The latest gathering of Women in Travel Retail took place in West Palm Beach, Florida right before the 2024 Summit of the Americas officially welcomed attendees with a lovely al fresco Opening Cocktail. The get-together also kicked off the organization’s fund-raising efforts for the Frasi’s Bike to School project. The roomful of women (and several […]
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The Moodie Davitt Report: “Overwhelmingly positive reaction” to inaugural Virtual Travel Retail Expo
The Moodie Davitt Virtual Travel Retail Expo appears to be an unqualified success on every level. By the numbers, the organizers report that participation figures as of Oct. 17, included 4,373 unique visitors across the 5 days, 50% visitor traffic retention from day 1 to day 5, 124 stands and suites, with over 183,611 impressions, […]
Annual WiTR meet-up to take place during Virtual TR Expo
With the cancellation of TFWA’s flagship event in Cannes this year, the Women in Travel Retail networking organization lost the venue for its major meeting and money-raising event of the year. For 2020, The Moodie Davitt Report has kindly offered WiTR a slot for an event during their Virtual Travel Retail Expo – which will also […]
WiTR (and friends) raise over €19,000 to help young women to break the circle of poverty
Thanks to the generosity of companies and individuals, Women in Travel Retail raised close to €19,000 during its October meeting in Cannes. The money will go to Friends International’s beauty vocational training program to provide training to young women aged 16-24, helping them to work in a safe place, provide for their families and learn […]
Friends-International named WiTR charity for 2019
Women in Travel Retail’s (WiTR) chosen global charity for 2019 is Friends International, nominated by Colleen Morgan of The Moodie Davitt Report. Voted for by WiTR members, Friends-International is a social enterprise saving lives and building the futures of marginalized children and youth, their families and their communities via projects in South East Asia and […]
WiTR wins success and accolades and requests 2019 charity nominations
Women in Travel Retail networking group has had an extremely eventful year end. TFWA Cannes Fundraiser for Hand-in-Hand for Haiti The annual WiTR meeting at the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes in October attracted a record number of attendees and raised nearly €25,000 for Hand-in-Hand for Haiti, this year’s chosen charity. The […]
WITR launches website, invites membership and unveils charity calendar
WiTR, the Women in Travel Retail networking group which is now connecting more than 500 women in the duty free and travel retail industry, has launched its own dedicated website and is inviting all women in the industry to become members. The organization has come a long way since it initially started some ten years […]
WiTR expands via new website launch
Travel retail networking/charity group Women in Travel Retail has reached a stage in its development where the group will formally organize, and will be launching a dedicated website in September created by Singapore based agency FILTR. Since its inception in 2006 WiTR has raised over €100,000 for charities globally. With a network now in excess […]
Business, networking, and charity shine at TFWA 2015 in spite of challenges
Despite the devastating floods that crippled the city of Cannes only two weeks prior to the TFWA World Exhibition, the 31st global event was held as scheduled with healthy attendance, footfall, and business taking place throughout the week. At the conclusion of the exhibition on Oct. 23, TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen declared the conference “a […]
