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Cairo Airport primes retail & F&B tender at T3
Cairo Airport Company (CAC) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from qualified companies to operate a commercial master concession at Cairo International Airport Terminal 3. The EOI, released today (26 February), concerns around 2,000sq m of retail and F&B space...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Africa's shopper at the heart of the conversation
Airports in Africa have an opportunity to elevate the duty free experience by placing travelling shoppers at the centre of commercial decision making, Africa Travel Retail’s Chichi Maponya has told TRBusiness. In the second of a two-part TRBusiness ‘Ghana Shorts’ video special, produced in partnership with Bluedog Group and filmed on the ground at the MEADFA Conference (19-21 November) in Accra, Ghana, Maponya stressed the importance of taking a consumer-centric approach to the...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: 'The great future of our industry is here'
"It's time for the duty free and travel retail industry to take Africa to the world and the world to Africa," Africa Travel Retail has...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Beam Suntory on Africa’s untapped potential
Africa boasts an abundance of opportunity for Beam Suntory Global Travel Retail, according to Marketing Director Manuel González, but...
MEADFA Ghana day 2: DDF cautions on pricing as Africa’s potential unboxed
Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Chief Operating Officer Ramesh Cidambi warned delegates attending the MEADFA Conference this week about consumer pushback...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Sherif Toulan, President, MEADFA
The Middle East & Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) will eye the possibility of bringing the regional DF&TR conference to eastern and...
Gebr. Heinemann: Africa is the future for the travel retail business
Africa remains “an absolute focus region” for Gebr. Heinemann, Bernard Schlafstein, Director Sales Middle East and Africa, has told...
Lagardère boosts West Africa presence with Cotonou concession in Benin
Lagardère Travel Retail has expanded its footprint across West Africa by signing an agreement with state-owned Société des Aéroports du Benin...
MEADFA offers delegates additional 10% off conference bookings
The Middle East and Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) is offering delegates 10% off tickets for its annual conference if they book their...
South Africa's FlySafair awards onboard retail contract to Tourvest
FlySafair has awarded Tourvest Retail Services the contract to provide onboard products, services and technology solutions to the airline,...
Hanse Distribution & L’Oréal Travel Retail ink inflight distribution agreement
Hanse Distribution has been granted the rights to supply L’Oréal Travel Retail brands to selected airlines in the Middle East and Africa after...
Tourvest to scale up with Airlink in new contract
Tourvest Retail Services (TRS) is eyeing the rollout of its pre-order service with South Africa-based full-service regional carrier Airlink in...
[VIDEO] Chichi Maponya: Including local products not a 'tick-box' exercise
In an exclusive video interview for the November/December e-zine, Chichi Maponya, Chairman of the Maponya Group and CEO of Africa Travel Retail,...
Bernard Schlafstein is Heinemann MEA Director after van Groningen retires
Bernard Schlafstein has taken over the Africa sales region for Gebr. Heinemann after the decision of Stephan van Groningen to take early...
Lagardère expands West Africa footprint with Aelia store in Mauritania
As pre-empted by TRBusiness in December, Lagardère Travel Retail has now opened its first Aelia Duty Free store in addition to an exclusive...
MMI & ELR sign master concessionaire agreement with Zanzibar Airport
In a 'bold and exciting step' for Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI) and Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR), the two companies will jointly take...
Lagardère opens stores in Gambia and Senegal; more to follow in Mauritania
On 3 December, Lagardère Travel Retail opened two new stores in West Africa; an Aelia Duty Free store at Banjul International airport in Gambia...
Tighten supply and demand, Africa airport retail told
Successfully developing airport retail in Africa requires a strong focus on 'bringing supply closer to demand’, ACI Africa Secretary General...
Lagardère and Bevco secure exclusive Julius Nyerere T3 duty free concession
Lagardère Travel Retail and local partner Bevco Limited have been awarded an exclusive concession to operate two duty free stores at the new...
JKIA shuts two terminals to commence refurbishment at departures halls
The retail areas at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s (JKIA) Terminal 1B and 1C are being upgraded to enhance the passenger...
