CHINA. Global Premium Duty Free (GDF) Plaza, the fast-growing Hainan Development Holdings-controlled offshore duty free retailer, showcased its existing shopping offer and its exciting future plans during the Virtual Travel Retail Expo last week.
GDF Plaza is a Platinum Partner for the Moodie Davitt Report-run virtual event. Besides its visually stunning stand, GDF Plaza also features in a powerful video within the Experience Arena (click above) which outlines the company’s development to date and previews its move into onshore duty free (selling to Hainan residents) within an integrated development in the Mova Mall, Haikou.
[Note: The Virtual Travel Retail Expo remains open for a further six weeks. November is ‘Buyers & Brands Bonanza Month’, with different exhibitors profiled each day on The Moodie Davitt Report.com with links to their stands, special site visits, prizes and other incentives and surprises. To register please visit www.VirtualTRExpo.com]
Lim Guek Boon (Casey Lim), Vice President of Global Consumer Boutique (Hainan) Trading Co Ltd, which oversees GDF Plaza, told visitors to the Expo: “We are proud and delighted to be able to participate in our first international event which is The Moodie Davitt Virtual Travel Retail Expo.
“GDF Plaza is continually catering to the personalised needs of consumers with the aim to develop a sophisticated, luxurious and aspirational shopping environment with more cutting-edge fashion design concepts and a more extensive range of merchandise. It also aims to provide exciting new brands, products, services, and experiences for duty free consumers on the offshore island. We welcome brands who are interested to work with us to visit our booth and connect with us for further discussion.”
Lim said that the company is well advanced in its preparatory work for the introduction of onshore duty free. “Our first onshore duty free store is planned to be in Mova Mall Aquarius with a total area of almost 3,000 square metres. The design concept will be complementary to our offshore duty free.
“This will see us marry the two businesses as one unit and serve different consumers with the same objective – that is to provide a sophisticated luxury experiential shopping environment and services.”
Lim said that the development will be a “comprehensive commercial landmark in Haikou. Leveraging on Hainan Development Holding’s leading wholly state-owned company of Hainan, the project is designed to be a benchmark for luxury duty free retailing in Hainan Free Trade Port.”
