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In 1960, American entrepreneurs Charles Feeney [5] and Robert Warren Miller [6] founded Tourists International, which later became Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), in Hong Kong.In 1962, two DFS stores were opened at the international airports in Hong Kong and Honolulu, the first duty-free shop in the United States.
Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.
Haikou International Duty-Free City Shopping Complex, is the world's biggest stand-alone duty-free store in terms of physical size. Located in Haikou, Hainan, China, the buildings have a total area of 280,000 square meters. [1] [2] Aelia Duty Free – a brand of Lagardère Travel Retail. [3] Comturist – a chain of duty-free stores.
The Ohio Division of Liquor Control, part of the Ohio Department of Commerce, controls alcohol manufacturing, distribution and sales within the U.S. state of Ohio. Ohio is an alcoholic beverage control state , thus the state has a monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages.
Map showing alcoholic beverage control states in the United States. The 17 control or monopoly states as of November 2019 are: [2]. Alabama – Liquor stores are state-run or on-premises establishments with a special off-premises license, per the provisions of Title 28, Code of Ala. 1975, carried out by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
He served as a U.S. Air Force radio operator during the Korean War and began his career selling duty-free liquor to U.S. naval personnel at Mediterranean ports in the 1950s. [4] Feeney graduated from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in 1956. [6] He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and an honorary member of the Sphinx Head ...
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Robert Warren Miller (born May 23, 1933) is an American-British billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and sailing champion.He is the father of Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and Pia Getty, dubbed by tabloids and high society as The Miller Sisters.