Latin America And Caribbean News

(15-Mar-2004) Brazilian distributor Brex Group will be exhibiting a new caipirinha cocktail kit at the IAADFS show in Orlando later this month

(15-Mar-2004) MEXICO. Airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) wants its commercial revenues to expand to 25% of total turnover, from the present 15%, as part of its ambitious growth plans

(15-Mar-2004) CARIBBEAN. San Juan cruiseship port concessionaire SMT Puerto Rico Duty Free is close to completing a full-scale renovation of its shops on pier 4, the biggest of the piers in the port

(13-Mar-2004) Motta Internacional is set to inaugurate a renovated store at Maiquetía International airport in the Venezuelan capital Caracas in early April as a rival company, supplied by Duty Free Americas, plans a duty-paid opening.

(3-Mar-2004) Advent International and Areas confirm their investment in Dufry as Julian Diaz returns to the front line.

(1-Mar-2004) Enrique Urioste, chief executive of Argentina's biggest duty-free retailer InterBaires, has had a testing couple of years, with the Argentinian economy rocked by crisis and revenues plummeting. But thanks to a three-way partnership of management, suppliers and staff, the company is back on its feet and confident of strong, sustained growth

(1-Mar-2004) CHILE. Following last month?' opening of at Antofagasta airport, Aldeasa is continuing its expansion plans in Chile with renovations in its speciality outlet at Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez International airport

(1-Mar-2004) LATIN AMERICA. Duty-free operators in the Mercosur trading area are now posting monthly double-digit sales rises as they emerge from the worst crisis to hit the region in many years.

(1-Mar-2004) If any region epitomises the fresh optimism gradually gaining momentum in this trade, it's Latin America.

(28-Feb-2004) Argentinian duty-free operator InterBaires claims its new store will revolutionise the destination products sector