AENA grants extension at 14 airports

Thanks to a spate of new concessions in the US mainstream market, UK cruise concessionaire Harding Brothers is set to double in size over the next few years. Gavin Lipsith reports on recent developments in the group’s Caribbean conquest

Carnival Corp & plc aims to mirror the success of its Grand Turk walk-through store in the Turks & Caicos Islands at its latest cruise venture in Roatan in Honduras. Tina Milton talks to vice-president strategic planning Giora Israel about the importance of land-based retail to its future operations

Premium vodka is helping to renew duty-free buyers’ interest in the premium white spirits category, but several suppliers argue that some operators are failing to exploit the sector’s full potential. Joe Bates reports

Electronics has been underestimated as a category in the past, but airports are now recognising its value as part of the assortment in general merchandise stores or in dedicated outlets. Tina Milton reports

It might sound like something you’d find on your iPod, but Marseille-Provence airport’s MP2 terminal has struck the right note with budget carriers and their passengers. And incumbent retailer Aelia is reaping the benefits of a finely-honed offer. Gavin Lipsith sampled the low-cost experience at one of France’s most progressive regional airports

AENA grants extension at 14 airports

Premium vodka is helping to renew duty-free buyers’ interest in the premium white spirits category, but several suppliers argue that some operators are failing to exploit the sector’s full potential. Joe Bates reports

Airport retailers in Latin America are battling to cope with the global aviation security crackdown, but as Joe Bates discovers, there are plenty of reasons for long-term optimism for the region’s whisky-dominated duty-free liquor business

Imperial could increase its cigarette sales by more than 50%, to 312bn sticks a year

Local health officials failed to push through a proposal to tax duty-free sales of tobacco products at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting

Electronics has been underestimated as a category in the past, but airports are now recognising its value as part of the assortment in general merchandise stores or in dedicated outlets. Tina Milton reports

In the first week of September ASUTIL will hold its eleventh annual conference in Lima, Peru. On the eve of the event, DFNI talks to ASUTIL secretary general José Luis Donagaray and Latin America’s leading travel-retail operators about the state of the duty-free industry in the region

Lima Airport Partners claims to have invested $175m during its 30-year tenure at Jorge Chávez International airport and plans are now under way to expand the facility in preparation for fresh challenges ahead. John Gallagher reports

Thanks to a spate of new concessions in the US mainstream market, UK cruise concessionaire Harding Brothers is set to double in size over the next few years. Gavin Lipsith reports on recent developments in the group’s Caribbean conquest

Carnival Corp & plc aims to mirror the success of its Grand Turk walk-through store in the Turks & Caicos Islands at its latest cruise venture in Roatan in Honduras. Tina Milton talks to vice-president strategic planning Giora Israel about the importance of land-based retail to its future operations

Premium vodka is helping to renew duty-free buyers’ interest in the premium white spirits category, but several suppliers argue that some operators are failing to exploit the sector’s full potential. Joe Bates reports

Airport retailers in Latin America are battling to cope with the global aviation security crackdown, but as Joe Bates discovers, there are plenty of reasons for long-term optimism for the region’s whisky-dominated duty-free liquor business

Electronics has been underestimated as a category in the past, but airports are now recognising its value as part of the assortment in general merchandise stores or in dedicated outlets. Tina Milton reports

It might sound like something you’d find on your iPod, but Marseille-Provence airport’s MP2 terminal has struck the right note with budget carriers and their passengers. And incumbent retailer Aelia is reaping the benefits of a finely-honed offer. Gavin Lipsith sampled the low-cost experience at one of France’s most progressive regional airports

Retail development at key locations and a streamlined portfolio point to a bright future for Australian airports group Macquarie Airports (MAp) despite mixed results for some of the airports in which it holds controlling interests