North America
WHSmith North America celebrates leadership impact with three AMAC Catalyst Awards wins
The leading travel retailer has celebrated three executive honours at the prestigious AMAC 2026 Catalyst Awards, highlighting its leaders’ contributions to advocacy, supplier diversity and the broader aviation industry.
Backed by decades of experience, Peter Burgoyne and Byron Anderson have unveiled a design practice dedicated to airport retail, hospitality and F&B.
Munich Airport, through hospitality subsidiary Allresto, has become the first airport in the world to implement the Travel F&B Fit Framework developed by tRetail Labs.
‘Game on at LAX’ is ASUR Airports’s rallying cry as it hosts a range of FIFA-driven activations at the West Coast gateway.
We speak to technology, intelligence and experience company PMY Group about how its Optic platform gives airports and retailers real-time understanding of people and their behaviour, with positive commercial spin-offs.
A superbly conceived and highly original campaign centres on nine individually numbered Toblerone Crystal Bars, displayed at nine major airports; a crucial added element is that all are being auctioned, with proceeds to be donated to each airport’s charity partner.
The authorised claim states: ‘Using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.’
“The partnership represents a transformational milestone for Club Avolta as our first North American airline loyalty integration,” says Avolta Senior Vice President of Digital, North America Atousa Ghoreichi.
Edrington navigated a challenging premium spirits market with resilient full-year results, driven by strong momentum across The Macallan's core range and Brugal.
A new colour journey begins as Coty Travel Retail reintroduces Marc Jacobs Beauty through experiential airport activations and permanent installations spanning Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
The travel retailer is offering FIFA World Cup 2026-licensed merchandise alongside pop-ups at Los Angeles, Miami, Vancouver and Toronto airports, plus branded bars at Miami International Airport.
Dolce & Gabbana Beauty is bringing a Mediterranean summer to life via a global pop-up programme celebrating the travel retail-exclusive (TREX) Light Blue Capri In Love fragrance duo.
The business, historically one of the largest duty-free operations in sales terms on the land border between Canada and the USA, resumed trading on 1 June under the name The Duty Free at Peace Bridge.














