Award-winning independent Scotch whisky distiller, Loch Lomond Group has launched its largest Global Travel Retail (GTR) initiative to date with World Duty Free at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 this month. The company is showcasing its
The Amazon History of Me
I first discovered Amazon in 2000, two years after it was first launched in the UK market. Back then, all I was looking to purchase was a book and I ended up buying three of
Glen Scotia soars into UK airports with World Duty Free
Independent Campbeltown distillery Glen Scotia is taking off for the first time at airports across the UK in partnership with leading travel retailer, World Duty Free.
The Spirits Business Analysis: Spirits in global travel retail
Kevin Rozario has written a feature for The Spirits Business magazine online looking into the performance of each spirits category within the duty free/ global travel retail channel (GTR).
Airport Economics and Tourism 2017 Data
Here is some interesting data available from different sources in aviation and travel retail, such as ACI, UNWTO and ETRC.
Income Support: An Airport Retail Management Model article
Written by Kevin Rozario, this article was recently featured on Passenger Terminal World‘s January 2018 issue.
Digital Transformation Initiative: Aviation, Travel and Tourism Industry
A White Paper by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture on shaping the digital agenda to drive growth in airlines and travel has been released and is available online. Below is some of
Meet the Brazilian Scotch whisky specialist André de Almeida
I was happy to contribute to the ‘Ten Easy Pieces’ feature on The Moodie Davitt Report. This is where they get up close and personal with leading travel retail personalities via ten snapshot questions. Here is just
5 Themes coming out of The Trinity Forum 2017
The question posed by the 2017 Trinity event held in Bangkok in Thailand was ‘How does airport retail remain relevant in a changing world’. This event is the world’s most influential airport commercial revenues conference, established
Limited edition Glen Scotia Single Cask takes flight with World Duty Free at Edinburgh Airport
Independent Campbeltown distillery Glen Scotia is set to launch a new limited edition Glen Scotia Single Cask release in partnership with World Duty Free and Edinburgh Airport. Just 204 bottles of the 26-year-old Glen Scotia
I survived another year of Cannes…
more specifically the week spent in Cannes due to the annual TFWA World Exhibition & Conference and its early starts, late finishes, long list of meetings and networking opportunities via industry events….
Are we likely to see Black Friday at Airports?
Black Friday was originally an American tradition taking place on the day after Thanksgiving. Retailers usually offer massive discounts and most of us will have first heard of it due to early morning stampedes taking
Bringing the Future to Improve Travel Retail Now… in 5 Steps
The future of travel retail is available now as these 5 steps show ways that already exist and could be incorporated to improve the channel and its commercial output.
Nurturing Talent for Retail and Brand Building – The P&G way
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is known as one of the classic blue chip nurseries for talent and their graduate programme has always been highly sought after across UK university campuses and beyond. Recently, The Times
Ideas to Step Change the Duty Free Show of the Americas
Orlando has always been one of my favourite global travel retail (GTR)/ duty free shows but over recent years the show has seemed quieter, with a decline in numbers confirmed by the organising association for
