Latin America And Caribbean News

(15-Mar-2005) The Caribbean duty-free market has always been a vibrant one, and developments at one of its most popular destinations suggest that it will gain momentum in the future. Gavin Lipsith reports

(15-Mar-2005) Voting is open for the Raven Fox Awards for Travel-Retail Excellence in Asia/Pacific and, for the first time, the Americas

(15-Mar-2005) JAMAICA. Tenders for the first phase of redeveloped retail space at Sangster International airport have attracted interest from several international retailers, according to airport management company MBJ Airports

(15-Mar-2005) JAMAICA. A tax on goods imported for sale to tourists has offset any revenue gains made from the increase in cruise passenger traffic last year, according to one of Jamaica's leading downtown duty-free operators

(14-Mar-2005) The Spanish retailer's stakeholders have until April 14 to accept Autogrill's bid, but improved offers can be made before March 21

(8-Mar-2005) The Latin American trade association succeeds in its petition to Uruguayan authorities, demanding that arrivals allowances be brought into line with Mercosur norms

(4-Mar-2005) Jamaica's main international gateway Sangster airport is to more than treble retail space by 2008, with an extra 1,186sq m to open by January 2006

(1-Mar-2005) US jewellery supplier Angélique de Paris hopes to consolidate its business in the US and Canada and increase its presence in Asia and Europe in 2005

(1-Mar-2005) PUERTO RICO. Bared Group of Companies enjoyed "the best year in the history of the company" in 2004, according to president Luis Bared Sr

(1-Mar-2005) Cofinluxe chairman Jean-Pierre Grivory has revealed that the company will focus on expansion plans for its Morgan, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol licences in the Chinese and Latin American markets in the coming year