CHINA. XpresSpa, the US airport-based spa group, that recently rolled out its first European flagship at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, has become the latest big-name sponsor of The ACI Airport Business & Trinity Forum in Shanghai on 31 March-2 April.
The Trinity Forum (as it is commonly known) is a joint venture between The Moodie Report and ACI World. It is the world’s leading airport revenues conference. XpresSpa will join King Power Group (Hong Kong) and HMSHost as joint sponsors of the Opening Cocktail on 31 March at Lounge 18 at the prestigious Bund 18 nightspot.
XpresSpa has 15 full service spas and 19 more in construction and development, the company said. These include operations in the US, Mexico (two) and The Netherlands and the company is rolling out to key international hub airports across European capital cities. Key targets include Rome and London. It is also targeting Asia, hence its interest in the Shanghai event.
Shanghai Airport Authority is hosting this year’s event which is being held at the Shangri-La Pudong Hotel.
The speakers’ lineup for The Trinity Forum is now complete following the recent addition of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Director (Commercial) Lim Peck Hoon and Claudine Kawiak, Chairperson of Global & Beijing International Co (GABICO), to the programme. The latter is responsible for the acclaimed new travel retail (duty paid) offer at Beijing Capital International Airport’s spectacular new Terminal 3 which opened this month. Lim Peck Hoon has driven the recent commercial development of Singapore Changi Airport, including the outstanding new Terminal 3, which opened in January.
Platinum sponsors of the event are the UK-based airport food & beverage specialist SSP, P&G Prestige Products and Lagardère Services, the owner of Aelia and HDS. GABICO is sponsoring the event’s coffee breaks. Nuance-Watson (Hong Kong) and The Estée Lauder Companies are sponsoring the two lunches.
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Other sponsors include Dubai Duty Free (special prize draws for delegates), MCM, Villiger, Shanghai Tang and Mars International Travel Retail.
STRONG SPEAKERS’ LINE-UP
Other confirmed speakers include Shanghai Airport Authority Chairman and President Wu Nianzu, HMSHost CEO Elie Maalouf, Incheon International Airport Corporation President and CEO Jae-Hee Lee, The Nuance Group Executive Vice President Business Development & Strategy Ivo Favotto, Aelia CEO Jean-Baptiste Morin and Auckland International Airport Limited General Manager Retail Nick Forbes.
They will be joined by Airport Economist NACO (Netherlands Airport Consultants) and Innova Aviation Johan Sch̦lvinck in a joint presentation with China Airport Construction Group Corporation Chief Architect Guo Yanchi, HDS Retail Asia Pacific CEO Scott Raisin, King Power Managing Director Duty Free and Travel Retail (and APTRA President) Sunil Tuli, Abu Dhabi Duty Free General Manager Dan Cappell, World Duty Free Managing Director Mark Riches and Bacardi Managing Director РGlobal Travel Retail Maurice Doyle.
The event will feature exclusive film footage of some of the world’s most cutting-edge airport commercial developments, produced by Marshall Arts International. The two-part feature includes Hong Kong International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, ATU (Istanbul, Tbilisi and Batumi), Travel Retail Norway (Oslo), Dufry (Brazil, Mexico and Milan, and including an extensive interview with CEO Julián Diaz), BAA USA (Baltimore), Bangalore International Airport and BAA UK (Heathrow T5). The latter two facilities will both have opened just before the event.
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Shanghai Airport Authority is the proud host of the world’s premier airport commercial revenues conference |
The Trinity Forum will also feature a unique insight into shopper (and non-shopper) behaviour at a prominent UK airport. French retailer Aelia has agreed to allow in-store filming of its duty free operation at Luton Airport near London. The filming is being conducted by Consumer Watch, a joint venture between The Moodie Report and consumer behaviour specialist Counter Intelligence Retail, whose owner Garry Stasiulevicuis will present and analyse the film.
The presentation will also feature an ‘Eye Watch’ mobile eye-level camera – a unique technology being utilised by Counter Intelligence Retail and The Moodie Report to track the store experience through the eyes of a consumer. It helps identify what shoppers are looking at or not looking at – product, signage, and displays – and observes through their eyes how they look at packaging and products on fixture.
Registrations are now flowing in fast. Companies and organisations set to attend so far include Aelia, Aéroporti de Roma, Aéroports de Montréal, Aéroports de Paris, Aéroport du Quebec, Aéroport International de Genève, Airbiz Aviation Strategies, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Airport Elite (SAVE Group), Airport Staff GmBH, Airports Council International, Airports of Thailand, Aldeasa, Aldeasa Vancouver, Al Nisr Publishing, Alpha Group, ANA (Aeroportos de Portugal), Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Athens International Airport, Auckland Airport, Australia Pacific Airports Corporation, Avinor, and AWPL Retail Solutions.
Other delegates are attending from BAA, Bacardi, British American Tobacco International, Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Cairns Port Authority, Cairo International Airport, Chalhoub Group, China Airport Construction Group Corporation, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Coty Prestige Shanghai, Counter Intelligence Retail, CTC-ARI Airports, Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Group, The Design Solution, Devanlay Lacoste, DFS Group, DKMA, Doha International Airport, Domodedovo Airport (Airport Management Company), Dubai Duty Free, Emirates, Estée Lauder International, Eye Corp, Fraport, Frontier magazine, Gabico (which is set to start its operations at Beijing Capital Airport soon), Giorgio Armani, Giorgio Armani Hong Kong and Greater Toronto Airports Authority.
Haikous Meilan International Airport will be joined by Halifax International Airport Authority, HDS Retail Asia Pacific, HMSHost, HNA Airport Holding (China), Hugo Boss, Incheon International Airport Corporation, Innova Aviation and Insight Media.
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| Lagardère Services, embracing Aelia and HDS (which in turn runs the acclaimed Relay and Virgin concepts), has signed as a Platinum Sponsor of the Forum | ||
They will be joined by Kraft Foods, Kenya Airport Authority, King Power Group (HK), La Prairie, Lightfoot Marketing Communications, Luxottica, Malaysia Airports Holdings, Marshall Arts International, Mars International Travel Retail, Maui Jim, MCM, Melbourne Airport, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, The Moodie Report, Mumbai International Airport, Netherlands Airports Consultants and Nuance-Watson (HK).
The list continues with Nestlé, The Nuance Group, Orient Aviation, Perth Airport, Puig Asia Pacific, Puma, PUNTO, Rémy-Cointreau, Samoa Airport Authority, San Francisco Airport Commission, Sanya Phoenix International Airport Co, The S-A-P Group, Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Scental (L’Oréal Luxury Products Division), Shanghai Airport Authority, SITA, SSP, Sunrise Duty Free, Sydney Airport Corporation, TFWA, Travel Retail Business, Trebuchet Multimedia, Unique (Zürich Airport), Valiram Group, Villiger Sons, Vindico Retail, Wayne County Airport Authority, World Duty Free and XpresSpa. Registrations are still flowing in every day.
The full list of Chinese delegates will be advised in coming days. Additionally many airport executives are flying in to attend the ACI Airport Service Quality Awards and will also be attending Trinity. For registration, programme and sponsorship details click here.
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