Kuala Lumpur International to transform its retail offer

(12-Jul-2002) - MALAYSIA. Tenders will be called at the end of this year for duty-free contracts at Kuala Lumpur International airport, the airport authority has confirmed. International companies will be invited to bid for the business, which has suffered more than most regional airports through the Asian economic crisis and September 11.

(1-Jul-2001) - MALAYSIA. Airport authority Malaysia Airports has granted all leading duty-free retailers at Kuala Lumpur International airport (KLIA) two-year extensions. Initial three-year contracts, which began when KLIA opened in mid-1998, expired last month. Since then, two-year extension options, similar to the arrangement at Singapore Changi airport, have taken effect.

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(23-Oct-2003) - MALAYSIA. Operators at Kuala Lumpur International airport (KLIA) have reported a surge in sales in the past three months as business picks up again following the slump in early 2003.

(18-May-2001) - MALAYSIA. Airport authority Malaysia Airports plans to tender two new 600sq ft (56sq m) spaces in the piers of the departures satellite terminal at Kuala Lumpur International airport, close to the departure gates. The stores would be built as islands in the piers, with see-through glass walls. The authority said it expected retailers to propose specialist branded outlets.