Latin America And Caribbean News

(15-Oct-2004) ECUADOR. Duty Free Ecuador (DFE) opened its expanded and relocated 600sq m (6,455sq ft) departures shop at Simon Bolivar airport in Guayaquil on October 2

(15-Oct-2004) Pedro Methol, general manager of Bernabel Trading, the purchasing arm of Uruguayan duty-free operator Zeinal Hermanos, died last month

(15-Oct-2004) Continuing its reputation for entrepreneurial zeal, Duty Free Americas owner the Falic Group is building a new stronghold in Central and Latin America. In a candid interview, president Leon Falic talks John Rimmer through the company's strategy

(15-Oct-2004) DFNI looks back at one of the liveliest ASUTIL events in years. By John Gallagher

(15-Oct-2004) CARIBBEAN. Spanish operator Aldeasa has won the tender to operate the retail concession at Curaçao International airport

(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