COVID-19 predicted to wipe out 38.1% of global passenger traffic
The COVID-19 pandemic is predicted to wipe out 38.1% of global passenger traffic and almost half of...April 2, 2020
London Gatwick Airport closes North Terminal due to COVID-19
As of April 1, London’s Gatwick Airport will close its North Terminal due to COVID-19. The North...April 1, 2020
Easyjet grounds fleet
European airline easyjet has grounded its fleet, after completing rescue flights to repatriate customers on Sunday. The...March 30, 2020
Interview: Travel Retailer Duty Free Americas ceo Jerome Falic
Duty Free Americas ceo Jerome Falic talks about store revamps, the return of Brazilian traffic and the...March 27, 2020
Travel Retail Americas: How to attract reluctant consumers
Beauty conversion rates are dropping across the Americas amid lackluster consumer interest in a challenging trading climate....March 26, 2020
Paris-Orly Airport and London City Airport to close temporarily
Paris-Orly airport is to temporarily close from March 31 due to lack of traffic as a result...March 26, 2020
Dubai Duty Free temporarily closes due to COVID-19
Travel retailer Dubai Duty Free will temporarily close, in line with the UAE government’s decision to suspend...March 24, 2020
IAADFS asks airports to suspend minimum guarantee payments
US-based travel-retail association the IAADFS has sent a letter to airports requesting that they suspend guaranteed payments...March 20, 2020
80% of flight capacity slashed between China and rest of world
Some 80% of flight capacity between China and the rest of the world has been cut due...March 18, 2020
US travel ban on traffic from Europe to result in 3.5 million passenger drop
The US travel ban on traffic from Europe is set to result in a 3.5 million drop...March 13, 2020
Paco Rabanne opens travel-retail spaceship-themed pop-up
Paco Rabanne (Puig) has opened a spaceship-themed pop-up at Melbourne Tullamarine International Airport Terminal 2 in partnership...March 12, 2020
Dufry expects negative growth in 2020 due to COVID-19
Swiss travel retailer Dufry Group expects to see a single-digit decline in organic growth for the full...March 12, 2020
European airports faced with “full-blown crisis” due to COVID-19 spread
Europe has seen a 13.5% drop in airport passenger footfall or a loss of 67m passengers in...March 10, 2020
Travel Retail Americas: The state of play
The outlook for the Americas is contrasted. Currency issues continue to dictate terms alongside economic and political...March 9, 2020
Global air passenger industry could lose between $63bn and $113bn due to COVID-19
The air passenger business could lose between $63bn and $113bn in 2020, according to the International Air...March 5, 2020
Asia Pacific duty-free sales to lose $8.3bn due to COVID-19
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region’s duty-free sales are expected to lose $8.3bn in 2020 due to the...March 5, 2020
Bookings to Italy drop 138.7% in final week of February due to COVID-19
Bookings to Europe from intercontinental sources dropped 23.7% between January 20 (when China imposed travel restrictions) and...March 5, 2020
Shiseido Travel Retail debuts new make-up to respond to natural trend
Shiseido Travel Retail will launch an assortment of make-up products from four of its prestige brands (Nars,...March 4, 2020
IAADFS cancels Orlando show amid COVID-19 concerns
IAADFS and ASUTIL have canceled the 2020 Duty Free & Travel Retail Summit of the Americas, scheduled...March 3, 2020
European tourism sees €1bn in losses due to virus outbreak
Europe’s tourism industry has seen a shortfall of some €1bn since the beginning of January due to...March 2, 2020
US outbound travel slumps due to COVID-19
The travel setback caused by COVID-19 has hit the world’s second-largest outbound travel market, after China, the...March 1, 2020
Airport Authority Hong Kong grants HK$1.6bn in total relief measures
Airport Authority Hong Kong has introduced a new round of relief measures due to the COVID-19 outbreak....February 24, 2020
Beauty&You by The Shilla Duty Free launches hygiene pop-up in response to COVID-19
Beauty&You by The Shilla Duty Free opened a Personal Care & Hygiene pop-up counters at Hong Kong...February 21, 2020
Global airlines could see $29.3bn in revenue losses due to COVID-19
Airlines worldwide are predicted to see a 4.7% hit in global demand and could experience revenue losses...February 21, 2020
DFS reopens Macau locations
Travel retailer DFS has reopened all seven of its Macau locations. The stores, which closed due to...February 21, 2020
Changi Airport concessionaires receive 50% rental rebate due to COVID-19
Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) is to offer its concessionaires a 50% rebate on rent for a...February 20, 2020
Hong Kong Intl Airport sees 11.7% passenger decrease in January
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reported an 11.7% drop in passenger traffic to 5.7m in January. Visitor...February 17, 2020
ICAO estimates $1.29bn loss in Japanese tourism revenue in Q1 due to COVID-19
Some 70 airlines have canceled all international flights to and from mainland China, and a further 50...February 14, 2020
ACI says European air traffic sees slowest growth in five years, weighs in on COVID-19 outbreak
Trade association Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) reported that passenger traffic across the European airport network...February 14, 2020
Slowdown in outbound flight bookings beyond China, due to coronavirus
Travel setbacks caused by the coronavirus outbreak have expanded beyond China, with other parts of the Asia...February 13, 2020