Registration is open for the first APTRA KPMG Insights Seminar of 2018. This will take place during the TFWA Asia Pacific summit in the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, on Wednesday 9 May from 7.30 to 9am.

The breakfast seminar in Begonia Room 3111 will feature key findings from the latest APTRA traveller and shopper insights with presentations from m1nd-set and IATA.

It will also present latest consumer research and a perspective on current retail technology from KPMG.

APTRA will maintain a high profile throughout the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference with a stand at P10 on level 1 and events throughout the week.

APTRA AIRPORT FORUM

Following the success of the 2017 event, the second APTRA Airport Forum, sponsored by DFS Group, will be hosted by Changi Airport on the afternoon of Sunday 6 May. It will be followed by a tour of the new Changi Airport Terminal 4.

The event, which is exclusively for airport executives, will include airport-specific shopper insights from m1nd-set, an aviation and economic outlook and traffic forecasts from IATA.

A presentation from Goldman Sachs on what equity investors demand from airports’ commercial development, and a look at recent commercial developments at Melbourne Airport and their impact on sales will also form part of the event.

On Monday 7 May Andrew Ford, President APTRA, will present a round-up of the latest news from the regional Association at the first plenary session of the TFWA Asia Pacific Conference in the Main Ballroom (9am to 5pm).

Executive officer Michael Barrett will then join a panel of Association experts at Workshop C: Safeguarding our Industry to update delegates on advocacy efforts designed to address challenges facing the industry in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

Finally, APTRA Members are invited to attend the APTRA Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 9 May in Begonia Room 3111 from 4pm.

APTRA members wishing to register for the APTRA KPMG Insights Seminar on 7 May should contact Sharolyn Paul at [email protected] as soon as possible.

The seminar is free to members thanks to sponsorship from Auckland Airport, Beam Suntory, Bommidala Group, Brown Forman, Changi, Distell, Edrington, Jonathan Holland & Associates, Moet Hennessy, Regent Travel Retail Group, Pernod Ricard and Treasury Wine Estates.