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his year’s TFWA Asia Pacific tradeshow and conference will be kicked off with a special address by the president of the TFWA, Erik Juul-Mortensen. Following The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the publisher or his address, delegates will be given the opportunity to hear Martin Roll, CEO editor. Spring/TFAP 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1. All rights of Venture Republic, a leading strategy consulting firm with core competency reserved. Nothing may be reprinted in whole or in Tin branding excellence.
part without written permission from the publisher. 2008 Asia Duty Free & Travel Retailing. This well-known firm serves multinational corporations and local businesses across multiple industries worldwide. Roll will offer his expert perspective on ‘Successful Asia Duty Free & Travel Retailing 26 Pearl Street branding in Asia,’ an issue that is vital to all stakeholders, be it suppliers, landlords, retail-Mississauga, Ontario L5M 1X2 Canada ers or other commercial partners.
Networking opportunities will play a key part in this year’s event. TFWA’s CEO Olivier Charriaud says,“In a fast developing market, meeting the right contacts is essential to growing one’s business so we have laid on plenty of opportunities to network. The challenge here is to keep the offer fresh and we have selected venues and themes for our social events, which are appropriate to our audience and our location.”
In other Asia news, Eraman recently added two stores at KLIA. Ashraff Ali, Eraman Malaysia’s head of corporate planning and business development, said that they are located at the Focal Point area of KLIA’s main terminal. One of the two stores is a 200-square-meter perfumes and cosmetics shop, and the other is a 30-square-meter Tie Rack store. On the distributor side, U.K.-based travel retail specialist Zero Group reports prossbile.
DANZKA takes home Drinks International Gold Belvedere recently took home two gold medals for DANZKA Vodka and the company will be featuring the new winners from the International Vodka Challenge sponsored by Drinks International this year at the TFWA Singapore. “DANZKA vodka had a terrific 2007 and we are off to a strong start in 2008,” said Torben Vedel Andersen,regional director for The Americas at Belvedere. “We want to thank all our customers in the Americas duty free channel who have so fantastically supported our brand and new team. We are very grateful.”
ravel retail sales for the brand rose 45 percent in 2007. “DANZKA, the fourth best selling premium vodka in global duty free, has high hopes for 2008 as well,” reports Wojtek Wydro, Belvedere’s Duty Free managing director.