CHINA. China Duty Free Group (CDFG) and The Moodie Davitt Report today formally signed an Exclusive Strategic Cooperation Partnership agreement for the Virtual Travel Retail Expo 2021, on 11-15 October.
CDFG President Charles Chen and The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie completed the signing during an online ceremony today.
As reported, CDFG, China’s and the world’s number-one travel retailer by 2020 sales, has strongly embraced the all-digital concept and in an exciting development is creating its own dedicated digital area in the Expo, called CDFG City. There it will showcase some of its most impressive current and planned projects. A gateway presence to CDFG City will feature in the Hainan Discovery zone, a key attraction at this year’s Expo, and the Retailer Emporium.
The CDFG management, buying, branding and merchandising teams will be out in full force at the Expo (already 190 of the CDFG management have registered), both in CDFG City and Hainan Discovery, while also visiting the various brand exhibitors.
CDFG President Charles Chen will deliver the morning keynote address in the Knowledge Hub on the first day of the Expo.
Introducing the ceremony, The Moodie Davitt Report President Dermot Davitt said: “In 2020 China Duty Free Group became the world’s number one travel retailer by sales according to The Moodie Davitt Report’s annual Top 25 Industry ranking, up from number four in 2019 and number 19 just ten years earlier – an astonishing achievement.
“Simultaneously, China Duty Free Group’s Sanya International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haitang Bay, Hainan Province has become the epicentre of the global duty free community, the lighthouse of travel retail as we call it within a sector that was otherwise plunged into darkness by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Through 2021 China Duty Free Group has gone from strength to strength and will hit new record sales highs in Hainan this year. Its excellence in digital and physical retailing; its unrivalled array of brands – and strengths of brand relationships, help makes China Duty Free Group the modern day powerhouse of travel retail.
“And there is more excitement to come as China Duty Free Group prepares to open the magnificent Haikou International Duty Free City in 2022.
“The Moodie Davitt Report is the world’s leading travel retail publisher and the Virtual Travel Retail Expo, launched in 2020, the industry’s leading all-digital event. This is truly a powerful alliance then between the two companies for this year’s Virtual Travel Retail Expo.”
Martin Moodie said: “The Moodie Davitt Report is very honoured that China Duty Free Group has become the exclusive Strategic Cooperation Partner of the second Virtual Travel Retail Expo this October.
“China Duty Free Group’s exclusive Strategic Cooperation Partnership with the Virtual Travel Retail Expo is a tremendous boost for the event and will attract brands from all over the world to visit the ambitious CDFG City that the company is creating especially for the event.
“I have known Mr Charles Chen, President of China Duty Free Group for many years – indeed we entered the travel retail industry in the same year, 1987!
“His commitment to the industry and over recent years his leadership of China Duty Free Group has been inspirational and I am very, very proud to sign this exclusive agreement today.”
Charles Chen said: “We are delighted to join the Virtual Travel Retail Expo 2021 as the exclusive Strategic Cooperation Partner. On behalf of China Duty Free Group, I invite all friends and partners from the global travel retail industry to take part in the Expo, discuss overcoming the crisis, inspiring innovation and mutually supporting the sustainability of the industry. Friends and partners are welcomed to come to visit our booth, ‘CDFG CITY’, and we will present you an extraordinary view of CDFG.”
The ceremony concluded with the formal signing of the agreement.
The all-digital Virtual Expo, owned by The Moodie Davitt Report (with support from FILTR.QINGWA and 2021 co-organiser Hainan Provincial Bureau of Intentional Economic Development), is the follow-up to the successful Virtual Travel Retail Expo in October 2020, where CDFG was a Diamond Partner. Click here to register for the 2021 event.
穆迪戴维特旅游零售线上博览会“云”签约 中免集团成为唯一战略合作伙伴
2021年9月24日，中免集团和穆迪国际有限公司举办“云”签约仪式，正式签署2021穆迪戴维特旅游零售线上博览会战略合作协议。继2020年以“钻石合作伙伴”身份参会后，中免集团本次将以唯一“战略合作伙伴”身份深度参会，与来自全球的品牌商、零售商、协会等共襄盛举，一同见证全球范围行业最大规模线上活动的回归。
很高兴中免集团作为会议唯一‘战略合作伙伴’参与2021穆迪戴维特旅游零售线上博览会。” 中免集团总经理陈国强表示，“我代表中免集团，诚邀全球旅游零售业界的伙伴参加本次线上展会，大家一起探讨如何克服疫情影响，激励行业革新，相互支持引领旅游零售业可持续发展。同时也欢迎大家来到中免集团展位‘CDFG CITY’参观交流，我们将会为广大参会观众呈现精彩纷呈的内容。”
“我们非常荣幸中免集团成为第二届旅游零售线上博览会唯一‘战略合作伙伴。” 穆迪国际有限公司创始人兼主席Martin Moodie先生表示，“中免集团的加入对于此次会议有巨大的推动作用，也将吸引全球品牌参观‘CDFG CITY’，这也是中免集团为会议特意创建的公司展位。”
作为世界领先的旅游零售商，中免集团将派出近200人的管理、采购、品牌推广等团队参与此次博览会，并与各品牌参展商交流洽谈。作为此次会议首位致辞嘉宾，中免集团总经理陈国强将在 10 月 11 日进行主旨演讲。
本次博览会中免集团展位为“CDFG CITY”，展位下设“cdf”, “cdf Focus”, “cdf Business”, “cdf Hainan”, “cdf Awards”五个板块，将生动形象介绍公司业务形态、发展计划及所获殊荣。从“海南探索区”和“零售商中心”所设中免集团展位均可前往“CDFG CITY”。
穆迪戴维特旅游零售线上博览会是一个开创性的虚拟贸易展览和研讨会 旨在反映和增强真实的会议和展览。本次博览会由《穆迪达维特免税报告》与零售顾问公司FILTR.QINGWA联合主办，海南国际经济发展局参与协办。
本次会议主题为“引领、激励、革新”，博览会包括“展览中心”、“知识中心”、“体验中心”、“邮轮中心”、“零售商中心”、“颁奖中心”和“海南探索区”等区域。会议将见证全球范围行业最大规模线上活动的回归，将品牌商、零售商、机场方、航空公司、餐饮运营商、协会以及其他利益相关者聚集到了一个强大的系统中深度研讨、共襄盛举，推动行业发展。
经过30多年的快速发展，中免集团先后与全球逾1000个世界知名品牌建立了长期稳定的合作关系，成为世界上免税店类型最全、单一国家零售网点最多的免税运营商，每年为近2亿人次的国内外游客提供免税商品服务。
未来，依托母公司中国旅游集团强大的旅游产业链资源，中免集团将继续全力落实重点项目，加大并购整合力度，稳步推进国际化发展战略，将自身建设成为更具全球竞争力的世界一流旅游零售运营商。
