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SPECIAL ISSUE
April 2024

Industry gatherings deliver benefits to travel retail
INSIDE INSIDER

Just like South Florida is
“the cruise capital of the world,”
it is also now the home of three
critically important industry
events that are becoming more
relevant to travel retail.
First, the traditional IAADFS Inaugural Cosmoprof
Summit of the Americas taking North America Miami
place in West Palm Beach will
welcome its largest number of
exhibitors since beginning in
its new location post-pandemic.
More importantly, the Association L’Oreal fills the white space
has added cruise and supplier
representatives as voting
members of the Board for the first
time in its 40+ year existence.
As IAADFS Chairman Rene Heinemann Americas sets sail with spectacular shopping in 14 retail venues
Riedi says: “These appointments onboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas. Shown here: some of the high-end
will bring a varied and in-depth retail boutiques in Icon’s Central Park neighborhood, a hub for live plants,
knowledge of their sectors and restaurants and shops. See story on page 30.
the overall industry to IAADFS How digital tech is transforming
as we adapt to the ever-changing liquor promotions
nature of our business.”
Just a few days before the to be a Media Partner at F&B@ airports, most notably JFK,
Summit, in Miami, Seatrade Sea. LaGuardia and Newark, which
Cruise Global, the largest annual In January, the city was are in the midst of multi-billion
global B2B gathering for the also the site of the inaugural dollar redevelopments that
cruise industry that attracts more Cosmoprof North America Miami have resulted in accolades for
than 10,000 visitors a year, has beauty show, whose immediate design and customer service,
added two special events that will success underscored the need and along with record traffic. Our
appeal strongly to companies in hunger for a true beauty event in cruise coverage focuses on four
the travel retail channel. For the the region. Among the attendees new-builds and the spectacular
first time, Seatrade is holding were travel retail operators from shopping programs onboard.
a full-day program dedicated Canada to South America. Rumor From South America, TMI looks It’s a 10 creator Carolyn Aronson
specifically to onboard retail has it that next year’s show will at Argentine President Milei’s talks about entering travel retail
shopping (in partnership with have a dedicated travel retail first 100 days in office and how
The Moodie Davitt Report). And element. it has affected the duty free
returning for a second year, this This issue of Travel Markets business. From our suppliers,
time in its own venue, Seatrade Insider carries extensive coverage we report on L’Oréal’s newest
is hosting an expanded version of of all three events, and how they division, and how digital tech is
F&B@Sea – a show dedicated to relate to duty free and travel retail transforming liquor promotions.
the food & beverage part of the in the region and globally.
cruise business -- that will feature Among some of the other All this and more, Inside Insider.
many leading spirits brands. highlights of this issue are the Lois Pasternak Core Plus Duty Free
Travel Markets Insider is thrilled strides being made by U.S. Editor/Publisher celebrates first year

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