Latin America And Caribbean News

(12-Dec-2005) Beauty Makers plans to distribute the products from Comptoir Sud Pacifique and The Different Company in the Latin American travel-retail market next year

(9-Dec-2005) The effects of Hurricane Wilma continue to disrupt to traffic across the Mexican airport group's network

(9-Dec-2005) Jamaica's main international gateway opens its new concourse and shopping area despite hurricane

(1-Dec-2005) Swatch Group brand Tissot plans to work with retailers to develop product promotions for its T-Navigator 3000 range, which is priced slightly higher than Tissot's other items. The supplier wants to allocate special areas to the high technology touch-screen watch so customers can watch demonstrations by staff and ask questions about the product

(1-Dec-2005) PANAMA. The tender for duty-free at Panama City International airport has been suspended following concerns voiced by local duty-free operators at a meeting with airport authority Tocumen last month (DFNI November 15)

(29-Nov-2005) Documents relating to the Colombian airport's management contract will be released in mid-December, according to the civil aviation authority

(24-Nov-2005) Airport authority Tocumen has halted its retail tender at Panama City International airport following pressure from local duty-free operators

(24-Nov-2005) Fashion and leathergoods

(15-Nov-2005) MEXICO. Disruption continues at airport and port locations throughout Mexico in the wake of last month's Hurricane Wilma

(15-Nov-2005) As undisputed icons of luxury, Cuban cigars and Cannes go together like love and marriage, and this year Habanos celebrated its strong ties to travel-retail with the launch of its new Partagas Serie P No 2