UK. The Travel Retail Consortium (TRC) has announced that Jonathan Corbett has been appointed Chair, succeeding Swiss Eyewear Group’s Rebecca Harwood Lincoln.
Corbett, who took up the position on 1 January, is the Sales and Operations Manager of CG Hibbert, which supplies liquor, tobacco and other tax-free products to the travel retail industry. CG Hibbert represents Guinness within the TRC.
Corbett is the Founder and former Director of The Wandering Monkey Co., which sold activities and gifts to airports, airlines, ferries and cruise ships, including its own branded products.
Morgan & Oates Sales Manager Jeannie Archer and Twinings Regional Executive – Southern & Eastern Europe & Travel Retail Sophie Bundy will join Corbett as Vice Chairs.
Outgoing Chair Rebecca Harwood Lincoln said: “I’ve really enjoyed chairing the TRC and I think we have achieved a great deal over the last two years in areas such as membership expansion, advancing our members’ interests and raising funds for charities.
“The travel retail industry as a whole is very exciting right now, and I believe Jonathan is the ideal person to take the TRC and its members forward.”
In 2018, Swiss travel-adaptor brand Skross and Scottish personal audio equipment maker RHA both joined the consortium.
The TRC’s annual customer event was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the River Thames at Caversham near Reading, Berkshire. TRC members and guests from British and other European airlines, airports, ferries, concessionaires and distributors networked and enjoyed a river cruise.
Representatives from Condor Ferries, DFASS, DFDS, Dufry, Harding Retail, Jet2.com, P&O Ferries, Scandlines, Tourvest and WHSmith all attended.
At the event, funds were raised for the Children’s Hyperinsulinism Charity, a British organisation supporting families with children affected by congenital hyperinsulinism.
The Travel Retail Consortium is a UK suppliers’ networking group formally established in 1971. Its members are Accolade Wines, Aurora, Coty, Guinness, Heineken, Imperial Tobacco, Invu, Kurate, Mars, Morgan & Oates, Remy Cointreau, RHA, Sekonda, Skross, Taittinger and Twinings.
