On location from the 2023 Summit of the Americas. Please see below for our on-location conference reporting…

SOA keynote speaker Scott Miller shares key lessons in life and business
High-profile speaker and best-selling author, Scott Miller, got the 2023 Summit of the Americas conference off to a strong start this morning with a keynote address inspiring duty free and travel retail stakeholders to ‘to think and act differently’ to keep pace with the rapidly evolving business world. Read more...

ACI execs on making airports more user-friendly & commercially important
The second and final conference session on day one of the Summit of the Americas delivered a ‘tale of two cities’ as leading executives from Airports Council International (ACI) discussed the importance of duty free and travel retail (DF&TR) to overall airport revenues, including the different dynamics at play in North America compared to Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more...

SOA: “Duty Free may be a small industry but we have proven our mightiness”
The first conference session of day two of the 2023 Summit of the Americas (Tuesday 18 April) delivered an update on some of the key developments in the region, from stores across the US/Canada border battling back to health with the help of the advocacy efforts of FDFA to the impressive growth that’s being experienced by Lagardère Travel Retail Peru. Read more...

Aviation recovery path under the microscope in final SOA session
The final session of the 2023 Summit of the Americas conference programme, which took place this afternoon (Tuesday 18 April), presented a detailed look at the recovery trajectory of the international aviation ecosystem and how it has bounced back rapidly over the past year. Read more...

More top stories in this weeks’ 90-second news update:

Americas recovers 79% of pre-Covid traffic in 2022, says m1nd-set intel
The top five Americas international departing nationalities in 2022 was spearheaded by the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, with all but the last also ranking among the leading countries of embarkation, according to m1nd-set intelligence. Read more…

WHSmith NA brings its shopping concepts to Orlando for the first time
assengers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) can now explore new shops in the South Terminal courtesy of WHSmith North America. Read more…

NOW LIVE! Americas special edition with the Leading Americas Operators
TRBusiness is pleased to announce that the special edition March/April 2023 e-zine is now available to view. Read more…

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