Changi Airport Group (diamond) and China Duty Free Group (platinum) will sponsor the conference in Singapore.

The Tax Free World Association (TFWA) has confirmed a total of 308 companies will exhibit at the upcoming Asia Pacific Exhibition and Conference (6 May to 10 May) at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Exhibition space will span 10,000sq m. 

Fragrances and cosmetics companies Cartier, Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, Kanebo Cosmetics, Stila, Rituals and The Body Shop are among the new and returning exhibitors.

They will be joined by fashion brands Kering Eyewear and Marni and Thule Group, confectionery and fine food brand The East India Company and Drink Tank in the wine and spirits category.

The exhibition will feature several two-storey stands from brands including Imperial Tobacco, JT International, Kering Eyewear, Moët Hennessy, P&G Global Travel Retail and William Grant & Sons.

PREPARATIONS ON TRACK

TFWA president Erik Juul-Mortensen said: “I’m thrilled that this year’s TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference is most certainly shaping up to be another successful event.

“We look forward to catching up with old friends as well as meeting new colleagues at what promises to be a great week in Singapore.”

Changi Airport Group (diamond) and China Duty Free Group (platinum) will sponsor the conference, while Leonidas, will sponsor the business networking coffee break in the morning.

The business networking lunch will be sponsored by Neuhaus and the afternoon networking session and workbook will be sponsored by Incheon International Airport Corporation.

Mondelēz International will sponsor the conference web app, while Pourchet will provide the conference hostess outfits. The conference notebook will be sponsored by Dufry Group and the charging stations by SKROSS.

The annual golf tournament at Raffles Country Club is being hosted in partnership with Interparfums and the Chill-Out Party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is sponsored by Lacoste and Korea Ginseng Corp.

The event is supported by YourSingapore and the Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau.

TFWA’s ONE2ONE pre-scheduled appointment service will again provide opportunity for retailers, exhibiting brands and service concessionaires to meet senior executives from Asia Pacific airports and airlines and cruise and ferry companies.