*HONG KONG – Kai Tak Cruise Plaza limited is said to open their first duty free store in Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Kowloon by the end of the year. Initial passenger targets of the store include Cruise ship travelers, Read More
*JAPAN – Kansai International Airport in Osaka has now opened a Lotte Duty Free shop, the second of only two foreign companies to have a Duty Free presence in Japan. It will mainly sell Korean products such as Sulwhasoo, Laneige Read More
* CHINA – CDFG is set to do their trail opening today, Sept 1 for the world’s largest Duty Free store in Haitang Bay on Sanya island. Taking up 45,000 sqf of the 70,000 sqf mall the expectations for sales Read More
*MACAU selects Shilla/Sky Connection and King Power HK for their two duty free airport contracts. The 5-year contracts are scheduled to begin Nov. 7th, 2014 are combined worth an estimated $160m a year. A total of 5,027,170 passengers went through Read More
*HONG KONG – HKIA has two tenders that are closing soon, one for Pharmaceutical & Personal Care with 6 outlets and the other for Audio-Visual/Electronics with 3 outlet. Tenders closing on August 22nd and August 29th repsectively. For more information Read More
*KUALA LUMPUR International Airport (KLIA) was hit with a -5.8% decline in sales per passenger for the first half of 2014 and would be lower but was saved somewhat by F&B increased sales which grew at +6.9%. For more information Read More
Vietnam’s Vietjet launches inflight duty free on international routes Vietjet is the first Vietnamese airline to launch an inflight duty free service which is now available on flights from Ho Chi Minh to Singapore and Bangkok. The onboard duty free Read More
* JAPAN Duty Free sales are expected to increase by 10% this year on the back of a strong Chinese visitor resurgence and an increased departing Japanese passenger group with accounts for 50% of the purchases made so far this Read More
With our team constantly traveling around the region we are constantly monitoring each store and making sure each brand is being represented as we are expecting. This past week we visited Incheon, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Singapore airports. Here Read More
As you walk around Incheon International Airport it’s hard to miss the wonderful display that Hunting World has at the forefront of the fashion boutique. From the Battue Surpass to the Borneo Collection there is sure to be a style Read More
* SOUTH KOREAN cosmetics brand MISSHA is looking to extend it’s travel retail footprint to key airports and downtown duty free shops around Asia. Starting with Changi in Singapore, the brand is lining up a duty free exclusive range which Read More
We are proud to announce the launch of American Spirit at Incheon International Airport! With increasing demand across the region and domestic sales to launch later this year, these blue and yellow packs are already creating quite the buzz throughout Read More
*HONG KONG – The Board of Airport Authority Hong Kong has announced the appointment of Fred Lam as CEO in hopes that he will help take the airport from it’s current two-runway system to a three-runway system. link *HONG KONG Read More
* CHANGI Airport is the first to to open a Fossil accessories concept store, which is operated Nuance-Watson in the Terminal 2 Departure Transit Lounge. With 34 square meters of space the store is the reatialers 29th outlet in Singapore. Read More
* JAPANESE government has announced that it plans on doubling the amount of tax free shops in the country by 2020 in hopes to capitalize on the heightened tourist visits expected for the Olypmic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Currently Read More
*Chinese arrivals increase to +58.8% in April while Japanese travelers to South Korea continue to decline according to the Korea Tourism Organization. Female travelers to South Korea outweigh Male travelers by almost 50% with the largest age grouping being 21-30 Read More