Latin America And Caribbean News

(26-Aug-2004) John Rimmer welcomes you to the August/September issue of TRI

(26-Aug-2004) The Latin American duty-free business has been recovering from one of the worst recessions in living memory. Some old names have disappeared, and some new ones have appeared. But in the aftermath of the economic turmoil, no name is more synonymous with duty-free than Urioste, thanks to two brothers at the cutting edge of Latin American travel-retail. John Gallagher reports

(26-Aug-2004) The trauma of crisis lives long in the memory, so the caution with which Latin America's operators have greeted the recovery in sales this year is understandable. Yet that recovery is real and will be sustained, writes Dermot Davitt

(26-Aug-2004) London Supply commercial director Paco Heredia looks at the Argentinian economy past and present, drawing lessons for duty-free

(26-Aug-2004) Whether you are into first-class luxury or a Disney experience, there are now floating holidays to suit all tastes. But when it comes to shopping, just how well do we know cruise passengers' expectations? RFH Consumer Insight's Adele Wolstenhulme has some answers from the company's latest research in the Caribbean

(25-Aug-2004) The Netherlands Antilles location has attracted international interest

(25-Aug-2004) The operator is to benefit from an $80m investment programme that will include a new terminal and retail plaza to open in early 2005

(24-Aug-2004) Mood of optimism spreads through the regional trade on the eve of ASUTIL

(20-Aug-2004) The peso's newfound stability is aiding a recovery in travel among Argentinians

(18-Aug-2004) The retailer is benefiting from a surge in traffic and spend per head at Buenos Aires Ezeiza