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“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.
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.
The highly regarded executive brings more than 20 years’ global experience across airport marketing, travel retail, brands and communications.
This was the second successive positive three-month performance for the business following six successive negative quarters.
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Welcome to the July/August 2026 edition of The Moodie Davitt Magazine. In this issue we present our definitive annual guide to the world’s Top Travel Retailers, measured by their 2025 turnover.
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June was a soft month for Korean spending in the world’s biggest duty-free market with downtown and airport sales off by -20.1% and -22.2% year-on-year, respectively. UPDATED with tables and graphs.
Airport Hospitality World
We bring you the latest lounge and hospitality services openings from around the world in our popular Airport Hospitality World title.
The travel retailer has partnered with Deji Art Museum to introduce two cultural IP collections at its Nanjing Lukou International Airport store, bringing locally inspired art and design to departing travellers.
Sino-Singapore (Hainan) Airport Commercial Management Co is harnessing a ‘first-store economy’ and ‘aviation + tourism’ strategy for a dynamic summer campaign at Haikou Meilan International Airport.
The campaign taps into the beauty brand’s heritage of holistic beauty, combining wellness, movement and skincare to create more engaging consumer experiences across the region.
I remember every night/Your ocean eyes of blue/How I miss you in the morning light/Like roses miss the dew.
Middle East routes saw a decline of -20.2% on the same month last year against the backdrop of war in the region, with the key North American market down by -3%.
‘Clucking Good’ – Fly Chicken’s popular refrain has echoed across Norway over the past eight years, including at Bergen Airport. Now it is being morphed in numerous locations to KFC.
In this episode we taste Misaka 18 Years Old Pure Malt Mizunara Cask and its equally outstanding 21 Years sibling.
Today’s images come from Dubai International Airport (DXB) which has turned Terminal 3 into an indoor walking track for the Dubai Mallathon.
Dubai Duty Free celebrated its long-standing partnership with Ascot Racecourse as a stellar international jockey line-up, thrilling racing and live entertainment combined for the 2026 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup.
Retail revenues per passenger hit €3.24, just below last year’s first-half performance after what the company cited as a weak Q1 for retail but a stronger Q2 trend driven by a positive effect from the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport.
The wagamama opening strengthens TRGC’s UK airport dining portfolio while highlighting the company’s continued investment in experience-led hospitality.
Backed by long-term concession agreements, Penha Duty Free Group adds a resilient, multi-channel Caribbean business to Avolta’s global portfolio.
Kenya Airways plans to expand its fleet from 32 aircraft to approximately 67 while increasing annual passenger numbers from approximately six million to nine million in the next four years.
GMR Aero is putting sense of place at the heart of Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport, weaving the culture, craftsmanship and traditions of Andhra Pradesh into the new gateway’s architecture and design.
The long-term contract will see Hudson introduce its River & Grand concept as part of the airport’s new terminal development in 2027.
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.
The seasonal campaign combines premium brand activations, live entertainment and immersive shopping experiences to engage travellers during the peak summer travel season.
The Bangkok-based restaurant franchisor joins the global initiative as its first Asian Founding Member while rolling out tRetail Labs’ nrtureAI platform across Mango Tree outlets in key Asian markets.
This year’s promotion follows the triumphant success of the inaugural Redefine Your Beauty campaign in 2025, billed as the largest joint beauty initiative in Heathrow Airport’s history.
