Asia Pacific News

(15-Feb-2007) INDIA. The race to win retail rights at India’s two private airports intensified this month

(15-Feb-2007) State-owned monopoly Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corp (TTL) is to expand its business in the Chinese duty-free market after gaining approval to set up offices in Shanghai and Beijing.

(15-Feb-2007) Raven Fox is delighted to announce that Italian luxury fashion supplier Brunello Cucinelli has taken premier sponsorship at this year’s Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia/Pacific

(15-Feb-2007) World Duty Free (WDF) has expanded the wine assortment at its London Heathrow shops by one-third since fine wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd closed its four stores at the airport last year.

(15-Feb-2007) Wine sales at Dubai Duty Free (DDF) rose by nearly 40% last year to $9.5m, outperforming the retailer’s liquor business, DFNI can reveal

(15-Feb-2007) A public awareness campaign has been launched in New Zealand to educate people on outbound flights about new limits on the carriage of liquids.

(15-Feb-2007) Luxury skincare brand La Prairie is encouraging its beauty advisers to adopt a fresh approach to selling at its new flagship location at Hong Kong International airport (HKIA)

(15-Feb-2007) The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has launched a tender for watch concessions at Singapore Changi airport terminal three

(15-Feb-2007) High-end jeweller Tiffany & Co is to open a 1,600sq ft (149sq m) boutique at Singapore Changi airport terminal two in April

(15-Feb-2007) One of the world’s largest brand owners encapsulated the conference theme on day two of the symposium with a thought-provoking view of how it is approaching partnerships beyond its traditional confines