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Special Issue
TFWA
World Exhibition
October 2022

North American airport modernizations place focus

on optimizing concessions INSIDE INSIDER

Harper Dennis Hobbes Executive
Director Simon Black and Senior
Managing Director Nadine Heubel
target North America

Rouge Duty Free opens the first Creed
boutique in the Caribbean
The famed Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport, site of one of the most ambitious development plans in the
United States. TMI speaks with Concessions Planning International, which is advising DEN as it creates and implements a
concessions program that is a benchmark in North American airports. See story on page 26.

With U.S. airports like New TMI also speaks with Susan recovery in Latin America.
York’s LaGuardia and Newark Gray, of Concessions Planning Another sign of renewed
Liberty Airport undergoing International, about its work with business confidence in the travel
massive modernizations, and Denver International Airport. retail channel is the swell of new
air traffic predictions growing CPI is helping DEN create a fragrance launches, complete Fantasy Fragrances, LLC rolls out the
new Frida Kahlo-inspired fragrance
stronger, this issue of Travel concessions program designed to with exciting HPPs at the in the Americas
Markets Insider looks at how be a “benchmark for decades to Point of Sale. We are delighted
airport concessions can better come.” to cover several of the new
serve the traveling public – and Although travel retail still products here.
provide more income to the faces many challenges, Duty As part of our broad-based
airport. Free Americas, for one, appears spirits coverage, TMI also takes
TMI speaks with Simon to have come through the worst an in-depth look at the future of
Black, Executive Director of of the crisis in relatively strong gin consumption in the Americas
Europe’s leading travel retail and condition. DFA CEO Jerome Falic travel retail channel, prepared
airport concessions consultancy, credits the company’s spread of specially for us by spirits expert
Harper Dennis Hobbs, about geographic locations and variety Joe Bates.
his plans for expansion into the of operating models for the We hope you all enjoy all Joe Bates reports on the gin
North America market. HDH’s success. this and more, Inside Insider, business in the Americas travel
recent hire of former Heinemann TMI also focuses on more and look forward to seeing you retail market.
Americas CEO Nadine Heubel new store openings in the in Cannes at the TFWA World
shows how serious they are about Caribbean, including the debut Exhibition & Conference.
ramping up their operations in the of the first Creed boutique in the Lois Pasternak Plus Products-People-Places
region. islands, and analyzes the fledging Editor/Publisher The Insider View
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