NEW ZEALAND. Lagardère Travel Retail is to make its debut at Nelson Airport with The Nelson Store. The 145sq m store will be the only speciality retail offer in a new terminal, phase one of which opens in October.
The Nelson Store will be a dedicated destination merchandise store, offering travel essentials and a selection of gifts and souvenirs, gourmet produce and wine. It will draw on products from the Nelson/Tasman region and across New Zealand, said the retailer. The store design will incorporate a “true sense of the South Island,” added Lagardère Travel Retail.
“The Nelson Store will be designed to showcase the best of this exciting region with a new and innovative offer” said Paul Ryan, Strategy and Development Director of Lagardère Travel Retail for the Pacific region. “We are delighted to have been selected to provide a retail solution to meet the airport’s clear vision for this new terminal, and we look forward to working closely with the Nelson Airport team in the coming months to deliver the store.”
Nelson Airport CEO Rob Evans said: “Lagardère Travel Retail is a proven world-class airport retailer and we are thrilled they have agreed to join us in this wonderful new airport experience. I am sure our customers are going to enjoy the wide range of retail products on offer and the true local essence the store will bring.”
In New Zealand, Lagardère Travel Retail runs stores at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Palmerston North, Queenstown and Rotorua airports.
