CHINA/INTERNATIONAL. Lagardère Travel Retail is the latest big name to sign up as a Platinum Partner for The Trinity Forum 2018, which takes place in Shanghai on 31 October and 1 November.
The event, the world’s most influential airport commercial revenues conference, will be hosted by Shanghai Airport Authority. The Trinity Forum is co-organised by The Moodie Davitt Report, ACI World and ACI Asia-Pacific.
Lagardère Travel Retail CEO Dag Rasmussen said: “As a leading global travel retailer, we are very pleased to be a Platinum Partner of this year’s Trinity Forum, and happy that it is taking place in China, where we have a growing presence. We’re very much looking forward to taking part in the discussions and to addressing our industry’s challenges with fellow decision makers from the airport and travel retail industries.”
Other Platinum Partners to date include Diageo Global Travel, Dufry, L’Oréal Travel Retail, Mars International Travel Retail and Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail. Furla and Perricone MD are lunch partners. Additional partners include Lacoste and Travel Food Services (TFS).
In related news, we are pleased to reveal that the venue for the event will be the luxurious Jing-An Shangri La Hotel, West Shanghai. Hotel registration is now open for delegates through the dedicated Trinity Forum 2018 website and at this link. Delegate registration for the event can also be made through the event website.
As reported, this year’s conference will begin with a half-day session leading into the Opening Cocktail, followed by a full-day conference and the closing Gala Dinner. Further details about the programme will be announced soon.
The Trinity Forum, first held in 2003, seeks to improve dialogue and mutual understanding between airports, concessionaires and brands to the benefit of that critical fourth party – the travelling consumer.
