CEETRA meets at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference
Members of the Central & Eastern European Travel Retail Association (CEETRA), the regional industry association representing companies in the travel retail industry in the CEE region, met at the Majestic Hotel yesterday morning, led by its Chair, Dr Patrick Bohl Head of Retail and Property Management at Budapest Airport. 
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Tonight: Industry Associations recognised in TFWA Lounge at Carlton Beach
The TFWA Lounge, in partnership with Qatar Duty Free, will this evening see Industry Associations and their staff honoured, with a chance to thank them for their work in such difficult times. 
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TFWA i.Lab: Innovation in Action
TFWA is offering a glimpse into the future of duty free and travel retail with the new TFWA i.Lab, which is running as a fully digital showcase in the ‘Discovery’ section of the TFWA 365 digital platform. Here, we highlight a selection of the participating companies. 
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Women in Travel Retail aiming to raise €20,000 for Impact Hong Kong
The TFWA Lounge at Carlton Beach was dedicated to Women in Travel Retail (WiTR) yesterday evening, which is aiming to raise €20,000 for Impact Hong Kong. Interparfums generously donated €10,000, while Mondelez World Travel Retail generously donated €5,000. 
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DFWC Academy gears up for re-launch by the end of the year
Following the announcement of the strategic training partnership between the Duty Free World Council (DFWC) and Airports Council International (ACI) World, the DFWC Academy’s flagship course – Certificate in Duty Free and Travel Retail – is currently being updated and developed. 
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Important information on COVID-19 test facilities in Cannes
TFWA is committed to providing the safest possible business environment for visitors to TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. Please read this important information on the Medical Concierge and COVID-19 test facilities in Cannes. 
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Dubai Duty Free maximises performance and will break US$700 million this year
Dubai Duty Free’s sales year-to-date (January to 22 October) have reached US$670 million (+27% year-on-year), and will exceed US$700 million this year. Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Dubai Duty Free, discussed developments in an interview with the TFWA Daily. 
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Next-generation hydration for smooth, supple skin
AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories is showcasing three new ranges at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference: the Hyaluronic Acid Line, the Pre + Probiotic line, and the pRetinol™ line. 
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LEGO targets grown-up millennial travellers with sugar cane-based materials
LEGO is changing. While gifting for children is as popular as ever, it is increasingly expanding and targeting self-gifting for adult travellers – for example the Bonsai Tree from the LEGO Botanical Collection. 
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Oliver Weber Collection showcasing jewellery for L.O.L children’s brand
Oliver Weber Collection has the exclusive licence for jewellery for the famous L.O.L children’s brand, which it is highlighting here at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference alongside the core Oliver Weber line. 
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Other stories
Seduce your senses with Mazaya
Mazaya’s shisha molasses portfolio comprises over 150 flavours and its products are currently listed in 50 countries worldwide and 25 duty free shops. The portfolio offers three pack sizes: 250g, 500g in 10 individual 50g packs, and 1,000g.
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Nestlé announces ambitious VERSE model to drive category sales 
Nestlé International Travel Retail has announced an ambitious plan for driving sales of confectionery and the wider food category in global travel retail through a newly developed VERSE (Value, Engagement, Regeneration, Sense of Place and Execution) model. 
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Penderyn Distillery – Welsh single malt whisky feeds trend in “fastest growing sector” 
“This is our first year in Cannes, yet we’ve filled the diary on every day,” reports Penderyn Distillery’s Simon Roffe, Business Development Director, shown here presenting the travel retail exclusive Faraday single malt whisky. 
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The Traveller of Tomorrow 
A special roundtable took place yesterday at the Moët Hennessy Travel Retail stand (Riviera Village RJ3) entitled ‘The Traveller of Tomorrow’. 
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Puressentiel simplifies messaging
Puressentiel has launched a new activation in travel retail that shows people the attributes of its products in a simple way.
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Qiriness gives skin a lift 
Qiriness has launched a new skin cream – Qiriness Caresse Active Energie Lift – which is specifically ideal for people between the ages of 30 and 50 years old. 
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Altimetre reconnects with Europe 
Altimetre, the company behind the Spongelle brand, has revealed that its presence at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference is important to its business.
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Butlers Chocolates’ “Tasty Pieces” – introduces self-gifting range to travel retail 
“The really new thing we have brought to TFWA World Exhibition & Conference is the introduction of our “Tasty Pieces” range which marks a conscious move into informal and self-gifting/consumption,” says Aisling Walsh, Marketing Director of Butlers Chocolates. 
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Hanse Distribution – inflight purchases saving trees and seas  
At TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, Hanse Distribution is highlighting two new products: ‘treecelet’ which is billed as “as a bracelet that plants trees” and the ‘Bracenet’ range made out of salvaged fishing nets. 
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“Pause” for thought at Leonidas – and examine “eating chocolate for a different purpose”  
At TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, Hanse Distribution is highlighting two new products: ‘treecelet’ which is billed as “as a bracelet that plants trees” and the ‘Bracenet’ range made out of salvaged fishing nets. 
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Loacker – new logo, new packaging, new “biscuit products”, new responsible sourcing   
Juan Cabrera, Head of Travel Retail, Loacker, reflects on “the very big re-launch of Loacker” since it was last able to exhibit at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, including a new logo, new packaging, and new products. 
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Rosalie’s claims “most sustainable, environmentally-friendly, premium confectionery in DFTR channel” 
It’s entirely new to TFWA World Exhibition & Conference, but Rosalie’s is already up for a Frontier Award nomination this week. It is certainly not a first rodeo in the confectionery or travel retail channel for Gerard Murray, Managing Director of Traveller’s Trove.
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Bottega – “Italian Sparkling Life for the Renaissance in air travel” 
Bottega has a great many new products at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference under its Italian Sparkling Life portfolio – “beautiful things prepared especially for the ‘Renaissance’ in air travel and travel retail shopping”. 
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Bardinet – now brewing coffee liqueur aimed at a lower age demographic
Coffee lovers are younger and younger and – according to Laure Habbouse, Bardinet International Brands Manager – there’s a really good opportunity for coffee liqueur in the market, hence the new Bardinet Coffee.
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Harper Dennis Hobbs: “Retail is being disrupted and we aim to disrupt”
Here’s a startling claim made by a first-time exhibitor at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference: “Our business has tripled in size during the Pandemic,” says Simon Black, Managing Director Travel Retail, Harper Dennis Hobbs.
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Silent Pool reveals Pan Am tie-up
Silent Pool has revealed a tie-up with Pan Am World Airways to offer a vodka and gin that has retro appeal and reminds travellers of the glory days of travel.
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Pasqua debuts in Cannes
Italian wine brand Pasqua is set on showcasing its wares in global travel retail during its inaugural Cannes exhibition this year.
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Nuxe looks to future
Nuxe sees potential for organic products and novelties and will focus on these details for 2022.
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Creating magical moments
Cloetta Global Travel Retail, with market leading brand The Jelly Bean Factory, is presenting a re-balanced choice of flavours and replacing its oil-based plastic packaging materials with plant-based plastics step by step.
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Starbrook Airlines’ new plane sees sales take off in Luxembourg
Cloetta Global Travel Retail, with market leading brand The Jelly Bean Factory, is presenting a re-balanced choice of flavours and replacing its oil-based plastic packaging materials with plant-based plastics step by step.
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