Tag: Travel Retail

Retail Asia22/11/2018
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South Korean retail giant Lotte’s duty-free operator Lotte Duty Free posted a rapid hike in overseas sales in its quarterly performance report. According to the company, sales for the third quarter this year hit a record-high 4.1 trillion won (US$3.6 billion), a 25 percent on-year increase. The sales from its downtown city stores and its overseas stores […]

Retail Asia21/11/2018
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The Shilla Duty Free has appointed a new MD of its Hong Kong operations. Changha Shin takes over the helm of Shilla Travel Retail Hong Kong this week after the surprise departure of Alice Woo. Woo built the business up after becoming its first employee last year when the Korean-owned travel retail company secured major […]

Retail Asia21/11/2018
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Korea’s duty-free sales are likely to set a new annual record this year despite Chinese group tour traffic not having fully recovered.  According to the Korea Duty Free Shops Association, duty-free store operators made $1.44 billion in October, a 28.6 percent increase year on year. This takes Korea’s total duty-free revenue between January and October […]

Retail Asia13/11/2018
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Vietnam’s largest private airline, Vietjet Aviation, is the second most valuable airline in Southeast Asia by market capitalization. Vietjet’s value is only behind Singapore Airlines, as reported last Thursday. Last Friday, the airline was valued at $3.02 billion while Singapore Airlines topped the region at $8.29 billion. On Thursday, Vietjet Air launched a new international route […]

Retail Asia08/11/2018
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Asiana Airlines, Korea’s second-largest airline by sales, said on Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit skyrocketed 181 percent on improved financial status. Net profit in the July-September period came to 47.8 billion won ($42.5 million), up from 17 billion ($15 million) won a year earlier on a consolidated basis, the company said in a statement. […]

Retail Asia05/11/2018
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Marriott International has once again been crowned Best Employer Asia Pacific by Aon plc (NYSE: AON). The company was also recognized as Aon Best Employer in 17 markets across APAC – an increase in four markets from last year. The accolades are testament to Marriott International’s commitment to its people and its active encouragement for […]

Retail Asia05/11/2018
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Centara Hotels & Resorts (CENTEL), Thailand’s leading hotel operator, was categorised a “Thailand Sustainability Investment (THSI)”, an annual recognition for listed companies that operate with responsibility for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects. The THSI list aims to recognise and motivate companies for their efforts towards sustainability, while offering investors an alternative investment in high-performance ESG […]

Retail Asia05/11/2018
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Vietjet is set to finalize a $6.5 billion jet order with Airbus ​during a visit to Hanoi by French PM Edouard Philippe on Friday. The order for 50 A321neo jets is part of an aggressive investment in the Vietnamese fast-growing budget carrier Vietjet’s fleet that has provided lucrative business for both Europe’s Airbus and its U.S. […]

Retail Asia02/11/2018
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South Korea’s retail conglomerate Hyundai Department Store Group opens its first duty-free store at its branch in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, on November 1 as a newcomer into the lucrative duty-free race dominated by two other retail names, Lotte and Shinsegae. The new 14,250-square-meter duty-free store will open inside Hyundai Department Store’s Trade Center branch in Samseong-dong, an affluent […]

Retail Asia31/10/2018
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The airport retailing consumer electronics market is foreseen to expand at a significant pace with global revenues crossing US$ 1,700 Mn in 2017, according to a new study. Traditionally pervasive as transportation service facilities, airports are now witnessing an influx of retail outlets for consumer electronics products. The shift in customer perspective toward airports as […]

Retail Asia29/10/2018
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AirAsia X Bhd reported a 1% growth in the number of passengers carried to 1.51 million for the third quarter of 2018 against 1.50 million in the same period last year. Its load factor was also 1 percentage point higher at 80% from 79%, according to the long-haul low-cost carrier’s statement. However, AirAsia X Malaysia’s […]

Retail Asia24/10/2018
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New-age airline Vietjet and Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that both carriers` will begin sales of their codeshare flights starting Tuesday, 23 October 2018. This follows a formal partnership agreement between both parties in 2017, in which Vietjet and JAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding for commercial cooperation. The two airlines now offer codeshare flights […]


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