Diplomat & Military
Interview: International Diplomatic Supplies Founder Patrick Doyle on a 25-year journey
As IDS Founder Patrick Doyle celebrates the diplomatic supplier’s 25th anniversary, he underlines his professional and personal goals and stresses the importance of giving back.
Dufry boosts Mexican presence with dual contract gains at capital city’s new airport
Dufry builds on an impressive 25-year retail footprint in Mexico by striking duty free and duty paid contracts at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport, the second airport to serve Mexico City.
Aphrodite Duty Free to open two new Lebanese port stores
The stores are being developed for the Lebanese ports of Beirut and Tripoli and will open within two months.
The Dalmore Decades travel retail omnichannel campaign generates 86 million impressions in October
In October, Whyte & Mackay unveiled its most ambitious travel retail omnichannel campaign, led by a compelling collaboration with China Duty Free Group for The Dalmore Decades collection. We examine this ambitious initiative and some extraordinary analytics.
VSPT Wine Group seals distribution partnership with Intercontinental Duty Free Group
The new partnership will see Chile-based VSPT’s San Pedro and Gaffigna brands available in travel retail in the Middle East and Africa.
Holland America Line selects Starboard Cruise Services as fleetwide retail partner
The retail partnership launched with the Koningsdam sailing on 10 October, and continued this week with Holland America Line’s new flagship, Rotterdam, which sailed from Amsterdam to Florida.
The Moodie Davitt eZine: Heathrow Airport on reopening travel and recreating “a vibrant travel retail business”
In this edition we speak to Heathrow Airport Retail Director Fraser Brown, who sounds a positive note about the future for travel retail as the industry edges towards recovery.
International Diplomatic Supplies launches IDS Europe to offer a ‘taste of home’ to diplomats worldwide
IDS Founder & CEO Patrick Doyle explains the move behind creating a new operation, assesses the group’s wider ambitions and talks about the importance of giving back.
Peuch & Besse and International Diplomatic Supplies strike wide-ranging partnership
The new collaboration – the result of a meeting during the inaugural Moodie Davitt Virtual Travel Retail Expo – covers the distribution of selected P&B wines to 60 embassies worldwide.
Viva Mexico: Casa AGP puts mezcal in the Summit of the Americas spotlight
The mezcal producer and distributor will highlight three brands – El Recuerdo, Zignum and Señorio – at the forthcoming virtual event.
“All the deliciousness of gin with none of the alcohol”: Sea Arch Drinks eyes global market
The Devon-based non-alcoholic drinks brand has secured the support of International Diplomatic Supplies Founder and Chief Executive Patrick Doyle.
India’s pride: Paul John Single Malt Collection extended into travel retail and military sectors
Sazerac has launched the acclaimed Paul John Single Malt Collection from John Distilleries, India into the military and travel retail market.
