Fragrances
An expanded beauty zone leads Auckland Airport’s and Lagardère Travel Retail’s latest shopping upgrade, with new brands, local and emerging names, and experiential concepts bolstering an impressively eclectic offer. And there’s more to come.
This is an almost certain choice as my favourite story of the year and it’s only August, writes Martin Moodie.
Bristol Airport is expanding its food & beverage offer with Bill’s, Cosy Club, wagamama and Tap + Brew, as the gateway advances its £400 million terminal transformation.
Medicube, Biodance and Thank You Farmer join Harding+’s onboard skincare line-up, with products merchandised around a simple skincare journey spanning cleansing, treatment, moisturising and SPF.
Food & Confectionery
The Belgian chocolatier partnered with premium confectionery retailer CocoCart for its standalone boutique debut in India, opening locations at Navi Mumbai International Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
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Burberry has returned to the Dutch gateway following a year-long absence, with the new 80sq m boutique reinforcing the luxury offer in the airport’s redeveloped Lounge 2.
Airport Hospitality World
We bring you the latest lounge and hospitality services openings from around the world in our popular Airport Hospitality World title.
L’Oréal Travel Retail is positioning the channel as an important discovery platform for the duo Vendetta fragrances with a pre-launch spanning 200 locations in India and EMEA and centred on a hero pop-up at Paris CDG.
With Munich Airport’s Allresto, Areas USA and Exquisine Global already on board, Victoria University’s School for the Visitor Economy brings an academic and research perspective to the APC’s growing founding cohort.
The super-premium gin from New Zealand is building momentum in the Middle East with this new listing, extending its travel retail presence to a second regional market.
The Toblerone Crystal Bar auction at Hamad International generated the highest winning bid across nine participating airports, with proceeds earmarked for EAA Foundation’s Assalam Schools in Qatar.
Today’s images show ARI colleagues at Montenegro Duty Free marking Joy Day with initiatives that celebrate the destination’s flavours, traditions and hospitality.
Airside sales climbed by +8.5% year-on-year in the first seven months with landside sales down by -3.7%, the latter explained by a big programme of renovations.
MEADFA is inviting the regional travel retail community to register early for its 15-17 November conference in Rabat, as the association celebrates its 25th anniversary year.
The exclusive partnership with Lagardère Travel Retail brings the winery’s 60-year Napa Valley legacy to travellers at this key global hub.
I remember every night/Your ocean eyes of blue/How I miss you in the morning light/Like roses miss the dew.
The Glen Grant’s 20sq m activation at the GDF Plaza in Haikou brought the travel retail-exclusive range to life through an immersive multi-sensory journey, guided tastings and a striking OOH media takeover.
The Fito Espinosa space places contemporary Peruvian art at the heart of the passenger journey at while offering travellers a distinctive sense of place at Jorge Chávez International Airport.
The visual engagement specialist is extending its whole-space branding approach into airports, combining graphics, wayfinding, lighting and custom fabrication to create cohesive passenger environments.
The highly regarded executive brings more than 20 years’ global experience across airport marketing, travel retail, brands and communications.
The Toblerone ‘The Ultimate Gift’ campaign combines, luxury gifting, charitable impact and shopper engagement in a far-reaching campaign spanning 170 locations in global travel retail.
“By successfully shifting our focus from ‘price-driven competition’ to an ‘experience-oriented’ duty-free model, Shinsegae Duty Free has achieved significant improvements in its business fundamentals and profitability,” a company spokesperson comments.
Leading travel retail brand representative and distributor Blue Chip Group is celebrating its 15th year in business in 2026, an occasion the company marked with a special video interview with The Moodie Davitt Report, conducted during TFWA Asia Pacific in May.
Effy Jewelry has reached a milestone in its decade-long partnership with Princess Cruises, completing its fleetwide fine jewellery roll-out onboard Sun Princess.
This special edition presents highlights from The Trinity Forum 2026 in words, images and video. The world’s most influential airport commercial revenues and travel retail gathering was held on 5-6 February in Doha, Qatar.
This was the second successive positive three-month performance for the business following six successive negative quarters.
