US. The annual Duty Free Show of the Americas swung into serious action yesterday as the exhibition began. The Moodie Report photographers were out and about to capture the personalities and products on a busy first day.
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(Left-right) Inver House Regional Sales Director Miles Thompson (booth 302); Villiger Sons Director Export Sales Chris Pfister and Area Export Manager Lydia Garcia (booth 621) | |
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(Left-right) Maxxium Travel Retail Americas booth (1603); Maralisa Donadio of Mosaic & Co (booth 433) | |
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(Left-right) Time to relax (Diageo, Terminal B); Arnold André Export Manager Emilio Ferri, Swedish Match Commercial Manager Emiliano Rocha, Arnold André Export Director Josef Wiese and General Cigar Interntional Director of Sales and Marketing Cameron Shaw, at the General Cigar booth (2526) | |
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(Left-right) Ponche Crema booth (505); Pernod Ricard Travel Retail booth (803) | |
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(Left-right) Hugo Boss stand (booth 1011); Speciality Brands Spirits & Wines Inc Director Robert Syner (booth 2003) | |
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(Left-right) Jim Beam at the Maxxium Travel Retail Americas booth (1603); AV Imports: VP Sales Dennis Copertino, Export Director Alex Slavnov & Director of Premium Spirits Frank Orifici (booth 116) | |
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AV Imports Vice President of Sales Dennis Copertino holds the Vince Neal signature guitar, part of the Tres Rios tequila promotion (116); Bacardi Travel Retail booth (2017) | |
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(Left-right) Diesel Fragrances’ eye-catching stand; Bvlgari have a major presence at IAADFS 2007 (booth 839) | |
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| (Left-right) Jimmy Sales President Jimmy Azizo (booth 731); Gran Patrón Burdeos makes it debut at Fort Lauderdale (booth 637); Cognac Louis Royer Account and Project Manager (Americas) Anaïs Egre at the Haleybrooke International booth (2110/2111) | ||
Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V Americas launch | |
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(Left-right) A Scots guard met guests at the launch of Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V (terminal B); Nuance Vice President Operations Andrew Rattner enjoyed Diageo’s hospitality | |
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(Left-right) Diageo’s terminal B hosted the launch of Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V; Motta International Senior Executives enjoy an exclusive first taste of the new launch in the USA | |
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(Left-right) Diageo Global Duty Free Regional Marketing Director – Americas Jesse Peña thanks guests for attending the launch; The Diageo string trio created the perfect ambience in which to sample the crown jewel in the Johnnie Walker whisky family | |
Rones de Guatemala cocktail | |
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Great rum and great company was there in abundance at the Rones de Guatemala cocktail. (Left-right) Managing Director Juan Antonio Busto, Roberto Botran and Walter Aguilar of Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala; The company’s Zacapa Centenario rum | |
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IAADFS Workshop on aviation security crisis |  |  |
IAADFS Executive Director Michael Payne gave an excellent update on the aviation security crisis, followed by concise representations from his counterparts around the world, including APTRA board member John Kammerman (right) | |
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(Left) ETRC’s Sarah Branquinho was typically erudite, talking of real progress but warning against premature optimism; (Right) Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin, representing MEDFA, said the award-winning UAE retailer was losing US$20,000 a day through the transfer problem | |
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(Left) Swarovski’s travel retail boss Peter Zottl declares the company’s typically elegant stand open; (Right) The Baileys ‘Terminal’ in the middle of the exhibition floor is proving a real show stopper | |
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(Left) José Luis Dongaray, ASUTIL Secretary-General and Board Member George Sternberg outline plans for this year’s ASUTIL conference in Lima, Peru on 5-8 September; (Right) Three sweeties: two young ladies from the Rones de Guatemala stand excited to have the chance to meet Masterfoods International Travel Retail consultant Stuart Bull | |
Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in the Americas | |
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(Left-right) InterBaires CEO Enrique Urioste (centre) receives the Best Airport Travel Retail Location in the Americas accolade for the company’s Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport operation; Dufry Caribbean and North America COO José Gonzalez (centre) and Dufry South America COO José Carlos Rosa (right) accept the award for Americas Travel Retailer of the Year | |
