillery for the Global Travel Retail channel. The Lakes Distillery is the home of The World’s Best Single Malt Whisky (2022). Established in 2011, The Lakes Distillery nestles on the north shore of Bassenthwaite Lake in the English Lake District National Park. Since its inception, […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 14
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here In a long-awaited development in the U.S., Congress passed a new long-term bi-partisan funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration last Wednesday, ensuring the agency’s continued operation for the next five years. The Senate had “overwhelmingly” approved the bipartisan FAA […]