Cairo Airport primes retail & F&B tender at T3
Cairo Airport Company (CAC) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from qualified companies to operate a commercial master concession at Cairo International Airport Terminal 3. The EOI, released today (26 February), concerns around 2,000sq m of retail and F&B space...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Africa's shopper at the heart of the conversation
Airports in Africa have an opportunity to elevate the duty free experience by placing travelling shoppers at the centre of commercial decision making, Africa Travel Retail’s Chichi Maponya has told TRBusiness. In the second of a two-part TRBusiness ‘Ghana Shorts’ video special, produced in partnership with Bluedog Group and filmed on the ground at the MEADFA Conference (19-21 November) in Accra, Ghana, Maponya stressed the importance of taking a consumer-centric approach to the...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: 'The great future of our industry is here'
"It's time for the duty free and travel retail industry to take Africa to the world and the world to Africa," Africa Travel Retail has...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Beam Suntory on Africa’s untapped potential
Africa boasts an abundance of opportunity for Beam Suntory Global Travel Retail, according to Marketing Director Manuel González, but...
MEADFA Ghana day 2: DDF cautions on pricing as Africa’s potential unboxed
Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Chief Operating Officer Ramesh Cidambi warned delegates attending the MEADFA Conference this week about consumer pushback...
TRBusiness Ghana Shorts: Sherif Toulan, President, MEADFA
The Middle East & Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) will eye the possibility of bringing the regional DF&TR conference to eastern and...
Gebr. Heinemann: Africa is the future for the travel retail business
Africa remains “an absolute focus region” for Gebr. Heinemann, Bernard Schlafstein, Director Sales Middle East and Africa, has told...
Lagardère boosts West Africa presence with Cotonou concession in Benin
Lagardère Travel Retail has expanded its footprint across West Africa by signing an agreement with state-owned Société des Aéroports du Benin...
MEADFA offers delegates additional 10% off conference bookings
The Middle East and Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) is offering delegates 10% off tickets for its annual conference if they book their...
South Africa's FlySafair awards onboard retail contract to Tourvest
FlySafair has awarded Tourvest Retail Services the contract to provide onboard products, services and technology solutions to the airline,...
Hanse Distribution & L’Oréal Travel Retail ink inflight distribution agreement
Hanse Distribution has been granted the rights to supply L’Oréal Travel Retail brands to selected airlines in the Middle East and Africa after...
Tourvest to scale up with Airlink in new contract
Tourvest Retail Services (TRS) is eyeing the rollout of its pre-order service with South Africa-based full-service regional carrier Airlink in...
[VIDEO] Chichi Maponya: Including local products not a 'tick-box' exercise
In an exclusive video interview for the November/December e-zine, Chichi Maponya, Chairman of the Maponya Group and CEO of Africa Travel Retail,...
Bernard Schlafstein is Heinemann MEA Director after van Groningen retires
Bernard Schlafstein has taken over the Africa sales region for Gebr. Heinemann after the decision of Stephan van Groningen to take early...
Lagardère expands West Africa footprint with Aelia store in Mauritania
As pre-empted by TRBusiness in December, Lagardère Travel Retail has now opened its first Aelia Duty Free store in addition to an exclusive...
MMI & ELR sign master concessionaire agreement with Zanzibar Airport
In a 'bold and exciting step' for Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI) and Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR), the two companies will jointly take...
Lagardère opens stores in Gambia and Senegal; more to follow in Mauritania
On 3 December, Lagardère Travel Retail opened two new stores in West Africa; an Aelia Duty Free store at Banjul International airport in Gambia...
Tighten supply and demand, Africa airport retail told
Successfully developing airport retail in Africa requires a strong focus on 'bringing supply closer to demand’, ACI Africa Secretary General...
Lagardère and Bevco secure exclusive Julius Nyerere T3 duty free concession
Lagardère Travel Retail and local partner Bevco Limited have been awarded an exclusive concession to operate two duty free stores at the new...
JKIA shuts two terminals to commence refurbishment at departures halls
The retail areas at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s (JKIA) Terminal 1B and 1C are being upgraded to enhance the passenger...
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