(1-Aug-2007) The European Travel Retail Council and Airports Council International hail a breakthrough in the liquids security issue

(31-Jul-2007) The German fashion group celebrates the important milestone at Minneapolis St Paul airport, where it has opened its first North American standalone store

(31-Jul-2007) Krista Hammond has been appointed as director of marketing and sales administration at Victoria’s Secret Beauty

(31-Jul-2007) Beefeaters will walk the aisles at World Duty Free at London Gatwick airport south terminal later this year to celebrate the launch of its new packaging

(30-Jul-2007) The group is to replace its Downtown Duty Free brand with F1rst Duty Free, except at Sydney International airport where it will use Syd Tax and Duty Free

(30-Jul-2007) The Dufry owner will target high-growth investments in sectors including airports and retail in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina

(30-Jul-2007) Aéroports de Paris has completed a comprehensive renovation of the airport, with retail improvements to follow shortly

(30-Jul-2007) BAA owner Grupo Ferrovial has announced rapid first-half profit growth and said it “continues to analyse” the possibility of selling World Duty Free

(30-Jul-2007) Dufry Group has opened a new 1,200sq m shop at Moscow Sheremetyevo International airport terminal C

(30-Jul-2007) The second India Duty Free Workshop will be held in Delhi in September and promises to be an informative meeting on the booming duty-free market

(30-Jul-2007) Duty Free Americas and Dufry Americas are the frontrunners to secure 10,000sq ft (930sq m) of space at a new cruise terminal in Roatan in Honduras operated by Carnival Corporation

(30-Jul-2007) The European Travel Partnership Symposium will provide some key insights into the lucrative gay traveller market

(30-Jul-2007) Abu Dhabi Duty Free general manager Niveen Ibrahim is appointed managing director of the retailer and acting commercial director of Abu Dhabi Airports Company

(30-Jul-2007) The beneficiary of the Raven Fox Charity Ball earlier this year reports on how it has used the $100,000 raised

(25-Jul-2007) Nuance-Watson (Singapore) has successfully defended its fragrances and cosmetics business at Singapore Changi airport where it will operate until 2011

(25-Jul-2007) Aer Rianta International’s (ARI) Runway Duty Free operation at Moscow Domodedovo has opened a temporary “pop-up” Chanel outlet designed to address demand from Russia travellers

(23-Jul-2007) The Mexican airport authority has announced a 29.8% increase in profits in the second quarter of the year

(23-Jul-2007) The publisher of DFNI and RavenFox.com has moved to new offices. Please make a note of our new address, contact numbers and email addresses

(23-Jul-2007) The City of Chicago Department of Aviation has re-issued its request for proposals for duty-free, news and gifts and speciality retail at terminal five

(23-Jul-2007) Incumbent duty-free operator Gebr Heinemann has been awarded a ten-year contract to operate the duty-free and travel-retail shops at Hamburg airport’s new SkyWorld Plaza

(23-Jul-2007) The airport has cited retail developments as key factors in its improved earnings for the year to June 30

(19-Jul-2007) The Spanish airport authority has dashed rival retailers’ hopes of a tender, signing a new contract with Aldeasa expiring at the end of 2009

(19-Jul-2007) Abu Dhabi Duty Free managing director Mohamed Mounib has bid farewell to colleagues in the duty-free industry in a personal statement

(17-Jul-2007) Zero Group has strengthened its presence in Asia/Pacific with the appointment of Grace Tsang as regional sales manager

(16-Jul-2007) The Italian group will aim for full control of the Spanish travel retailer if its fellow 50% stakeholder Altadis is acquired, according to Spanish press reports

(16-Jul-2007) The airport’s concession outreach meeting last week was well attended, according to local reports

(16-Jul-2007) The much-anticipated tender for retail and food and beverage space at the Skylink terminal at Vienna International airport has been issued

(13-Jul-2007) Korea National Tourism Organization has secured a new duty-free licence at Seoul Incheon airport after Incheon International Airport Corp allocated it space separately from the megatender

(13-Jul-2007) Maxxium has reshuffled its board’s regional reporting areas to increase the focus on Asia/Pacific, Europe and the Americas

(13-Jul-2007) The retailer’s latest investment in its French regional airport network was unveiled yesterday at Lyon St Exupéry airport

(11-Jul-2007) The operator is to open its new departures store at the airport after taking over from The Nuance Group five months ago

(11-Jul-2007) Kingston Norman Manley International airport will retender two duty-free contracts after a lower than expected response in initial bidding

(11-Jul-2007) Giordano Originals (Singapore), Lianbee-Jeco, Pedro Group and Robinson & Company have won the contracts for mid-priced fashion concepts at Singapore Changi airport

(11-Jul-2007) A review of the country’s liquor tax regulations could lead to a revoking of duty-free licences at airports and on ferries, according to JustDrinks.com

(10-Jul-2007) DFS New Zealand has won the fight to be the single duty-free operator at Auckland International airport beating competition from fellow incumbent The Nuance Group subsidiary Regency Duty Free

(10-Jul-2007) Gebr Heinemann and Fraport have partnered to launch a Shop & Win competition at Frankfurt airport, which offers passengers the chance to win their own private island

(10-Jul-2007) Mohamed Mounib is to step down as Abu Dhabi Duty Free managing director and Abu Dhabi Airports Company commercial director to become CEO at a hotel management and property company

(10-Jul-2007) The retailer finally opens its new store at the US east coast transatlantic hub

(9-Jul-2007) The Nuance Group highlights the growing importance of food and beverage contracts to its business after gaining its second catering concession at Singapore Changi airport

(9-Jul-2007) The retailer has made bold predictions for year-end sales based on a strong first-half performance in which turnover was up by almost a third on the previous corresponding period

(9-Jul-2007) Luxury leathergoods company Furla has added its name to the airport’s strong Italian fashion line-up

(9-Jul-2007) Korea National Tourism Organization has revealed some telling statistics about its retail business at Seoul Incheon airport to the Korea Times

(9-Jul-2007) The authority claims that the retailer has failed to meet 10 out of 20 changes deemed necessary for health and safety at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport

(9-Jul-2007) State travel retailer Duty Free Philippines has returned to the city after an absence of almost seven year

(9-Jul-2007) The country’s duty-free shops have closed following the introduction of a new Customs code, according to local reports

(9-Jul-2007) The country has lifted its total ban on LAGs in carry-on luggage to come in line with International Civil Aviation Organization security recommendations

(9-Jul-2007) RavenFox.com is saddened to report the death of Pillitteri Estates export sales manager Roxanne Pigeon

(9-Jul-2007) The travel retailer reports that sales at its outlets at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International airport have dropped 8% since the new international airport opened two and a half years ago