Makeovers
Campari Group Global Travel Retail is introducing The Glen Grant Wanderlust Collection, the brand’s first permanent travel retail-exclusive range, in key airport locations across Asia Pacific. And it is celebrating the moment with a striking makeover of The Moodie Davitt Report desktop homepage.
‘The website that never sleeps’ may at no time have paused for rest but The Moodie Blog, I’m delighted to say, is out of hibernation
KOSÉ Travel Retail brings its ‘3E Travel Retail Strategy’ to life through a high-impact refurbishment at King Power Rangnam, underlining the importance of experiential, service-led retail in Asia.
A modern brasserie, Story Kitchen & Bar features design-led interiors and a fusion-inspired menu, with a strong focus on storytelling throughout the experience.
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The new business, to be led by industry veteran Jonathan Holland, brings seasoned industry players come together in a strategic collaboration to introduce an exciting portfolio of Korean beauty brands to consumers worldwide.
Cosmetics
“For travel retail, in Hainan we significantly outperformed prestige beauty, which itself improved sequentially, to gain share as our activation for Lunar New Year drove remarkable performance,” says The Estée Lauder Companies President and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie.
Airport Hospitality World
We bring you the latest lounge and hospitality services openings from around the world in our popular Airport Hospitality World title.
We’re asking travel retail and aviation sector stakeholders to pick the results of two much-anticipated sporting competitions, with another couple of intriguing questions thrown in to sort out the really top pundits.
The refreshed line-up strengthens the airport’s food & beverage mix, combining global brands with regional concepts across quick-service and grab-and-go formats, alongside a hybrid Hudson Café.
Campari Group said the restructure reflects a commitment to enhancing global travel retail, advancing internal talent and maintaining the channel’s role as a global showcase for its portfolio.
Retail income was flat year-on-year but net retail revenue per passenger declined in Q1.
Our latest images come from a visit to Munich Airport’s new pier serving Terminal 1, which opened last month following a €665 million investment from the airport company.
The collaboration reinforces L’Oréal’s strategy in the travel retail data ecosystem, leveraging Agoda’s strong presence as one of Asia’s most downloaded travel apps to expand consumer reach across the region.
The History of Whoo brandower saw Q1 revenue down -7.1% year-on-year to KRW1.5766 trillion (US$1.07 billion) and operating profit declining -24.3% to KRW107.8 billion (US$73.1 million). But quarter-on-quarter the picture looks rosier.
As conditions in the region stabilise, the transfer traffic segment is expected to recover quickly, says Dubai Airports.
Today’s choice of images comes from leading travel retailer ARI, which has hailed a month of “connection, creativity and celebration” across its global estate in April.
We feature rolling updates on what ranks as one of the biggest crises in travel retail history.
“When the Gulf coughs, Indian aviation catches pneumonia,” Air4Casts notes in an insightful report that paints a stark contrast between the fortunes of two key aviation markets since the Middle East war broke out.
Amorepacific’s travel retail business performed strongly both at home and internationally in the first quarter, the South Korean beauty products and wellbeing group revealed last week.
The US beauty house announced last month it had entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining interests in the beauty brand grounded in the science of modern Luxurious Ayurveda.
Collectively, the Ethos Farm teams walked the equivalent of 13.5 marathons, raising an impressive £4,100 (US$5,532) for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, plus £823 (US$1,110) Gift Aid.
The event brings together over 1,000 international brands and many sought-after products to CDFG’s more than 60 domestic and overseas stores and online platforms.
To mark International Women’s Day 2026 (8 March), The Moodie Davitt Report has invited women from across the global travel retail and aviation sectors to participate in Voices of Impact, a special editorial initiative celebrating leadership, empowerment and collective action.
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation, parent company of China Duty Free Group, this week posted an impressive year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profit to CNY2,348.3 million (US$342.4 million)
Duty-free revenues climbed +32% year-on-year at the leading Indian airports group, with food & beverage leaping +52%.
“Our third-quarter results extend strong year-to-date performance, driven by Beauty Reimagined,” says an upbeat President and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie.
