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Director and General Manager DFS Ltd, focusing on launching the retailer in Myanmar and Cambodia; and more recently as COO Brand Development and Special Projects at Majid Al Futtaim Group. Thabet Musleh, Vice President


Operations, will continue to manage Qatar Duty Free’s operations.


María José Cuenda Chamorro replaces Fernández Bosch at AENA Spanish airport operator AENA has announced María José Cuenda Chamorro (above left) as General Director of Unregulated Business, effective 1 March, following a Board of Directors Meeting. She replaces respected commercial


executive José Manuel Fernández Bosch (above right), who departs to pursue ‘a new business project’. Cuenda Chamorro will be responsible


for commercial business, real estate management


and international


development. Joining AENA in 1996, she holds a breadth


of experience working at its different Spanish airports and until recently was Director of Commercial Services, reporting into the non-regulated business management division.


travel retail headquarters and will continue to report to Edgar Huber, Global President, Coty Luxury. Margueritte played a central role in


Julie Lassaigne takes on ETRC Secretary General position Julie Lassaigne is the new Secretary General at the European Travel Retail Confederation. Lassaigne (pictured above) replaces Keith


Spinks, who moves to Senior Counsel and will continue to provide expertise and advice to the organisation on a number of key industry challenges. With nearly 10 years’ experience in travel


retail, public affairs professional Lassaigne began working with ETRC in 2013 following a spell with Hume Brophy in Brussels. During her time with the trade association


she has been responsible for leading activities on a range of regulatory issues, as well organising the ETRC Annual Business Forum. “I know this industry is one-of-a-kind,


but also never short of burning issues,” she commented. “We at ETRC have had some great successes over the years and I look forward to working with our members and our industry’s partners to safeguard the future of our channel.”


Qatar Duty Free appoints Bruce Bowman as SVP Qatar Duty Free has named Bruce Bowman as Senior Vice President. Bowman (pictured above) has spent more


than 20 years working in the luxury and travel retail industry in the Middle East, where he held a number of key retail positions. These include General Manager, Abu Dhabi Airport Duty Free at DFS Group;


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Coty SVP TR Philippe Margueritte leaves company Coty Senior Vice President Global Travel Retail Philippe Margueritte (pictured top right) has departed the company. Txema Marquiegui, previously Senior


Vice President Coty Luxury for Europe, is Margueritte’s replacement. Marquiegui has been leading Coty’s luxury business. He will remain based in Geneva, Switzerland at the beauty giant’s global


Budapest Airport’s Patrick Bohl is CEETRA’s new Chairman CEETRA – the Central & Eastern European Travel Retail Association – announced several changes to its Board of Directors during its seventh AGM at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol last month. Dr Patrick Bohl, Head of Retail and


Advertising at Budapest Airport (pictured above), succeeds Dr Fritz Janach as Chairman, who previously held the position from October 2016. The members also welcomed Dr Jennifer


Cords, Director of Corporate Affairs and Compliance at Gebr. Heinemann, to the Board of Directors. Bohl said: “Despite the significant


contribution to our region’s economy, the travel retail business is still widely misunderstood and often overlooked by policy makers in the region. “Our increasing member base and the


cooperation with ETRC will ensure an exchange of knowledge and best practice amongst members.”


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developing travel retail following Coty Inc’s $12.5bn merger of the Procter & Gamble (P&G) fine fragrance, colour cosmetics, salon professional and hair colour empire in 2015, resulting in Coty absorbing 43 of P&G’s beauty brands.


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