AMERICAS. Roel Huinink, President & CEO of JFKIAT, which manages Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International, is the latest senior airport figure confirmed to speak in the Knowledge Hub at the Summit of the Americas – A Virtual Experience, which takes place on 5-9 April.
As reported, the all-digital Summit is being organised by the International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) and Asociación Sudamericana de Tiendas Libres (ASUTIL) in partnership with The Moodie Davitt Report (which organised the successful Virtual Travel Retail Expo from 12-16 October).
Visitor registration (free to all travel retailers and airport companies) is open at the official event website, which is now live.
Huinink leads the management team at Terminal 4 (the biggest of the JFK terminals) and is responsible for developing, communicating and executing strategic and tactical plans for T4.
He is well known in the airport commercial and travel retail world from previous roles, notably at Royal Schiphol Group (whose Schiphol USA affiliate owns JFKIAT).
He was Managing Director of Arlanda Schiphol Development Company, an airport retail management partnership in Sweden, and also acted as Director of Parking & Mobility Services at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Separately, he served on the management board of Norway-based travel and high street retailer Airport Retail Group.
In recent days we announced that Martín Eurnekian, Chief Executive Officer of Corporación América Airports, will also speak at the event, with other high-profile names to be revealed shortly.
As reported, Walmart Senior Vice President, Sustainability Jane Ewing will address the key theme of sustainability in retail and travel retail.
Other speakers include Hudson CEO Roger Fordyce, ARI-North America General Manager Jackie McDonagh, Motta Internacional Senior Vice President Aurelio Barria, Midway Partnership CEO (and Vantage Airport Group Chief Commercial Officer) Sammy Patel and PT&M Managing Director Eric Trichot (whose company is leading the tender process at Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport Company).
They join a line-up that includes Paradies Lagardère President & CEO Gregg Paradies, Dufry General Manager Sub-Cluster South America Enrique Urioste, Neutral by Luryx Duty Free Shop CEO Marcelo Montico, Starboard Cruise Services President & CEO Lisa Bauer, Harding Retail Deputy Managing Director Mark Birnie, Heinemann Americas CEO Nadine Heubel, Stellar Partners CEO Padraig Drennan and International Shoppes Director Matthew Greenbaum.
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The event has already attracted the commitment of many leading travel retailers to attend including: 3Sixty Duty Free, Aer Rianta International, Carisam/Samuel Meisel, DFS Group, Dufry, Duty Free Americas, Duty Free Holdings, Harding Retail, Heinemann Americas, Hudson, IGL Duty Free, International Shoppes, Island Companies, Lagardère Travel Retail, Marshall Retail Group, Motta Internacional, Neutral by Luryx Duty Free Shop, OTG, Paradies Lagardère, Provimex, Shopping China, Sineriz Free Shop, Starboard Cruise Services, Stellar Partners, Top Brands International and Zeinal Hermanos, among others.
For exhibitors there are multiple tiers of virtual packages from which to choose, offering multiple options to display products, deliver brand and product presentations, offer virtual tours of their facilities and showrooms, and connect with buyers.
These spaces will be curated by Virtual Stand & Experience Partner, FILTR. Event sponsorship options are also available through our team.
The Summit is open to airports and all other landlords from travel-related sectors; retailers, food & beverage operators and other commercial service providers; brands, agents & distributors; media and other relevant parties.
Contacts
To learn more about this opportunity, please download the 2021 Virtual Summit Information Briefing. For virtual stand reservations or media, please contact Irene Revilla at Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com.
For general questions about participation in the Virtual Summit, please contact Steven Antolick for further assistance.
