The Regent Travel Retail Group is planning to open several more new travel retail stores to add to those introduced recently within The Philippines, according to owner Jose Maria (‘Chim’) Esteban.

 

The company is a multi-brand multi category operator for Duty Free and Duty Paid travel retail locations in the Philippines, acting as a concessionaire for Perfume & Cosmetics and Fashion & Accessories for Duty Free Philippines (DFP) under the Landmark trading name.

 

It also operates its own brands under direct lease arrangements in some locations, while working with DFP’s downtown and airport stores at the downtown Manila Fiesta Shopping Center; Ninoy Aquino International Airport; Centennial Airport; Terminal 3 International Airport; Mactan Cebu Airport; and the downtown duty free Cebu Waterfront Hotel.

 

 

In the last two months it has opened Jo Malone, M.A.C and Kiehl’s at Terminal 3 International Airport in Manila, followed by Pandora on April 16 and WHSmith this month (May).

 

It also opened a multi-brand store in Cebu Mactan International Airport on the airside, offering brands from L’Oréal, The Body Shop, M.A.C, Luxottica, Brics and Coccinelle. Pandora was also due to open this month followed by Victoria’s Secret on July 15, 2016.

 

 

Besides opening a coffee shop at Manila Airport Terminal 1 International Airside, Regent also has a good presence at Terminal 3 Domestic which is the main hub for flights to all provinces and islands in the country and the country’s busiest airport in terms of sheer footfall.

 

Here, Regent operates mono brand stores for Victoria’s Secret, M.A.C, Bath and Body Works, the Kase and Espressamente Lilly. Its wholly-owned Airmall concept store also sells liquor, chocolate and other food products. This brand has also opened another Airmall branch in the budget facility in the Domestic Terminal 4.

 

 

The retailer has also opened around 1,500sq m of new retail space in Terminal 3 on the landside in Manila, concentrating mainly on concept stores, including Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, plus additional branches of its own multi brand concepts.

 

These include Chocolates, Sweets, and Pasalubongs, Sportmart, The Shoppes, Travel Buddy, and Don’t Forget the Kids. It also expects to add WHSmith, the Kase and its digital store PPLUG&PLAY in the next three months.

 

 

In addition, the retailer has also opened stores in many other travel retail and tourist locations, including petrol/gas stations which handle high traffic. To support this impulse market, the retailer has also developed its own multi brand outlet store concept called Fashion Rack.

 

Currently this operates from locations in Mile Hi in Camp John Hay; Station 3, Boracay; Puregold, Subic; Puregold, Clark; Pueblo Verde, Mactan; NLEX Mega Station, Caltex; Shell NLEX, Balagtas; Shell SLEX, Binan; and Tagaytay.

 

Further outlets are expected to open this year at Clark Airport landside; Kalibo Domestic Airport; and NLEX Shell, Mexico Pampanga.

 

The company has also progressively developed several retail locations throughout the country over the years at airports, gas stations, bus and ferry terminals, duty free locations, resorts, casinos and other tourist destinations.