Latin America And Caribbean News

(30-Jul-2004) URUGUAY. Duty Free Uruguay, the duty-free concessionaire at Montevideo Carrasco airport, opened a redesigned departures store on July 21.

(30-Jul-2004) PARAGUAY. Duty-free operator Bright Star Duty Free has enjoyed a strong first six months in 2004, with sales rising by 34% on the same period last year.

(28-Jul-2004) The new operator reports a busy first week's trading

(27-Jul-2004) The Mexican airport authority continued to strengthen its commercial activities in the first half of the year

(15-Jun-2004) LATIN AMERICA. Carlos Wilson, president of Brazilian airport authority Infraero, is the latest big-name speaker to join the bill at this year's ASUTIL South American duty-free conference, to be held on September 8-10 in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

(24-May-2004) The group strengthens its regional management in the Caribbean and in Tunisia

(15-May-2004) BRAZIL. Walfrido Mares Guia, Brazil's tourism minister, will open the 2004 ASUTIL Conference

(14-May-2004) The Argentinean airport authority is to offer part of its share capital as negotiations over its concession agreement near completion

(12-May-2004) The operator has named La Casa del Habano pioneer Rodolfo Velasco Alvarez as head of its important Mexican business

(1-May-2004) Ferragamo Parfums, which owns the Salvatore Ferragamo and Emanuel Ungaro brands, is planning to double its business in Latin America by the end of the year