Middle East And Africa News

(20-Nov-2006) Investment, supplier support and a rise in passenger numbers has driven a 34% increase in confectionery sales at Doha International airport

(20-Nov-2006) On the eve of the fourth Middle East Exclusive exhibition – to be held in Dubai on November 22-29 - director John Kennedy tells DFNI eXTRA why the event is growing, who will be at this year’s show and why it is important to have a regional exhibition.

(16-Nov-2006) Catherine Stidwell has been appointed as travel-retail director at L'Occitane

(15-Nov-2006) EGYPT. Cairo International airport owner Cairo Airport Co (CAC) has denied that the recent decision to stop the tender process for retail space at terminal three was due to the standards of pre-qualification documents from international contenders

(15-Nov-2006) UK jeweller Tateossian has announced a boost to its travel-retail business after gaining a number of new inflight listings and has also revealed plans to develop its presence at airports

(15-Nov-2006) EgyptAir Tax Free Shops is close to sealing the retail contract at Cairo airport’s new terminal three. But if it takes the prize how will the new shops affect the company’s other operations? Tina Milton reports

(15-Nov-2006) DFNI examines the highs and the lows of the changes across the Middle East region during the last year and its plans for future development

(15-Nov-2006) As a second private company prepares to open a duty-free store at Addis Ababa Bole airport, state-owned retailer Ethiopian Tourist Trading Enterprise (ETTE) and Alfarag Trading are poised to go head to head with the new competition. But, as Tina Milton reports, former monopoly ETTE plans to fight back

(15-Nov-2006) Middle East Duty Free Association chairman Colm McLoughlin welcomed trade journalists to a press conference during the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes

(15-Nov-2006) L’Oréal Paris is to close its 32sq m (345sq ft) stand-alone store with World Duty Free at London Heathrow terminal four this month, as part of a plan to end its commitment to operating stand-alone stores