(27-Nov-2003) Schiphol Group joins forces with the local airport authority under a 15-year contract to oversee retail at Arlanda's North terminal

(27-Nov-2003) Errors in a bid mounted by an Argentinian consortium -including Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 - have forced a retender of Guayaquil airport's management contract

(27-Nov-2003) Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport is in the final stages of negotiations with leading Argentinian butcher Instituto Rosenbusch to open a gourmet meat store

(25-Nov-2003) UAE-based TrueBell Marketing is one of three companies to have placed bids for duty-free outlets in the Airport Authority of India's recent tender

(22-Nov-2003) Cyprus Airport Group - a consortium including UK airport authority BAA - has been excluded from bidding to manage Cyprus Larnaca and Paphos airports, while the Alterra Consortium, including Manchester Airport, has been nominated preferred bidder

(22-Nov-2003) Big Five, Tourvest Duty Free and Gebr Heinemann are among companies understood to have submitted counter-arguments following the South African government's proposal to ban sales of tobacco in duty-free within three months

(21-Nov-2003) The UK duty-free trade has reacted furiously to a Customs & Excise proposal that could jeopardise duty-free liquor sales in the country's travel-retail outlets and onboard UK registered mobile operators

(20-Nov-2003) Auckland International airport is to renovate its existing international terminal to separate arriving and departing passengers, and is planning a second international pier to accomodate larger aircraft

(20-Nov-2003) A new partnership at Bahrain international airport will add 1,500sq m of commercial space to the facility by Autumn next year

(20-Nov-2003) HMSHost and local partner The Houston 8 Team have been awarded a seven-year retail contract to develop and operate 17 news and speciality stores at Houston Intercontinental airport.

(20-Nov-2003) Blue Water Bridge Duty Free has added to its Frontier Best Retailer of the Year Award by scooping the top prize in the TFWA World Exhibition buyers? prize draw

(20-Nov-2003) LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has appointed Jeffry Aronsson as Chief Executive Officer of Donna Karan International. He succeeds Fred Wilson, who is named CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue.

(20-Nov-2003) Border operators fear unregulated rebate companies are taking customers away from their stores and have asked the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for tighter restrictions

(19-Nov-2003) A forward-thinking rent structure has boosted interest in Toronto Lester B Pearson airport's recent duty-free tender, won by The Nuance Group

(19-Nov-2003) The European Commission has asked Spain and the UK to justify their approach to enforcing European Union laws on excise duties and cross-border shopping.

(18-Nov-2003) Saudi Arabia's Civil Aviation Presidency has told Travel Retailer Intenational it is preparing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for duty-free shop concessions at the country's three leading airports

(14-Nov-2003) Legal battle looms as Airports Authority of India bars ITDC from bidding for contracts at 10 of the country's leading airports.

(14-Nov-2003) Slovakian operator's recently opened cargo port shop in Bratislava is playing an increasingly important role in the business.

(14-Nov-2003) Greek retailer Hellenic Duty Free Shops is to open a border store in neighbouring Macedonia.

(14-Nov-2003) Blue Water Bridge Duty Free honoured again at the Frontier Duty Free Association's Gold Standard Awards in Toronto.

(13-Nov-2003) DFS is to relocate its senior executive offices from San Francisco early next year as part of its corporate restructure.

(13-Nov-2003) Frankfurt airport reports passenger numbers approaching 2002 levels.

(13-Nov-2003) Italian operator AdR reports increased revenues for third quarter of the yea, but retail continues to find the going tough.

(12-Nov-2003) Passenger numbers at BAA's seven UK airports continued to improve in October.

(11-Nov-2003) The Nuance Group consolidates its European operations under one office.

(11-Nov-2003) Irish minister gives first indication of ARI's future under breakup proposals

(11-Nov-2003) BA has announced a fall in pre-tax profits for the second quarter, but said revenues had now stabilised.

(11-Nov-2003) Qatar Airways ceo Akbar Al Baker has said that the new Doha International airport will "set the benchmark" for airports in the future.

(8-Nov-2003) Aldeasa sales reached ?450.48m ($524m) in the first nine months of 2003, reflecting strong passenger growth and higher sales to domestic passengers.

(7-Nov-2003) Tax Free World Association (TFWA) in association with the Japan Tourism Marketing (JTM) company has published the 2003 Japanese Traveller Study entitled 'Japanese International Travellers: Trends and Shopping Behaviour'.

(7-Nov-2003) TRW presents a Cannes rugby gallery with pictures of the recent Latin Lovers versus Duty Free Destroyers match. Click here to relive the real World Cup final.

(7-Nov-2003) BAA reports retail growth thanks to improving passenger numbers

(6-Nov-2003) The local operator is hoping to add a significant new contract to its existing inflight business

(5-Nov-2003) At their Annual General Meeting in Cannes on October 26, the members of Tax Free World Association (TFWA) voted unanimously to re-elect Erik Juul-Mortensen (V&S Group) as president for a further year.

(5-Nov-2003) Last month's TFWA World Exhibition welcomed 3,848 visitors on the first day alone, a 27% increase on the opening day of the 2002 event

(4-Nov-2003) Douglas Crossing Duty Free has nearly completed a 3,000sq ft (279sq m) temporary outlet at the British Columbia border crossing