Latin America And Caribbean News

(9-Nov-2006) South African tourism investment company Tourvest hailed its inflight retail division Tourvest Duty Free as the group's star performer in last year's annual report. Gavin Lipsith speaks to Tourvest Duty Free CEO Ian Hay about the group's recent performance and its plans for expansion

(30-Oct-2006) Just months after its acquisition of South America’s biggest travel-retail operator Brasif, Dufry Group is to launch a public offering for its business in the region

(26-Oct-2006) ASUR and Aldeasa have reached an agreement over the new Cancun terminal while extending their cooperation at T2 and other Mexican airports

(15-Oct-2006) URUGUAY. Uruguayan duty-free specialist Neutral opened a new 1,100sq m (11,835sq ft) duty-free store in Rio Branco on September 1

(15-Oct-2006) MEXICO. Private airport operator ASUR's concession with the Mexican government will shortly be extended to include the buil-ding of a new airport at Riviera Maya

(15-Oct-2006) ARGENTINA. Argentinian travel retailer London Supply has converted part of its Puerto Iguazú duty-free shop to resemble a street market in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, complete with a specially-imported Moroccan tentin an attempt to give the border shop a point of difference.

(15-Oct-2006) Swiss cigar supplier Villiger & Söhne is looking towards Central Asia to fuel growth in its export business over the next few years

(15-Oct-2006) Baja Duty Free has reported strong growth in sales of Philip Morris brands at its Las Americas store in San Ysidro following the installation of new furniture supporting the supplier's Marlboro brand family

(15-Oct-2006) Argentinian fashion brand La Martina is making a play for the travel-retail market with corner openings planned in Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa airports and a push, from this autumn, on wholesale distribution of its accessories

(15-Oct-2006) More than 200 delegates gathered in Santiago de Chile last month for the 10th annual ASUTIL conference. The event gave delegates the opportunity to reflect on past events and plan their strategies for the future. Co-moderator John Gallagher reports