Latin America And Caribbean News

(19-Apr-2006) The inaugural Americas version of the Inflight Sales Person of the Year Awards will be rescheduled to allow a longer period for preparation

(19-Apr-2006) The operator, voted Americas Travel Retailer of the Year in the recent Raven Fox Americas Awards, is growing its Central American business with a new airport store in Belize

(15-Apr-2006) Cigar supplier Altadis USA has established a strong presence in Asia/Pacific domestic markets over the past seven years. Now the company has set its sights on the duty-free channel to build sales and exposure in the region. By Gavin Lipsith

(15-Apr-2006) The second annual presentation of the Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in the Americas was made in Fort Lauderdale last month, honouring the best of the regional industry. DFNI looks back on the event and profiles the winners

(15-Apr-2006) Jamaican spirits group Wray & Nephew has added a new super-premium sipping rum to its Appleton range

(15-Apr-2006) Allure Eyewear, an affiliate of privately-owned eyewear producer and distributor Marchon, has signed deals sealing the debut of Oscar de la Renta sunglasses in the travel-retail market

(4-Apr-2006) By John Rimmer and John Gallagher

(1-Apr-2006) Italian fashion house Bric's has signed Collections 2000 as its agent for duty-free markets in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The company expects to secure distribution at its first US airport by the end of this month

(1-Apr-2006) French leathergoods house Longchamp has forged a closer relationship with Duty Free Americas (DFA), one of the Americas' biggest operators

(1-Apr-2006) Peruvian apparel brand Alpaca 111 is to open in various South American locations following a successful week at the Duty Free Show of the Americas in March