China Travel Retail Summit postponed

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The second China Travel Retail Summit, due to be held in Beijing on May 14-15, has been postponed to a later date because of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus currently sweeping much of Asia

The organisers, China Duty Free Group and China Power Duty Free Group, said: "We believe the postponement of this year's China Travel Retail Summit is the most responsible one for the sake of the industry. With Asia being at the heart of the SARS crisis and many companies instructing their management not to travel in the region until the outbreak is contained, it is asking too much of our friends and supporters to commit to an event that will be surrounded by uncertainty.

"Rather than dilute the impact of this highly influential event in the industry's key growth market, we have decided to act in the industry's interests and postpone to a later date."