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On location at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore

by The Moodie Davitt Report News Room | | info@moodiedavittreport.com

SINGAPORE. Welcome to our rolling coverage of the TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore (10-14 May).

Once again The Moodie Davitt Report team is here in force to bring you highlights of the week in words, photos and video, in association with our partners KOSÉ Travel Retail, Ricola and Travel Blue.

Back at the Marina Bay Sands convention centre, TFWA partners add the finishing touches to Taste of the World, a new showcase for live demonstrations and immersive activations. On Monday the space will be inaugurated with a live cooking demonstration by famed Korean-American Chef Akira Back, who will also take part in a special Q&A with The Moodie Davitt Report President Dermot Davitt. 
The Moodie Davitt Report President Dermot Davitt greets GMR Airports President and CEO Commercial & Growth Rajesh Arora and CEO Group Duty Free Business Ashish Chopra at the well-attended APTRA event; below, Dermot Davitt with Auckland Airport Head of Retail Lucy Thomas and (lower) with former Mondelez WTR Managing Director Jaya Singh

Irene Revilla at the APTRA lunch with Sky Connect – Autour d’un Sourire Founder & Commercial Director Catherine Bonelli, Masi Agricola Export and Travel Retail Director Piergiuseppe Torresani (behind) and Chanel Head of Global Travel Retail Hervé Ducros (right); and below with TFWA President Sarah Branquinho as she embarks on her first show in the role

The Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) brought together 150 delegates at an excellent networking lunch on Sunday to kick off a busy week. At The Tanglin Club with The Moodie Davitt Report Publisher Irene Revilla (right) are (from left) Avolta Global Public Affairs Director Pedro Castro, Mondelez WTR Global Sales Director Carlos Granados Moyano and Mondelez WTR Vice President & Managing Director Joost Rosmuller

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