Africa
Registration opens for MEADFA Conference in Dubai
Registration is now open, with a 10% early bird discount available until 2 September, after which pre-registration at standard rates will continue until 20 October.
We bring you the latest lounge and hospitality services openings from around the world in our newly launched Airport Hospitality World title.
The MEADFA Awards 2025 will honour companies and individuals for their leadership, creativity and commitment to advancing the travel retail sector.
“We have demonstrated that our plan to be a diversified leader in the promising fields of publishing, travel retail and media is solid,” says Louis Hachette Group CEO & Chairman Jean-Christophe Thiery.
ESG Champions will support the roll-out of Journey with Purpose, the company’s refreshed ESG strategy built around four core pillars: People, Planet, Product and Passenger.
The Dubai gateway has retained its top spot in ACI World’s annual ranking of the busiest gateways by international passenger traffic, serving 92.3 million passengers. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport again ranked top overall.
Mast-Jägermeister has introduced Teremana Tequila’s ‘Share the Mana’ campaign at three international airports: Abu Dhabi Zayed, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and London Luton.
We bring you the latest lounge and hospitality services openings from around the world in our newly launched Airport Hospitality World title.
Martin Moodie reports in words, pictures and video on Alfarag Duty Free’s transformational store opening at Bole International Airport. “This is something that will uplift the travel retail industry in Africa,” says Managing Director Anwar Farag.
“This new duty-free store stands proudly alongside the finest in the world, not just as a shopping experience, but as proof of what can be built here at home when passion and purpose come together,” says Alfarag Chairman & CEO Ayderus H.M. Farag. The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie reports from Addis Ababa.
In a major interview, Lagardère Travel Retail Chairman & CEO Dag Rasmussen and newly named CEO Frédéric Chevalier speak to Dermot Davitt about their respective new roles, planning the transition and business continuity amid market change.
Avolta CEO Middle East and Africa Abdeslam Agzoul steps into the role vacated by the recent resignation of Rob Marriott while Africa Travel Retail Co-Founder and Executive Chair Chichi Maponya is named Vice President.
Flemingo Duty Free has been awarded a concession to operate 17 duty-free, specialist retail and food & beverage spaces at four international airports in Cape Verde – Amílcar Cabral International, Sal; Nelson Mandela International, Praia; Aristides Pereira International, Boa Vista; and Cesária Évora Airport, São Vicente.
