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Special Issue
October/November
October/November 2020
2020

Pivoting to virtual in 2020
Travel Markets Insider is
very pleased to be publishing
this special magazine to coincide
with the pioneering Virtual Travel
Retail Expo conceived, organized
and executed by the Moodie
INSIDE INSIDER
News & Numbers
Davitt Report in coordination
IATA, ACI,
with Singapore-based FILTR.
The organizers expect
DFWC: Route to Recovery
6,000+ registrants and an
North America
NY LaGuardia
impressive 124 exhibitors when
Canada
the event commences on Oct. 12.
The virtual event will hold
a broad selection of interactive
and engaging sessions throughout
the live 5-day Virtual Expo,
where its virtual Symposium
Hall and Workshop Rooms will
host industry dialogue around the
theme ‘Road to Recovery.’
The many webinars, filmed
ARI’s Jackie McDonagh
“Treat every customer
interviews, live discussions and
like gold”
L’Oréal Travel Retail Americas unveiled its unique traveler-centric concept, the
webcasts will feature the biggest
See full story on page 14.
CARIBBEAN/CRUISE
Beauty Hub – New York, located inside The Bowery Bay Shops retail area in
names in the aviation, travel retail
LaGuardia Airport’s stunning new Arrivals & Departures Hall in Terminal B.
and F&B communities, together
the channel. incorporating more and more Companies is actively preparing
keynote from the heads of the
with key executives from outside
world’s leading cruise lines.
The Exhibition itself is
TMI also presents a look
retailers in the Caribbean, Island
at how supplier companies are
taking place in a hub of carefully
for the return of the affluent
curated Virtual Stands, but online
digital into their operations.
visitors (buyers and other retail
destination’s high net worth
But it is not all digital –
clientele – and is seeking the
management) from all over the
team. Island Jewellers,
despite the current challenge the
world will be able to view videos,
Grand Cayman
right luxury partners to join its
Martinique,
travel and travel retail industries
read and download literature and
SeaTrade Cruise Virtual
chat with exhibitors in real time.
We also look at the plans
are preparing for the return of real
It is sure to be a very different
LATAM
underway in Latin America, as
travelers. We take a detailed look
experience than what we are
the traditionally resilient region
at New York’s LaGuardia Airport,
Brazil & Argentina, Paraguay,
accustomed to, but then all of
Border shops
commences air operations and
which unveiled the stunning new
for all of us. Arrivals & Departures Hall at opens a number of new stores
2020 has been a new experience
along the border.
SUPPLY SIDE
the new Terminal B, and first
Beauty:
This crisis may still be
TMI also had an opportunity
seven gates of the new Western
Accessories
to attend a virtual edition of the
Concourse. The construction at
Essence Corp stays connected
in full gear, but travel retail is
LGA currently represents the
Confectionery
SeaTrade Global Cruise event
doing all that it can to be ready
Spirits
earlier this week—the original
when the world opens up again.
largest public-private partnership
show to take place in Miami
in U.S. aviation history and the
Thank you to our readers who
last April was an early victim of
have accompanied us on this
stunning new retail concepts are
future. special thank you to our media
a huge vote of confidence in the
unexpected journey, and a very
cancellation due to the shut down
in global travel from COVID-19.
We are pleased to present
partners who have made this
TMI also speaks at length
highlights from that event’s
stay safe!
issue possible. Stay well and
with Nick Jackson, who heads
up Grand Cayman’s Island
Companies. One of the leading
Paulo, Brazil
Absolut unveils new look in Sao
All this and more, Inside Insider,
Lois Pasternak, Editor/Publisher
Plus Products-People-Places
The Insider View
The most comprehensive coverage on the
duty free and travel retail markets in the
Americas for the last 22 years.
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