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In Memoriam: Brendan O’Regan, duty-free pioneer and peacemaker

In Memoriam: Brendan O’Regan, duty-free pioneer and peacemaker

18-Feb-2008

The man who opened the first airport duty-free store died at the age of 90

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IRELAND. Brendan O’Regan, widely credited as the pioneer of the global duty-free industry when he opened the first airport duty-free kiosk at Shannon airport in 1947, was laid to rest

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