NEWS ROUND-UP Global Blue brings tax free shopping to Russia
Tax free shopping specialist Global Blue has partnered with Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan to become the first major tax free shopping provider in Russia. In order to align with Russian government
legislation, Global Blue says it will implement a model with three key steps: issuing of the tax free form instore, validation of the tax free form and exported goods at customs, and refunding of the VAT through a ‘dedicated refund network’ across the main airports. Although the model will initially be based
on a paper scheme, a digital system will be progressively introduced over the next
12 months. The news comes as the Russian
government approves tax free shopping ‘to cement Russia’s position as an international shopping destination’ and further attract the ‘valuable’ globe shopper market, says Global Blue. The new legislation means that visitors
from outside the Eurasian Economic Union can save up to 18% when spending a minimum of RUB10,000 (€145) on a wide variety of goods by reclaiming the VAT on their purchases when they leave the country. The scheme is expected to benefit and
attract a number of ‘high-value’ globe shoppers from Asia, particularly Chinese tourists, as well as European visitors from countries such as Germany, Turkey, Italy and the UK, according to Global Blue. “Russia’s increasing popularity among
our most valuable globe shopping nations, such as China, coupled with the growth of its luxury department and flagship store presence makes it an important new market for Global Blue,” stated Jorge Casal, Senior Vice President, New Markets & Public Affairs, Global Blue.
DXB seals international pax top spot in 2017 The relaxation of visa requirements by
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the world’s number one international passenger hub for the fourth consecutive year, according to Dubai Airports’ annual traffic report. DXB handled 88,242,099 passengers in
2017 – an increase of +5.5% year-on-year – with strong monthly volumes averaging 7.35m, including in December when it welcomed close to 8m (+1.9%YOY). India remained the single largest
destination country, recording 12,060,435 pax (+5.4%) in 2017, while the UK ranked second with 6,466,406 pax (+6.7%) ahead of Saudi Arabia at 6,364,598 pax (+4.6%). London ranked as the most popular destination city with 4,011,598 pax.
the UAE resulted in a surge of Russian and Chinese visitors to DXB to total 1,339,534 (+28%) and 2,212,179 (+19.4%), respectively. Passenger traffic expects to reach
90.3m this year, as Dubai Airports turns its attentions to lifting the hub’s annual capacity to 118m via new technology and process improvements.
APTRA urges RRTP enrolment
The Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) is urging retailers and suppliers to enrol on its Responsible Retail Training Programme (RRTP). Over 1,000 frontline and managerial staff
members from 22 companies have already been trained on the online programme. Launched in 2014, the RRTP is an online
training module teaching staff to sell alcohol products in an ethical manner in line with current regulations. It is based on the global self-regulatory
code of conduct introduced by APTRA, the Duty Free World Council and its fellow trade associations to demonstrate that duty free industry is compliant with the World Health Organisation’s global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol. A Chinese version will be launched in the
coming months. Retailers that have put their staff
through the training so far are Delhi Duty Free, DFS Changi Airport, Dufry, Duty Free Philippines, Heinemann Asia Pacific, Heinemann Australia, Hyderabad Duty Free, Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad, Nuance Group, Sky Connection and World Duty Free Group. Suppliers include Bacardi-Martini Asia
Pacific, Brown-Forman, Edrington Group, Ian Macleod, Inver House Distillers, Pernod Ricard, Treasury Wine Estates and William Grant & Sons. They are joined by agents Bommidala Enterprises, Colombo Management and Goodman Classic.
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