At this year’s TFWA Asia Pacific Conference and Exhibition, held May 13-16 in Singapore, the “Perfect Journey” was the topic of discussion during the week’s first workshop.
New Zealand gateway Auckland Airport has organized a week of workshops to help its staff learn more about Chinese visitors and deliver better services for Chinese tourists, currently New Zealand’s fastest-growing tourist segment.
May 23 | In preparation for Chengdu’s luxury market development, JCDecaux Airport Media is helping top brands strengthen their exposure by targeting passengers arriving at the new Chengdu Airport Terminal 2 with new advertising. more >>
May 23 | DFS has announced that it received the response of Guam International Airport (GIA) to its protest following the close of business on Friday May 17. more >>
May 23 | Ahead of Asia Pacific travel retail and the Hong Kong domestic market, Nuance-Watson (HK) has become the first airport retailer to launch the latest Astell&Kern Dual DAC MQS Portable Player. more >>
May 23 | Delhi Duty Free has introduced Mackinlay’s Shackleton Scotch whisky, from the house of Whyte & Mackay, to its duty free retail space at T3, IGI Airport in Delhi. more >>
May 22 | A total of 2,452 visitors, up 13% from last year, visited the TFWA Asia Pacific Conference and Exhibition, representing 1,004 companies (9%) including 832 executives from duty free & travel retail operators – the key buyers and landlords. This represented a 14% increase on 2012. more >>
May 21 | Airport operator Malaysia Airports expects retail sales at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the airport’s current low cost-carrier terminal to increase by between 10% and 15% this year, despite the delayed opening of KLIA2, the new low-cost carrier terminal that is currently under construction. more >>
May 23 | New for Fall/Winter 2013 from La Perla is the “Duende” collection, designed to convey “the Spanish soul’s rhythm” where traditional and contemporary facets, art, and bullfighting are combined. more >>
May 23 | A broad line-up of Asia Pacific travel retailers and sunglasses suppliers gathered at the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition in Singapore last week for the first-ever Sunglasses APAC workshop. more >>
May 23 | Jura distillery has released a new expression—Turas-Mara—for sale exclusively through travel retail. more >>
May 23 | Driven by the rapid development of the luxury travel retail channel, Constellation Brands has adopted a strategy that will see a more aggressive staging of its portfolio of premium global brands. more >>
May 23 | Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits has unveiled an entirely new series of whiskies exclusively for the international travel retail channel called “Manse Brae”. more >>
May 23 | Davidoff continues to build its Art Initiative, which launched last year to support and develop contemporary art, especially in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean region, where the company’s products are cultivated and crafted. more >>
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