Inflight

Watch highlights of the DFNI Charity Ball. The event at London’s Royal Lancaster, which included the DFNI Global Awards, saw the leading figures of the travel-retail industry gather to raise more than £24,000 for the Akanksha Foundation. The full list ...

Inflight Sales Group (ISG), the Hong Kong-headquartered inflight travel-retail specialist, has successfully tendered for a full concession for duty-free sales and buy on board with French airline Aigle Azur. The agreement takes effect from June 2018 and builds on ISG’s ...

DFS Group has once again been named as Travel Retailer of the Year at the DFNI Global Awards for travel-retail excellence, retaining the title it won in 2017. The retailer was announced at the winner at the 14th annual ceremony, ...

Inflight specialist Retail inMotion has unveiled a new “next generation” digital retail platform for the airline industry. This major upgrade and expansion of the company’s onboard retail management solution will enable airlines to fully digitise and “connect every touchpoint of the ...

Inflight retail giant gategroup has announced that its gateretail arm is teaming up with Black Swan, the predictive analytics technology specialist, in an alliance aimed at “redefining aviation retail”. Swiss conglomerate gategroup, which serves more than 700 million passengers a ...

French winemaker Gerard Bertrand has revealed it plans to pursue opportunities for its Languedoc-Rousillon wines on board premium airlines and cruiselines in 2018. The company’s wines will be available through Air France, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Icelandair, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal ...

Dufry has revealed it will open an additional 4,700sqm of retail space across its Latin American operations over the coming years. Following the opening of the duty-free retailer’s first flagship New Generation store in Latin America at T4 of Cancun ...

Dutch drinks giant Heineken has secured a new listing for its zero alcohol beer, Heineken 0.0, on-board Ryanair. Heineken 0.0, which is brewed using only natural ingredients, will feature on Ryanair’s newly-launched inflight menu in a 33cl can, joining Heineken’s ...

It is the last chance for stakeholders in the duty-free industry to be recognised as the best of the Asian market, as entry for the DFNI Asia Awards for travel-retail excellence in Asia closes on April 1. The Asia Awards will recognise ...

Swiss travel research agency m1nd-set has teamed up with digital marketing and research specialist CheckmateVR to offer a game changing new virtual-reality (VR) research product, which it says will help industry stakeholders boost footfall and conversion in duty-free shops. Branded m1nd-set ...

Chinese-owned gategroup, the world’s largest provider of airline catering services in terms of revenue, has announced that it will not pursue its intended initial public offering (IPO) on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The withdrawal from the planned listing has come ...

We are one step closer to discovering the cream of the crop in the world of travel-retail, as the shortlist for this year’s DFNI Global Awards has been revealed. Fresh from winning two awards at this week’s DFNI Americas Awards, ...

Retail inMotion has reached a partnership agreement with Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) for the development and management of a new onboard ordering concept on short and mid-haul flights from the airline’s base in Geneva. The new service, which has ...

DFNI was on the scene in Orlando at the first Summit of the Americas jointly held by ASUTIL and IAADFS. Our reporter on the ground, Liam Coleman, met with the leading figures in the American duty-free industry and gave all ...

Inflight retail and catering giant gategroup has revealed its plans for its imminent Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The price range for the offered shares has been set ar CHF16 ($16.84) to CHF 21 ($22.11), with ...