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FRANCE. LS Travel Retail and Aéroports de Lyon have opened five airside Aelia Duty Free stores and a landside Aelia Mode/Aelia Beauté at Lyons St Exupéry airport. The shops are operated under the Lyon Duty Free partnership between the airport and the retailer, and mark the first phase of an ambitious retail development project.
The five Aelia Duty Free multi-stores will offer a large range of perfumes, cosmetics, alcohol, tobacco, confectionery, fine foods, photographic, audio and video goods. The outlets will sport the new Aelia Duty Free logo, which is to be implemented nationally and internationally through the Aelia network this year.
Some of the duty free stores a new Escapade Lyonnaise gourmet concept evoking the popular local “bouchon” restaurants. The materials – fittings in grey oak, slate, cement tiles and hammered zinc – the checkered floor, the walls decorated with friezes of black and white photos and corners dedicated to regional brands such as Sève or Voisin are particularly evocative of Lyon culture. The areas also offer passengers opportunities to sample the products..
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Lyon Duty Free was set up between LS travel retail, via its Aelia subsidiary, and Aéroports de Lyon on 1 January 2012. A team of 70 employees is dedicated to managing the joint venture, which will operate the new Aelia stores at Lyon Saint Exupéry airport.
Lyon Duty Free is planning further ambitious investments in 2016, with the development of a new 2,000sq m shopping centre at the intersection of Terminals 1 and 3.
LS Travel Retail France Chairman and CEO Michel Perol said: “I am confident that this partnership will prove to be an immediate success. At Lyon Saint Exupéry International airport, we are showing passengers that we are a modern international retailer with our Aelia Duty Free brand, while also valuing regional culture, something which Aéroports de Lyon promotes with great professionalism. Along with all the Lyon Duty Free and Aéroports de Lyon teams, I am personally very proud to be part of this venture.”
Aéroports de Lyon CEO Philippe Bernand added: “This new organization creates a real synergy between Aéroports de Lyon and Aelia LS travel retail, bringing together knowledge of the client base with product choice. It allows us to fulfill the needs of our passenger customers and to share more than a simple customer-provider relationship.
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“This partnership helps us to anticipate future developments of Lyon Saint Exupéry airport, in particular the creation of a new Terminals 1 and 3 which will offer a 4,500m² shopping centre, 2,000 m² of which will be used by shops from 2016.”
The airport expects to serve 8 million passengers in 2012.
NOTE: The Moodie Report is on location for the opening at Lyon Saint Exupéry airport and will publish comment, photos and video coverage online soon.
