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22 July 2010 TheMoodieReport.com – the website that never sleeps
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In this week's edition of The Moodie Report 7 Days, Dermot Davitt reports from this week's Airline Retail Conference in London, which offered some pointers about the future of the fascinating, and rapidly changing, market for inflight retail and airline ancillary sales. This edition also offers you a pithy executive insight into all the major stories from the last week, together with up-to-the-minute traffic, travel and tourism information - all this and more in The Moodie Report 7 Days PDF, your free weekly summary of the events that shape our industry.
Top Business News
Delivering the dream The Moodie Report Supplement: Sydney Airport Terminal 1 – Delivering the dream
Welcome to Delivering the Dream – a special publication from The Moodie Report dedicated to the transformation of Sydney Airport's International Terminal. Martin Moodie reports from the New South Wales capital after the culmination of this ambitious A$500 million project, completed just last month. He speaks to Sydney Airport Corporation Limited, and many of the airport company's key commercial partners, about the achievement. Read
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Paul Global B&S Paul Global unveils new-look military duty free store in the Netherlands
Leading travel retailer and wholesaler B&S Paul Global has unveiled a radically expanded and enhanced duty free store serving NATO staff at the Allied Joint Force Command base in Brunssum, the Netherlands. The 800sq m store includes a major emphasis on beauty and luxury goods, says the company. Read on for details, and for a special picture gallery. Read
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Amadeus Airlines fly high on ancillary services in 2009
International airline ancillary revenues jumped +43% to €11 billion (US$13.5 billion) in 2009 according to analysis from IdeaWorks, the airline ancillary revenues consultancy, and Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor. The findings show that United, American, Delta, Qantas and Ryanair were top ancillary revenue earners for 2009. Read
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JCDecaux JCDecaux Airport retains London Luton
JCDecaux Airport has confirmed that it has retained the outdoor advertising contract for London Luton Airport. The five-year contract with London Luton Airport Operations was awarded following a competitive tender. JCDecaux Airport has operated advertising at London Luton since 2000. Read
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Stefanel Stefanel shares continue to plunge
Shares in The Nuance Group's co-parent company Stefanel plunged again yesterday, maintaining their dramatic decline of recent days. The retail-to-apparel group’s price fell by almost -36%, raising further speculation about the future of the company's interest in Nuance. Read
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Áreas Áreas expands its Spanish footprint at Alicante International Airport
Áreas has been awarded the management of 12 establishments (nine restaurants and three shops) at Alicante Airport. "This new contract is a significant culmination of the presence of Áreas in Spanish airports and it bolsters our leadership as a provider of comprehensive services to travellers on the move,” said Áreas President Peter Fontana. Read
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Dubai Duty Free Dubai Duty Free retains position as world's largest airport retailer
Dubai Duty Free has retained its position as the single largest airport retail operation in the world, based on analysis released by Generation Research. For the second year running Dubai Duty Free (with US$1.14 billion of sales in 2009) ranks ahead of London Heathrow Airport, with Incheon International Airport retaining third position. Read
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Dixons Dixons Travel to open three stores at Copenhagen Kastrup Airport
Dixons Travel is to open two new stores at Copenhagen Airport in late August, followed by a third later in the year. The stores will be the first of their kind in Denmark. "The new Dixons Travel brand will give Copenhagen Airport a leading edge in electronics at competitive prices," says the airport's Vice President Sales Carsten Nørland. Read
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Qatar Airways Qatar Airways fuels expansion with new Bombardier jets order
Qatar Airways again underlined its ambitions by purchasing two Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft in a US$90 million deal on the opening day of the Farnborough Air Show in UK this week. The new jets are set to join the airline's 12-month old corporate jet subsidiary Qatar Executive, which capitalises on the growing Middle East corporate market. Read
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Data Room
ADAC Abu Dhabi International Airport posts double-digit growth in H1 traffic
Abu Dhabi International Airport passenger traffic climbed by +11.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2010, Abu Dhabi Airports Company has reported. The top routes from Abu Dhabi in the half were London, Bangkok, Doha, Manila and Bahrain, accounting for 20% of total passenger traffic. Read 
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Top News from our Brand Partners
Luxottica Luxottica and Bulgari renew eyewear deal
Luxury goods house Bulgari and Italian eyewear specialist Luxottica Group have announced a ten-year extension of their licensing agreement. The deal covers the design, production and worldwide distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Bulgari brand. Read  
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Puig Puig brews new Elixir for house of Nina Ricci
Puig unveiled the new feminine fragrance from Nina Ricci, called Nina L’Elixir, in London last week. The fragrance will begin rolling out in travel retail in September. The launch was held in Sunbeam Studios, where fragrance face Florrie performed an exclusive gig after the formal presentations. Read  
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Diageo Jane Ewing takes over the reins at Diageo
Jane Ewing has been appointed Managing Director of Diageo Global Travel and Middle East (GTME), succeeding Phil Humphreys. Currently Regional Director (General Manager) of Diageo GTME Middle East and North Africa, Ewing steps into one of travel retail's key roles, driving the fortunes of the liquor sector leader in one of its most important channels. Read
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Coty Coty signs fragrance licence agreement with Roberto Cavalli Group
Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli Group and Coty have signed a licence agreement for the creation, development and distribution of 'Roberto Cavalli' and 'Just Cavalli' fragrances. The new agreement will commence in July 2011, when Cavalli's existing fragrance licence agreement with ICR-ITF expires. Read
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LVMH LVMH names Daniel Lalonde as CEO of Maison Moët et Chandon
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has announced the appointment of Daniel Lalonde as CEO of Maison Moët et Chandon, effective 26 July. President and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America since 2006, Lalonde takes over from Frédéric Cumenal. Read  
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Valiram Jaeger-LeCoultre and Valiram celebrate Master Memovox watch launch
Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre has launched the legendary Master Memovox range with Valiram-owned Swiss Watch Gallery at the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur shopping mall. Jaeger-LeCoultre originally unveiled the Master Memovox some 60 years ago and the brand has now been revitalised with a contemporary new version. Read
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Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire Revelation gleams at HKIA
Bacardi Travel Retail Asia Pacific has launched Bombay Sapphire Revelation, its US$200,000 crystal decanter, at Hong Kong International Airport. The Revelation exhibit in the luxury Arrivals store will be in place until October 2010, in partnership with Airport Authority Hong Kong and Sky Connection. Read  
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Sheaffer Sheaffer connects with fans on Facebook
Sheaffer Pen has launched an official Facebook page where fans can get up-to-date information on the brand and product launches, and connect with other Sheaffer fans all over the world. Read  
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Frédérique Constant Frédérique Constant unveils fresh challenge
Frédérique Constant has been selected as the official timekeeper of the 2010 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. The Swiss watch brand will be the exclusive sponsor of this prestigious classic car event, which dates back to 1907. Read  
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Smashbox Smashbox unveils ‘look-at-me’ eyelashes
Smashbox Cosmetics has unveiled a new two-in-one eye product called Lash Revival Treatment & Conditioner. It promises to deliver longer, thicker, fuller lashes in eight weeks. It will be available from August, priced domestically at around US$34. Read  
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Fossil Fossil unveils a new category of creations
Fossil Inc has added a new range of travel accessories and leathergoods to its travel retail assortment. The category includes toilet bags, document holders, key fobs, luggage tags and pocket mirrors, all designed in a "modern vintage" style. Read  
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Dewar's Dewar’s offers personalised engraving at Toronto Pearson International Airport
Bacardi Travel Retail Americas has rolled out the Dewar's Engraving programme with The Nuance Group at Toronto Pearson International Airport, running until the end of July. Launched in May during Nuance's Whisky Fest, the programme invites Dewar's customers to have their purchased Dewar's 12yo and Dewar's Signature bottles engraved with a personalised message. Read  
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Dufri Dufri International unveils first-ever 3D Sony Cyber-shot cameras
Dufri International is introducing the new Sony Cyber-shot WX5 and TX9, capable of shooting detail-packed Full HD (1920 x 1080, 50i) AVCHD movie clips. They are also the first Cyber-shot cameras from Sony that can capture 3D images for viewing on any 3D-compatible TV, as well as the first to capture extremely low-noise images, evoking the power of a digital SLR camera. Read  
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Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein extends collections
Helena Rubinstein (the L’Oréal Group) has extended its Lash Queen Mascara collection with a new version called Sexy Blacks. It will be launched into European travel retail from September, before rolling out to Asia in October. In other news, Rubinstein has updated its Wanted Rouge lipstick line with a new formula and new packaging. Read  
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The Moodie Blog Dubai Duty Free – Number one in many ways
When Dubai Duty Free was named this week as Generation's number one travel retailer for 2009 (by individual airport location), it represented an emphatic confirmation of the professionalism of a travel retailer that beat the recessionary blues to post record sales of US$1.14 billion in sales – amid the worst external (and industry) conditions in travel retail's history. Read   
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The Moodie Blog Good taste in every sense
One of my favourite stories of 2010 to date is Airport Authority Hong Kong's superb 'Tasting Hong Kong' community art campaign at Hong Kong International Airport – in my view a classic example of how airports can (and should) contribute to their local communities and cultures. Read   
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The Moodie Blog Florrie rocks the house at Nina L’Elixir launch
Puig and Nina Ricci put on a show – literally – in London last week at the launch of the new feminine fragrance, Nina L’Elixir. The fragrance face is 21-year-old British singer, songwriter and drummer Florrie Arnold. Read   
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Jobs
William Grant & Sons William Grant & Sons seeks Director Travel Retail – North America
William Grant & Sons seeks Director Travel Retail to deliver the company's objectives within North America Travel Retail/Duty Free, maximising business opportunities with key customers and route to market to ensure delivery of annual financial results balanced with long-term profitable brand growth. Read
William Grant & Sons William Grant & Sons seeks Trade Marketing Manager Travel Retail – Americas
William Grant & Sons seeks Trade Marketing Manager Travel Retail to develop and deliver The Americas Duty Free (Canada DF, US DF, Caribbean DF & LATAM DF) Trade Marketing strategy, creating activities that build the value of WGS brands. Read
Ferrero Ferrero seeks Travel Market Product Manager
Ferrero is an Italian multinational with more than 50 companies worldwide. Ferrero Travel Market is currently looking for a Product Manager based in Luxembourg. Read

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