Latin America And Caribbean News

(15-Oct-2004) BARBADOS. Duty Free Caribbean (DFC) plans to bolster the presence of its Colombian Emeralds franchise in Barbados with two new stores

(15-Oct-2004) CARIBBEAN. The Bared Group of Companies is to complete the refurbishment of its Perfume Palace chain next month, in time for the Caribbean high season

(15-Oct-2004) CENTRAL AMERICA. Fast-growing duty-free operator Duty Free Latin America (DFLA) is planning several border and hotel store openings across the region in the coming months

(15-Oct-2004) ALASKA/PUERTO RICO. SMT Puerto Rico's new port store in Ketchikan, Alaska, has opened following a delay caused by Customs procedures

(13-Oct-2004) Six of the island's most prominent duty-free retailers are to work on a new 31-store complex to cater for Jamaica's growing cruiseship traffic

(7-Oct-2004) One of the best ASUTIL conferences yet took place amid an improving trading climate for duty-free in South America, as conference moderator Dermot Davitt reports

(5-Oct-2004) The retailer is to run four general merchandise outlets and will operate two more when the new terminal opens in 2006

(1-Oct-2004) Mexican liquor supplier Destileria Porfidio will unveil its first flavoured rum at this month's TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes.

(30-Sep-2004) URUGUAY. Zeinal Hermanos has posted a 56% increase in turnover for the first half of 2004.

(30-Sep-2004) MEXICO. Aldeasa has clinched a deal to operate duty-paid stores at Cancún International airport in Mexico.