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Karachi duty free tender closes tomorrow

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:27:09 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan will close its tender for the operation of a five-year contract at the Jinnah Terminal at Karachi International Airport tomorrow, when bidders will be revealed at 12.30 in the conference room at the airport terminal.

Fund acquires Gatwick share

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:26:10 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has sold a 15% stake in London Gatwick Airport to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) says it intends to buy a 12% shareholding for approximately £100m ($159.6m).

ASUR down 4.3% to 1m

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:25:25 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) has announced that total international passenger traffic at its nine Mexican airports for January amounted to 985,078, a decline of 4.3%. Total passenger traffic for the month also fell by 4.6% to 1,512,613 in comparison with January 2009.

Guylian makes major people changes

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:24:35 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Chocolaterie Guylian has appointed Keith Ma as its new China-South-East Asia Sales and Marketing Manager, covering both domestic and duty free customers in this territory. Based in Shanghai, he will report to Guylian's Export and Travel Retail Director Steven Candries.

HKIA tenders 12 specialty SkyMart shops

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:52:34 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has issued an open tender today covering 12 specialty shops, with ten located at the SkyMart Avenue (non-restricted area) and two at the Departures North Concourse in Terminal 1(restricted area) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).

Judge orders border store to be demolished

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:26:10 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has won a lawsuit against the Ambassador Bridge Company (The Detroit International Bridge Company) after a Wayne County Circuit Court agreed that the latter’s duty free border store was illegally built on City of Detroit property.

Andersson joins Generation

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:15:37 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Helene Andersson has been appointed International Sales & Marketing Director at Generation Research where she is working with Swedish analyst's flagship title Best & Most, as well as with TREND.

Diageo promotes Springer

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:14:47 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Diageo Global Travel (GTME) has strengthened its Executive Board with the appointment of Sara Springer as Innovation Director, after leading the innovation function within GTME for more than three years.

Benoît Deroual joins Perfumes y Diseño

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:13:24 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Benoît Deroual is the new International Director at Perfumes y Diseño, the Spanish perfumery company which creates, commercializes and distributes fragrances for TOUS, J. del Pozo and Roberto Verino.

DFS 'solid' as LVMH revenue hits $23.3bn

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:17:40 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has reported revenues of E.17.1bn ($23.3bn) in 2009, a -1% fall on 2008 and profit from recurring operations of E.3.352m ($4.585m) an -8% decline on the previous year. It also reported 'a solid performance' by DFS, despite the slowdown in global tourism, although its Miami Cruiseline business suffered from the economic slowdown in the cruise market and the decline in purchases made by American customers.

BA makes $79m loss in Q3

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:14:18 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
British Airways' financial woes continued today with the announcement of a £50m ($78.4m) pre-tax loss in the three months to the end of December 2009, raising its pre-tax losses over the nine month period to £342m ($536.5m) from £70m ($109.8m) in the same period in 2008.

Coty launches Eternity Aqua

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:13:38 +0200

By Faye Rowe
Coty Prestige launched a new Calvin Klein men's fragrance, Eternity Aqua, at a press event in central London last night. Company Ceo Bernd Beetz thanked guests for showing their support and revealed that 2010 would be the year of Calvin Klein.

Major gain for Aelia at Bordeaux Mérignac

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:12:34 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
The Aelia Group has been awarded the contract to operate a 200sq m airside duty and tax free store at Bordeaux Mérignac Airport's Terminal A; an 80sq m landside store in Terminal B; and the master retail concession at the airport's new 'simplified services' terminal, scheduled to open in May of this year.

Denver's second busiest but international down

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:11:51 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Denver International Airport recorded its second-busiest year ever in 2009, despite a predicted 2% decline in passenger numbers due to the slow US economy and capacity reductions, but international passenger traffic - comprising just 3.9% of the total - was still down -14% at 1,891,431.

Tateossian's new listings

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:11:12 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Tateossian has announced that it has gained new listings for its new jewellery offerings on China Airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines.

Ferrero unveils Nutella pack

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:10:33 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
From this month Ferrero Trading SA Travel Retail Division has launched its new travel retail exclusive Nutella gift pack containing a 180g jar of Nutella spread and a collectable key ring.

Paton's new airport 'tempting tasty treats'

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:09:24 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Paton's has announced that it has responded to the increasing demand for snacking products at airports with a new range of 'tempting tasty treats' which are presented in convenient hangsell packs.

Dufri International launches SONY bloggie camera

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:07:36 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Dufri International B.V. is launching the SONY bloggie 5 megapixel mobile HD Snap camera into travel retail this month which is a point and shoot camera that upload pictures onto the internet using its embedded PMB Portable software.

12/'09 +5.6% but 2009 drops -4% to 1.4bn

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:37:18 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
In a very upbeat report, ACI World says that its analysis of global air traffic in December 2009 indicates 'clear signs of renewed passenger traffic demand at many airports worldwide,' with international traffic rising by 5.6% and domestic traffic up 5.2%.

Cutty Sark set to be sold

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:36:11 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
Berry Bros. & Rudd (BB&R) has reached an agreement to sell its Cutty Sark blended Scotch whisky brand to The Edrington Group, makers of The Famous Grouse and The Macallan.

WDF's new Mars launch pad

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:35:11 +0200

By Doug Newhouse
WDF has teamed up with Mars ITR to offer loose Celebrations in its World Duty Free Terminal 3 store where customers simply scoop up their favourite varieties in a Celebrations tub from oversized tube dispensers.