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Click to view Category InsightINTERNATIONAL. Welcome to the digital, iPad-compatible version of The Moodie Report Print Edition for March 2014, available in full – editorial and advertising. This edition coincides with the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas, which begins in Orlando on Sunday.
With the eyes of the world on Brazil this year as the football World Cup begins in June, we review the commercial transformation taking place at the privatised airports of São Paulo Guarulhos, Campinas Viracopos and Brasilia International. We also talk to other leading regional players from Latin America, among them London Supply and Neutral. And in North America, we assess some of the big investments – and planned RFPs – at major US airports this year.
For our cover story we (along with many of the industry’s leading concessionaires and brand owners) were on location with Abu Dhabi Airports at the pre-tender launch for concessions at the new Midfield Terminal Building, which opens in 2017. There, the airport company is pledging flexibility and creativity in its concession planning, as well as a stunning retail and food & beverage environment. In short, it says, it is “tearing up the rule book”.
We talk to other companies that are trying to be daring and different in this issue. Among them is Schiphol Airport Retail, which is attempting to engage and divert travellers’ attention in some surprising ways at the new-look Lounge 1 at Schiphol.
We also talk to one of the industry’s major players, Gebr Heinemann, about how it is combining its proud traditions with a relentless focus on expansion and growth in the modern era. The family-owned company opens up about how it aims to become a truly global powerhouse, and build on its €3.2 billion in 2013 revenues (retail plus wholesale) in the years ahead.
There’s plenty more besides in this March Print Edition, including another in our regular Category Insight supplements, this time on the tobacco business in travel retail.
Please enjoy this edition of The Moodie Report with our compliments.
