Andrzej Miłaszewicz, the CEO of Lagardère Travel Retail in Poland has confirmed to TRBusiness [prior to issuing an official press release] that the company has been awarded the master concession contract for duty free, food service and travel essentials at Gdańsk Airport.

 

LTR will be operating 24 stores including one 1,500sq m walkthrough multi-category duty Free store, which the company says will be the largest store in Poland.

 

Gdańsk is the largest City in the north of Poland with a population of around 460,000. The city is placed on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea).

 

 

Gdańsk Airport is the only airport in Pomeranian region and the third busiest airport in Poland (3.7m passengers were registered in 2015) with a capacity for 7m.

 

‘LEADER IN POLAND’

Today the core duty free operator is Baltona, who also operates a food/coffee shop.

 

“LTR Poland is the leader on the travel retail market in Poland,” Miłaszewicz told TRBusiness. “Our ambition is to be present in the biggest airports in the country where we can show our professionalism and commitment to meet the high expectations of the landlord.”

 

TRBusiness asked Miłaszewicz if the company was confident going into the tender process.

 

“Our team did their best to propose the the most innovative, experiential and qualitative commercial model. The strength of Lagardère Travel Retail Poland is that we were able to come up with the complete offer, answering all the passenger needs.

 

“We have a strong presence in a duty free luxury and fashion segments, as well as in travel essentials, complemented with a market experience in a food business where we successfully bring international brands as well as locally developed own concepts.”