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Lotte Duty Free scoops two awards…
Lotte Duty Free has won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award for its 40th anniversary Heritage Book and logo design

3Sixty announces store reopenings…
3Sixty Duty Free & More is extending the opening of its operations across different channels focusing on safety protocols…

Dufry first-half sales hit by COVID-19…
Dufry’s first-half turnover tumbled 62% to CHF 1,586.9 million (US$1,722.3 million) year-on-year, hit by the COVID-19 crisis,…

ACI reveals catastrophic impact…
Airports Council International (ACI) world data has revealed that global passenger traffic declined by -91.3% year-over-year…

Brown-Forman makes donation to…
Brown-Forman Corporation announced plans to contribute $20 million to the Brown-Forman Foundation

Recovery delayed as international…
The International Air Transport Association released an updated global passenger forecast showing that the recovery in traffic…

Emirates offers free global COVID…
As the pandemic has worn on and in many countries the daily new cases have significantly decreased, a number of borders…

Asian airline association calls…
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines has urged governments to ease “unduly onerous” restrictions on international air…

DFWC Academy launches free training…
The Duty Free World Council Academy (DFWCA) has created a training course which seeks to provide frontline sales staff with…

Lotte Duty Free enters second phase…
Lotte Duty Free has embarked on the second stage of its smart store digital upgrade as it moves to create a contactless…

Due to COVID-19, GTAA announces…
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority recently announced a workforce reduction of 27% and…

New APTRA report majors on regulatory…
Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association has identified the key regulatory challenges across the region that have the greatest…