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Avolta awarded key multi-sector New York JFK International Airport Terminal 6 contract
“Through this new contract, which is our largest year-to-date in North America, Avolta will redefine the travel experience at one of the busiest airports in the USA – raising the bar for travel retail worldwide and expanding our leadership in US travel retail and F&B,” pledges Avolta CEO Xavier Rossinyol.
Paradies Lagardère unveils refreshed CNBC store at Pensacola International Airport
The revamped store showcases a wide selection of travel essentials alongside a range of books and magazines, mobile accessories, destination merchandise, gifts and an extensive selection of food and confectionery.
WHSmith North America expands Salt Lake City International Airport offer with three retail concepts
Located inside Concourse B, the new stores include Travel+Right, Weller Book Works and Cotopaxi.
Hudson by Avolta extends airport retail footprint with opening at Chicago Midway International
The 43sq m outlet offers food & confectionery, travel essentials, books and magazines and tech accessories from different brands.
WHSmith Australia debuts hybrid concept The Book Cellar at Gold Coast Airport
Travellers can enjoy a new experience at the Queensland airport in a store that combines books, fine food and a café-bar experience in a single space.
“A perfect symbiosis of culture and convenience” – Hybrid Relay and Aïda store opens at Berlin Central
The travel retailer has partnered with the famous Viennese brand for a first-of-its-kind opening at the fourth-busiest German train station. We speak to Aïda Executive Director Dominik Prousek about the new venture.
Avolta’s Hudson seals contract for six more stores at Pittsburgh International Airport
The seven year-contract with Allegheny County Airport Authority will see three Hudson convenience stores, two sense of place-themed shops and a MAC Cosmetics outlet open by the end of 2025.
Lagardère brings Monocle retail experience to Frankfurt Airport
The shop reflects Monocle’s commitment to reimagining airport retail and forms part of the brand’s wider strategy to extend its international retail footprint.
A lot of local love: Ten F&B and retail outlets open in spectacular Portland Airport terminal redevelopment
We bring you details of the first concessions to open in a local brand-dominated programme of 24 new shops and restaurants in the US$2.15 billion main terminal redevelopment.
Chicago O’Hare International Airport celebrates Terminal 5 retail and F&B openings
Publican Quality Bread, Six Points Market, Metropolis Coffee Company, InMotion and BLVD & Branch all bring a variety of food & beverage and retail options to the airport.
Foodservice strength and three-sector base help Lagardère Travel Retail deliver robust H1 results
Lagardère Travel Retail’s triple axis of Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion and Foodservice, with the last-named performing particularly well in H1, positions the division well for growth, parent Lagardère SA noted on an earnings call this week.
Lagardère Travel Retail posts +13.5% H1 revenues increase and record recurring EBIT
Lagardère Travel Retail and particularly its food & beverage operations turned in strong performances within parent company Lagardère SA’s first-half results unveiled today.
