French duty free association (AFCOV) President Alain Falque is to address this month?s ACI Europe Airport Trading Conference on the significance of the French National Assembly and Senate?s approval of the Espace Voyageur concept.

Falque will give a presentation at the event which is being held between February 27 and 28 this month at London?s Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.
‘The AFCOV campaign has established the unique status of the airport duty free channel – at least in France,’ said Falque. ‘I am very much looking forward to explaining the significance and the potential benefits to the wider travel retail business at the most important event in the industry calendar – the 15th ACI Europe Airport Trading Conference and Exhibition, in London.’
Meanwhile, more than 300 registrations have already been received for the event, according to the organisers, PPS Publications and the list of speakers and participants is very impressive.
Currently it includes: Roy Griffins, Director General, ACI Europe; Mike Clasper, Ceo, BAA; Iain Renwick, Ceo, Liberty; Doug Newhouse, Editorial Director, The Travel Retail Business; Yngve Bia, President and Ceo, Generation Group; Stephen Thomson, Managing Director, Consumer Products and Retail, GfK NOP; Stephen Nelson, Retail Director, BAA; Karl-Heinz Dietrich, Executive Vice President Retail and Properties, Fraport; Bhawani Singh, Managing Director, Consumer Research ACNielsen Europe; Alessandra Piovesana, Managing Director, Nuance-Watson (HK); Maria Muller, Director of Marketing and Sales, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport; Peter Eriksson, Head of Marketing & Real Estate, Unique (Zurich Airport Ltd); John Sutcliffe, Managing Director, Aer Rianta International Middle East; Raoul Spanger, Retail Director & Member of Managing Board, Gebr. Heinemann; George Wallace, Ceo, Management Horizons Europe; Pascale Cartier, Retail Director, A?roports de Paris; Phil Robinson, Commercial Director, NCP; David King, Executive Director, Alpha Airports Group; Isabelle Schlumberger, Ceo, JCDecaux Airport; Fabio Pacelli, Marketing, Sales non aviation and IT Director, BAA Italia; Walter Seib, Managing Director, HMS HOST Europe; Jens-Erik Engelbrecht, Head of Staff, Real Estate, Copenhagen Airports.
For further information contact Claire Graham on +44 1737 226768, or email [email protected].