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25 October 2019 • Issue 270
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Travel retail highlights
From an ancient battle to a wild exhibition and a search for a social media superstar, we present our regular look at the industry’s best new launches, activations and openings.
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A new airport standard
Landscaped retail and food & beverage space, a world-class art collection, a tropical garden and a dazzling water feature. These are some of the key elements of Hamad International Airport’s spectacular second phase of expansion.
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The Trinity Forum 2019
Hosts Qatar Duty Free, Hamad International Airport and Qatar Airways are preparing to put on a spectacular show at The Trinity Forum in Doha next week, while a stellar line-up of speakers will educate and entertain.
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L’Oréal: Firing on all cylinders
The biggest beauty player in travel retail is not resting on its laurels at a time when beauty is booming worldwide. Instead, it is leading by example to drive the category to even greater heights – both in sales and CSR terms.
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Reimagining airport accommodation
The innovative CapsuleTransit concept at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 offers weary travellers multiple sleeping areas and ‘chill-out’ zones. The ambitious entrepreneurs behind it now plan to expand the mini-hotel venture across Southeast Asian airports and beyond.
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A place of wonder
As China Duty Free Group gets set to begin operations in the magnificent new Beijing Daxing International Airport’s international zone, we take a tour of this remarkable gateway.
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CNSC adds a new FUN dimension
Travel retailer CNSC will next year open a near 1,800sq m, post-arrivals duty free store in Beijing FUN, itself an extraordinary two-phased commercial and cultural development.
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Analysis: Tours, typhoons, boycotts and rugby balls
Chinese travellers continue to power inbound arrival growth in Korea and Japan. The Moodie Davitt Business Intelligence Unit’s Min Yong Jung analyses the latest traffic figures.
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Travel Retail’s Positive Disruptors
Global travel retail and food & beverage marketplace TravelX works like Netflix, and is based on a B2C platform that is already vastly popular in India. Could this be what the future of shopping looks like?
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Duty Calls
Mars Wrigley International Travel Retail is highlighting the importance of ‘being kind’ in the confectionery category.
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The Front Line
Dedicated Dubai Duty Free merchandiser Jeffrey Luriz says success is not the key to happiness, but rather it is the other way around: happiness is the key to success.
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Stock Watch
Shares in Hudson Group rose +12%, although from a low base, while Japan Airport Terminal Co recorded a 52-week high.
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