The Jura Islanders Expressions No.3 has been crowned Supreme Champion Product at the Drinks International Travel Retail Awards 2024, the most authoritative, respected and premier drinks award for the Global Travel Retail sector.

Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail has unveiled The Botanist’s inaugural liquid innovation for global travellers.

Bacardi Global Travel Retail has unveiled the Fine Spirits Emporium, at the newly opened CDF Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Hainan province.

Both Jura and Jäegermeister have been crowned Supreme Champions at Drinks International’s Travel Retail Awards 2022.

Following a one-year hiatus, the Drinks International Travel Retail Awards will be returning for its 16th year to celebrate innovation and excellence in the world of drinks travel retail.

Bacardi’s global travel retail department has opened a luxury seasonal boutique for its whisky portfolio in China.

Independent bottlers Elixir Distillers has targeted the travel retail sector this autumn through its Port Askaig Islay whisky and Black Tot Rum.

Entries for Drinks International’s Travel Retail Awards 2020 will close on Thursday 6 August having already obtained a high volume of entrants despite the impact of COVID-19.

The Tax Free World Association (TFWA) and the Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) have issued a joint statement expressing “great concern for the travel industry”, and assuring the public that they are working closely with their members across retailers, brands, airports, F&B and in-flight operators to monitor and evaluate the fast-moving situation.

Loch Lomond expands GTR team

09 January, 2020

Independent distiller, Loch Lomond Group has expanded its global travel retail team with the creation of two new roles.

Whyte & Mackay starred in this year’s Drinks International Travel Retail Awards on Tuesday, 1 October at Hotel Majestic in Cannes.

Global travel retail could be at a tipping point, according to the head of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail.

The 13th edition of the Drinks International Travel Retail Awards has opened for entries through its new website in the build up to its annual awards night in Cannes, France.

Tito’s Handmade Vodka recorded double-digit sales growth across duty free in the Americas in 2018.

The fourth TFWA China’s Century Conference gathered 418 delegates at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Haitang Bay on the island of Hainan.

The 2019 MEADFA Conference will take place in Muscat, Oman. The event, a key gathering for representatives of the duty free and travel retail industry in the Middle East, Africa and beyond, will run from November 25/26. 

Edrington Global Travel Retail unveiled its latest Macallan line extension at the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) show in Cannes yesterday (Oct 2).

Edrington Global Travel Retail won three awards at the Drinks International Travel Retail Awards 2018, the most authoritative, respected and premier drinks awards for the travel retail sector.

The Tax Free World Association (TFWA) says its Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference 2018, held in Singapore last week, broke previous attendance records.

Gebr. Heinemann is to enter the American and Australasian market as a retailer on four cruise ships, represented by its subsidiaries, Heinemann Americas and Heinemann Asia Pacific.

Dubai Duty Free chief operating officer Ramesh Cidambi heads the line-up of speakers at the 2018 MEADFA conference, which is taking place in Dubai later this month.

John Dewar & Sons Fine Scotch Whisky Emporium Frankfurt Airport and Martell Cordon Bleu Intense Heat were named Supreme Champions at Drinks International’s 11th annual Travel Retail Challenge in Cannes.

The 2017 Middle East and Africa Duty Free Associaiton (MEADFA) conference will proceed as scheduled in Beirut from November 20-21 at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut.

Bacardi Global Travel Retail is running a major whisky campaign at six airports in four countries across the Asia Pacific & Middle East region to celebrate the Diwali festive period.

The TFWA World Exhibition & Conference drew to a close last week with attendance increasing +6% to 6,812.

John Dewar & Sons Fine Scotch Whisky Emporium Frankfurt Airport and Martell Cordon Bleu Intense Heat were named Supreme Champions at Drinks International’s 11th annual Travel Retail Challenge last night.

The pressure on the luxury sector continues, according to Tax Free World Association president, Erik Juul-Mortensen.

Sales in global travel retail were up 4.2% in the first quarter of 2017, according to Tax Free World Association (TFWA) president Erik Juul-Mortensen.

González Byass focuses on GTR

08 September, 2017

González Byass, the leading Spanish wine and spirits producer, has launched a new division to focus specifically on the international tax free sector.

Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon will be a head speaker at the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference on October in Cannes.

The TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition and Conference in Singapore recorded the largest number of visitors in its 22-year history.

TFWA has revealed its programme for the third TFWA China’s Century Conference, held in partnership with APTRA and officially hosted by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co.

The South American duty free association, Asociacion Sudamericana de Tiendas Libres (ASUTIL), and the International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) have announced a new, collaborative partnership for their annual events.

GTR: the future’s digital

05 October, 2016

At a dinner on Monday night in Cannes during Tax Free World Association (TFWA) show week, Pernod Ricard chief executive, Alexandre Ricard emphasised the importance of the global travel retail sector to the company.

Dubai Duty Free has won the Best CSR (corporate social responsibility) Practices and Best Community Action at the recent 6th Asia Best CSR Practices and Sustainability Excellence Awards held in Singapore.

Former UK foreign secretary David Miliband and once regarded as a future prime minister, is the keynote speaker at this year’s TFWA Cannes inaugurual conference.

Heineken, in partnership with Dutch airline KLM, has pioneered in-flight draught beer.

Numbers were up at the  21st TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference, which took place last week in Singapore.

The Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) has announced that it is to extend membership to companies which can offer services of value to member companies and to the industry as a whole.

Diageo Global Travel and Middle East (GTME) has announced the opening of the first The Singleton Sensorium in Travel Retail in Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport. 

New research commissioned by the Tax Free World Association, the lead trade body for the global travel retail/duty free sector, claims that more than half of passengers (53%) believe that there is a price advantage to be gained by shopping at the airport.

TFWA Cannes is nearly ready

13 October, 2015

The Tax Free World Association (TFWA) says its executive team is now in Cannes supervising the final preparations for the exhibition which will be staged from October 18-23.

MMI, the leading alcoholic beverage distributor across the Gulf and Indian Ocean and Edouard Garabedian, the major independent alcoholic beverage distributor in Ethiopia, have announced a strategic partnership.

Quintessential Brands has announced the expansion of its international commercial team with the appointment of three new drinks industry professionals.

The Tax Free World Association has announced its first-ever dedicated research workshop at its World Exhibition in Cannes on Wednesday October 21.

The Middle East & Africa Duty Free Association has announced that the 2015 MEADFA conference will take place on November 23 and 24 at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

The Tax Free World Association has announced that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be the headline speaker at its inaugural conference prior to its annual Cannes exhibition opening.

London Luton Airport (LLA) has announced that LS Travel Retail UK & Ireland has won the tender to operate a new 1,700 sq m flagship tax and duty free store at the airport.

Brown-Forman has announced that Marshall Farrer, described as a “veteran employee” with various domestic, international, and global roles in sales and marketing, is its global travel retail team’s new managing director.

Edrington, owners of brands such as The Macallan, Famous Grouse and Snow Leopard, has announced the launch of Edrington European Travel Retail.

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