Our regular feature, brought to you in association with Duty Free Global from Ireland, celebrates memorable scenes, moments, launches and campaigns related to the global aviation and travel retail sphere.
TÜRKİYE. Today’s images come from a flying visit to Antalya – and in particular the new Terminal 2 at Antalya International Airport – by The Moodie Davitt Report President Dermot Davitt this week.
We met senior figures from the airport management partnership of Fraport Group and TAV Airports, food & beverage specialist BTA catering and travel retailer ATU Duty Free to talk about Antalya’s ‘hot’ status as a destination, and surging (though peaky) traveller growth, and to discover a blend of dining and retail that is well-tailored to its key audiences of visiting Europeans, Russians (crucial for duty free and F&B spend) and Turkish visitors.
We uncovered a location that attracts cultural, sports and gastronomy tourism from around the world – climate event COP 31 will take place here later this year – and hospitality both on- and off-airport that tourism destinations everywhere could learn from.
Want to know how Antalya T2 has become the number one airport sales location in the world for McDonald’s at peak periods, or the best-selling Costa Coffee location on the planet from a relatively small footprint, via BTA?
Or how ATU Duty Free is delivering enviable spends in beauty, tobacco and is planning to complete an Antalya-style luxury zone that will help raise the reputation of the entire airport in coming months?
Or how Fraport-TAV is creating a tiered lounge offer that can rival those at any airport for service, diversity and – via close connections to the wider tourism eco-system – menus in precisely targeted at its many audiences in ways that make perfect sense?
Watch out for our full report from this remarkable location following an utterly memorable visit, coming soon. ✈
