TRBusiness is delighted to reveal the November/December and special edition Travel Retail Awards e-zines (click below covers)

Both are available to read online, while the Middle East & Africa special edition and final issue of 2023 is also available in print for delegates attending this week’s MEADFA Conference in Accra, Ghana.

Ensure you collect your print copy from the MEADFA Conference press racks at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra.

Members of the TRBusiness team are on the ground in Ghana and looking forward to an exciting few days of knowledge sharing and networking.

Spanning a weighty 132 pages, the November/December double issue is packed with insightful Middle East and Africa content.

Our cover story highlights the 40^th anniversary of Dubai Duty Free, with our extensive coverage charting the travel retailer’s incredible rise to success, from 10-person start-up to multi-billion-dollar powerhouse.

Double issue special

Be sure to watch our exclusive video interview with Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Colm McLoughlin for fantastic insights into the evolution of the business through the years.

Plus, reminisce by reading tributes from long-serving employees as well as familiar names who have worked alongside the company and McLoughlin over the decades. We hope you enjoy the feature.

October was the big reveal of the winners and highly recommended at the consumer-voted Global Travel Retail Awards, held on 3 October at Hôtel Martinez in Cannes.

In our special edition e-zine, we recap on all those who earned the gold standard in travelling consumer recognition – the prestigious ‘Voted by Shoppers’ accolade – and relive the triumphs, celebrations and revelry from a show-stopping evening via the dedicated event video.

We also hand the mic to a selection of winners who share their thoughts on what it means to receive the consumer vote.

Click here to read the November/December 2023 issue.

Click here to read the 2023 Global Travel Retail Awards special edition winners e-zine.

Also inside the November/December issue…

We have plenty more great content to delve into, including a look inside Abu Dhabi International Airport’s hotly anticipated new Terminal A, complete with comments from Lagardère Travel Retail, as well as a variety of suppliers present at the 742,000sq m terminal.

You can get up to speed on the latest Middle East & Africa duty free shopper insights, courtesy of mind-set.

Plus, read our interview with Bernard Schlafstein, Director Sales MEA for Heinemann, who tells us why Africa is the future for the travel retail business.

Also in this issue, we’re placing a big focus on tobacco, cigars, nicotine alternatives and shisha, with an extensive run of must-read insight and analysis.

We also reveal emerging trends in the wines, beer and spirits category, and examine the value proposition among consumers within the travel essentials/electronics space.

Further to the above, we carry all our usual well-read regulars, from sustainability and food focused features to the latest products launches, people news, comment and opinion.

We’d like to remind those of you viewing the e-zine to lookout for the ‘Plus’ and ‘Play’ buttons for extra content as you navigate the digital versions.

Thanks for reading/watching and please enjoy these TRBusiness editions, with our compliments.