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Travel & Hospitality

How building Bishoftu Airport positions Ethiopia as African travel epicentre

Ethiopia has broken ground at Bishoftu International Airport, a new mega-hub designed by Zaha Hadid Architects that aims to become the largest aviation gateway in Africa.

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Retail

Lancôme opens luxury retreat space and cafe in Doha airport

Lancôme has unveiled Café de la Rose inside Doha’s Hamad International Airport, its first travel retail café and only the second globally.

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Retail

The Big Idea: TFWA Asia-Pacific 2024: Ritualising Beauty Retail

The Asia-Pacific region, a powerhouse of global travel retail sales, is reshaping beauty retail with a focus on rituals and personalisation.

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Retail

TFWA 2024: Tailored for Travellers

The travel retail arena continues to see both digital and experience-led innovation, specifically in the beauty and alcohol markets. Key themes at 2024’s Tax Free World Association event focused on technology-led partnerships, personalised experiences and localised product strategies.

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Retail

TFWA Asia-Pacific 2024: Distillation Stories

From Glenfiddich and Jack Daniel’s to House of Suntory, spirits brands are shifting focus to engage emerging market travellers with interactive retail activations in global air travel hubs.

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Retail

In-transit Retail Innovations

How do the three Ts – technology, targets and trends – help turn travel time into valuable retail time? LS:N Global talks to Lennard Niemann, managing director of travel retail group Gebr. Heinemann’s new vision hub, GHARAGE.

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Retail

How Travel Retail is Evolving

For the travel retail marketplace, Chinese shoppers are still the predominant target customers as they resume overseas trips. We round up key insights from the TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition and Conference 2023.

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Technology

Delta trials hyper-personalised flight information boards

Recognising that airport navigation can be stressful and inconvenient, the airline is introducing personalised information boards at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

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Retail

The first biometric airport terminal opens in the US

A terminal at Atlanta International Airport is the first in the US to implement facial recognition technology at every stage of the passenger experience.