MACAU, CHINA. Macau International Airport Company (CAM) today (23 August) launched an open tender for a duty free liquor & tobacco services sub-concession at Macau International Airport (MIA).
[Clarification: This tender is separate from the existing contracts held by Cdfm (a joint venture between China Duty Free Group and King Power Group Hong Kong), which expires next May and The Shilla Duty Free concession, which ends approximately a year later. As a result, neither of the incumbents can bid on the new opportunity.]
In line with the airport’s commercial modification plan, the Request for Proposals (RFP) will result in the selection of a single retailer to offer liquor & tobacco with the option to include general merchandise – but not perfumes & cosmetics.
If the Bidder also operates general merchandise, the category should represent no more than 157sq m or 25% of the total area. A minimum of 75% of the total space (471sq m) shall be reserved for liquor and tobacco.
The successful bidder might also have an opportunity to provide duty free liquor & tobacco services in the designated area/s in MIA’s future auxiliary passenger terminal located at Taipa Ferry Terminal. This would be subject to negotiation between CAM and the successful bidder.
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The RFP involves four stores across some 628sq m in the airside departures zone of MIA’s Passenger Terminal Building. Bids close at noon Macau time on 29 November.
A pre-bid meeting will be held on 12 September at 10:30am (Macau local time) at the Passenger Terminal Building.
As reported, the number of visitors (through all border channels) to Macau in July rose to 2.75 million, the highest monthly level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from the Statistics and Census Service shows July’s figure was +24.9% higher than in June.
The performance represented a surge of +28,180% over the low base in the same month last year, though July arrivals were still down -24.5% compared to the same month in 2019. Look out for our analysis coming soon of how visitor arrivals are equating in retail spending terms amid some fluctuating spending patterns through 2023.
MIA served some 551,000 passengers and 4,000 aircraft movements in July, up +28% and +10% month-on-month. Passenger traffic stood at around 60% of 2019 levels. ✈
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