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NEWS ROUND-UP More Brazil land border duty free shops to open


Up to nine more Brazil land border duty free stores have been authorised to open, after it was revealed that the outlets are in the ‘implementation phase’. The significant news was revealed


by influential local politician Frederico Antunes during the virtual La Frontera Hoy (second edition) meeting of border duty free shops in Latin America (24-25 November). The development means Brazil will


strengthen the 11 land border shops currently in operation following the passing of legislation granting their operation in the 32 twin cities in 2018. Three of the new stores will located in


Barra do Quaraí and will be operated by Brasil Free Shop, New York Free Shop and Da Barra Free Shop. New York Free Shop (Loja 2) will


operate a store in Uruguaiana, while Brazil Free Shop will run shops in São Borja and Quaraí. Liberty and Duty Free Americas will each


operate a store in Foz do Iguaçu, while Top Internacional will run an outlet in Guajará-Mirim. Currently, seven border duty free shops


are operational in Uruguaiana. These are operated by Dufry Group, Central Duty Free, Brasil Free Shop (Matriz), Brasil Free Shop, New York Free Shop, Duty Free Americas and Bah Free Shop. Further outlets are located in Jaguarão,


Porto Xavier, Barra do Quaraí, Porto Mauá and Foz do Iguaçu. The stores are operated by Caraballat, Caturra, Emporio Duty Free, Free Shop Mauá and Sky Duty Free, respectively. After a series of delays, regulation to


open land border duty free stores in Brail was finally approved in 2018 following the submission of a draft bill to the Brazilian government in 2012. José Luis Donagaray, Secretary General,


ASUTIL said: “From the 11 that started we are having more [shops] and this is a great


United Airports of Georgia to issue duty free tender at Kutaisi International Airport


United Airports of Georgia LLC is to issue a duty free tender for two airside locations in the departures hall at Kutaisi International Airport. Total duty free space spans 568sq m, of


which 420sq m (a walkthrough duty free zone) is located directly after passport control, while a further 148sq m is situated close to


the boarding gates. Each space is expected to have a different


name and offer diverse concepts. The smaller location should also be


devoted to Georgian products. Both spaces are located in the existing


terminal currently under renovation. The renovation is part of a terminal


extension project that is scheduled for completion in April 2021. ATÜ Duty Free (the joint-venture between


TAV Airports Holding and Unifree Duty Free/Gebr. Heinemann) has confirmed to TRBusiness it is considering bidding in the tender. The Turkish travel retailer has been the


incumbent duty free operator at the airport since 2014, when it opened a 148sq m DF&TR store.


DECEMBER 2020 Source: TFWA TRBUSINESS 3


success given the situation of Covid-19 with less displacement of people.”


Lagardère looks forward to Sanya downtown reveal


Lagardère Travel Retail has teamed up with Hainan Tourism Investment Development Co. Ltd to open the second large-scale downtown duty free shop in Sanya. Speaking on day one of the Tax Free World


Association China Reborn conference, Eudes Fabre, CEO North Asia, Lagardère Travel Retail (pictured below), confirmed the store will open in December. He said: “This is definitely an ambitious


project in terms of scale and timing. “We have received tremendous


feedback and support from all our brand partners in order to pull this project off with an accelerated timeline. It is definitely exciting.” Currently, China Duty Free Group runs


four stores on the island, including a downtown shop in Haikou, and is set to open more in due course.


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