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Creating a gastronomic hub
Many new employees will be based
in the top-notch restaurants opening in the
new terminal.
“Together with our partners in LAP,
we aim to create the very best culinary
experience in an airport in Latin America,”
Letocart tells TMI. “Our aim is to transform
Lima Airport into a gastronomic hub:
travelers passing through Lima Airport will
have the opportunity to discover the flavors
of this wonderful country.”
With this objective in mind, LAP will
be inaugurating in December close to 2,000
square meters of restaurant space. The
space will include a Sakai restaurant, with
internationally renowned chef Mitsuharu Looking beyond Lima October we will open another two Relay
Tsumara presenting the very best of In addition to the major project at stores in Trujillo and these are in addition
Peruvian-Japanese fusion and Callao, with Lima’s Jorge Chavez Airport, Lagardère to the stores we inaugurated in Chiclayo,
Chef Jaime Pesaque, who will present has also been looking at opportunities Piura, Talara, and Tumbes earlier this year,”
the best Peruvian cuisine that has been in other parts of Peru, such as the Relay says Letocart.
successful in Europe. convenience stores the operator is “As we finish the final Relay
LAP will also be introducing such launching through the north of the country. openings and the stores and the restaurants
strong Peruvian restaurant brands as Las “We are always on the lookout in the new terminal, we are aiming to end
Reyes by Isolina, Javier Miyasato, KO, La for new projects that add value to our the year with a revenue increase of just
Lucha, Pan Sal Aire, and Puku Puku, says operation in Peru. We are looking at a over 20%. With the new additions we will
Letocart. number of opportunities as we put the certainly be aiming for even better figures
finishing touches to the launch of our Relay in 2025,” Letocart concludes.
convenience stores in Northern Peru. In JG

Cellshop Importados to open 22,000 sqm store in Ciudad del Este

Paraguayan border shop operator
Cellshop has announced a new project to
build a 53,000-sq-meter shopping center
in downtown Ciudad del Este. Building
work has already commenced on the
new complex which will house a new
22,000- sq-meter Cellshop flagship store,
a 10,000-sq-meter logistics warehouse, an
events venue to cater for 3,000 people, a
food court, two premium restaurants, and
parking facilities for 400 cars and 40 buses.
According to Cellshop CEO Jorbel
Griebeler, the objective is to open the new
store at the end of Q4 in 2026.
“More than a store this is a new Rendering of the Cellshop project in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
shopping destination where we can give
the very best shopping experience to our
customers. Our objective is to redefine importing and selling a selection of cell square meters.
shopping in Ciudad del Este and in phones. In 2011, the company expanded The company estimates that during
Paraguay,” Griebeler tells TMI. its commercial offer to include other the building work 400 direct jobs will
Cellshop started operating in Ciudad electronic goods. In 2015 it moved to be created and 1,200 indirect jobs. Once
del Este in 2003 selling cell phone the Shopping Ibiza Mall with its current finished round 1,000 people will be
accessories, and two years later it began department store format measuring 6,000 employed in the complex. JG

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