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Gate One – Opening Remarks
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(Left-right) Registration begins at the Suntec Centre; TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen gets the first session under way | |
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News Broadcaster Kavita Maharaj, moderating the event along with CAPA Executive Chairman Peter Harbison (right), keeps a watchful eye on proceedings |
Gate One – The airport scene in 2007: how do airports differ from region to region?
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(Left-right) Beijing Capital International Airport Market Exploitation Director Foster Fu; former General Authority of Civil Aviation Saudi Arabia Business Development Manager Mohamad Nada |
Gate One – From hubs to cities: the ultimate airport experience
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(Left-right) Case studies from Hong Kong International Airport Retail Planning and Development Manager Amy Choi and Dublin Airport Authority Capital Programmes Director Mark Foley |
Gate One – Airport marketing mix: how will/must it change?
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(Left-right) Eraman Malaysia Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development Ashraff Ali; Aeroports de Paris Marketing, Retail and Communications Director Pascal Bourgue | |
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(Left-right) McNally Design Director of Business Development Noel Derby; British American Tobacco General Manager Asia Pacific Travel Retail Andrew McLeod |
Gate One – Airport strategies in the new aviation environment
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(Left-right) Eraman CEO Umar Bustamam; SSP VP International Business Development Lars Croné | |
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(Left-right) Dufry Eurasia Chief Operating Officer René Riedi; Changi Airports International Senior VP Global Operations Eugene Gan | |
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(Left-right) Tiger Airways President and CEO Tony Davis; Apex Business Development Partners Consultant Frank O’Donovan |
Gate One – Managing risk: anticipating change and how to prepare for it – security focus
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(Left-right) ETRC President Frank O’Connell; CAAS Senior Director Lye Teck Tan | |
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(Left-right) Gateway Duty Free Managing Director and Duty Free Security Company President Tom Thomas; Heineken International Global Account Manager Airports – Worldwide Melvin Broekaart | |
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Gebr Heinemann Chairman of the Advisory Board Harry Diehl grabs the attention of the photographer’s lens |
TFWA Asia Pacific Conference
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(Left-right) The Indian travel retail industry was the subject of Tuesday morning’s keynote session; The Security Debate drew a predictably animated response from delegates – the ‘transfer issue’ ranks as perhaps the industry’s biggest crisis | |
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Aer Rianta Retail Director-Retail & ETRC President Frank O’Connell mapped out a possible path for travel retail in the future | |
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(Left-right) Gateway Duty Free Managing Director & ADFA President Tom Thomas; TSA Representative Armen Sahagian | |
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Audience participation was an important feature, with (clockwise from top left) Braun Manager Duty Free Sales – Worldwide Klaus Mellin, Sun & Sand Sports General Manager Paul Marks, ETRC’s Sarah Branquinho and Motibhai Duty Free Chairman and Owner Mahendra Patel among those asking questions from the floor | |
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(Left-right) Shiseido Travel Retail Director Worldwide Ariel Gentzbourger; Camus Area Director Richard Ferne | |
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(Left-right) Frank O’Connell’s presentation highlighted the extent of the ‘transfer passenger’ problem; TFWA President Erik Juul-Mortensen spoke on Asia Pacific’s growth into the most dynamic region for the travel retail industry. Here he is pictured talking to the press |
Airline Working Lunch
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(Clockwise from top left) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation Managing Director Peter Harbison moderated the session, where panelists were All Nippon Airways Inflight Service Planning Manager Yoichiro Nakao, Cathay Pacific Inflight Sales and Logistics Manager Cindy Lam, DFASS Director Purchasing & Vendor Relations John Garner; (bottom left-right) Qantas General Manager Inflight David Young, Alpha Flight Services Sales Director Pat Osbourne and Cindy Lam of Cathay Pacific |
Research Breakfast Workshop: “I