April is traditionally the month the duty free industry turns its collective head to the Americas and the annual Summit of the Americas trade show, organised by the US-based International Association of Airport & Duty Free Stores (IAADFS). This year, the smallest of the duty free industry’s three major trade shows will run from 14-17 April at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in sunny…

Macao, often described as Asia’s answer to Las Vegas, now has a new duty free shopping attraction to tempt tourists who might otherwise be drawn to the island’s numerous casinos. Last month, DFS Group opened a new 300sq m wine and spirits boutique within the travel retailer’s T Galleria by DFS outlet in The Macau Shoppes at Four Seasons, a luxury shopping mall within the…

The Year of the Dragon has started with a welcome roar for the Asia Pacific travel retail market, much to the relief of a wider travel retail business traditionally reliant on the region for much of its revenue. A flurry of positive retailer sales announcements, store openings, major spirit launches and high-profile promotional activations in the first month of the year augur well for a…

The Botanist Hebridean Strength enters travel retail in exclusive partnership with Gebr. Heinemann, across nine locations in Europe and Australia, and is supported with a series of in-store and digital activations.  Qi Xin Gwee, marketing director, Travel Retail Worldwide at Rémy Cointreau, said: “Travel retail is a core part of Rémy Cointreau’s strategy for inspiring clients with our spirits, and this launch underpins…

The Fine Spirits Emporium will showcase the breadth of the Bacardi portfolio and aims to connect with the growing popularity of at-home cocktail-making in China.  The site, In the newly opened world’s largest duty-free shopping complex, will play host to regular cocktail-making demonstrations. “This premium location, dedicated to Bacardi, unlocks a whole new level of shopper engagement and discovery,” said Bacardi Global Travel Retail regional…

For the first time there were separate awards for Supreme Champion Product, which went to Jura Islanders’ Expressions, Collection No. 1, and Supreme Champion Campaign for Jägermeister‘s ‘The Secret is You’ activation. Jura’s new expression is the first in a series of three whiskies set to roll out in Travel Retail and its impressive show earned the Whyte & Mackay brand the title…

The results will be announced live this year on the Drinks International social media channels at 19:00 (Central European Time) on Tuesday 4 October. The awards are split into two categories, supplier awards and operator awards. With operators awarded through an industry vote and supplier awards decided by an esteemed panel of travel retail experts. Supplier awards are as follows: Luxury Drinks Launch of the…