JAPAN. If you chose to fly out of Kansai International Airport Terminal 1 yesterday rather than today (5 December), count yourself unlucky, writes Martin Moodie.
For at 6am local time, an elegant, expansive and alluring retail and food & beverage offer opened for business, part of the airport’s impressive and beautifully atmospheric new airside area.
The Moodie Davitt Report was honoured yesterday to be the sole foreign title to join a media preview of the facility.
The commercial offer is anchored by a 2,500sq m KIX Duty Free walk-through store, which opened alongside KIX Duty Free’s renewed pre-order service. This leads through to a further specialist, destination and luxury retail zone, complemented by a diverse food & beverage offer.
KIX Duty Free is run by Kansai Airports Retail & Services (part of Kansai Airports). Lagardère Travel Retail provides an extensive range of support services, including a supply contract.
We walked and talked T1 in the expert company of Kansai Airports Corporate EVP & CCO Non Aeronautical Stephane Geffroy; Kansai Airports Representative Director & President Fumio Owada; Lagardère Travel Retail VP Merchandising North Asia Terry Chua; Lagardère Travel Retail Senior Merchandising Director – Japan Salina Kwok; and Lagardère Travel Retail Director of Merchandising (Spirits, Wines & Tobacco Asia) Patricia Sim.
We will bring you a full report soon, following a tour of T1 by brand partners today and an official celebration event this evening.
In the meantime we bring you a series of Picture Galleries, starting with the key perfume & cosmetics category. Look out for our updates throughout the day.
