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Middle East: where business meets leisure
The Middle East Duty Free Association promises a healthy dose of fun and to be much more than just a ?talking shop? at its inaugural duty-free conference in December. It will certainly need to be, argues Joe Bates, if the more serious issue of exploiting the region?s largely untapped potential is ever to be realised.
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Hawaii: The flip side
Controlling spin isn?t easy, particularly when the world?s largest travel retailer is inadvertently courting controversy. Since September 11, DFS Hawaii, once a hugely lucrative concession territory, has been playing the patient of an uncaring doctor?the airport landlord. Meanwhile other retailers in Waikiki are doing a roaring trade. TRI editor-in-chief Adele Wolstenhulme went there to investigate what is really going on
View Full Contents >>September 2002
Ibiza—the place to be scene
Not only are sun-soaked island resorts drawing the usual beach crowd, the Balearics are now home to a club scene second to none. But are retailers and suppliers doing enough to capture this high-spending, brand-conscious market? Eluned Jones finds out
View Full Contents >>July/August 2002
Can Latin America stay off the rocks?
Besides dealing with a seemingly intractable economic crisis, Latin America has had to deal with devaluation that has eroded duty-free?s price advantage. Neena Dhillon reports on how retailers and suppliers are coping in a new environment
View Full Contents >>June 2002
China’s reality cheque
China could become a minefield for travel retailers eager to prosper in an exciting emerging market. But a warning was voiced amid the mass enthusiasm at last month?s debut China Travel Retail Summit. Adele Wolstenhulme reports from Beijing
View Full Contents >>May 2002
Generation Y: Coming of age
Members of today?s young generation are much more than tomorrow?s core customers?they represent a formidable consumer group in their own right. But do travel retailers and brand companies have the know-how to harness this growing spending power? Neena Dhillon investigates in a special cover story report
View Full Contents >>March 2002
Cover story: Have your cake and eat it
For years airports have been on the receiving end of over-inflated bids from retailers desperate to secure premium concession space. Operators shoulder all the risk to pay the minimum annual guarantee, while landlords collect. But since September 11 that space is turning out to be far too expensive for retailers to survive. Adele Wolstenhulme quizzes US airports about the alternatives
View Full Contents >>January/February 2002
Inflight goes into orbit
Inflight retail is in urgent need of some good news. Could FlightStore?s new satellite-enabled onboard shopping service provide the shot in the arm it so badly needs? Joe Bates talks exclusively to sales and marketing director Charles Vine
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