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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.
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.
Vantage Group (or Vantage, formerly known as Vantage Airport Group, and/or Vancouver Airport Services or YVRAS) is an airport management, development and investment company with 13 airports in Canada, the United States, Cyprus, The Bahamas and Jamaica.
Antigua Air Station was established on a portion of the former Coolidge AFB. As of 2011, NASA continues to utilize the Antigua facility for launch tracking services on an as-needed basis; and did so for the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on 26 November 2011. [4] Upon the closure of the base in 1949, it became a civil airport.
On 30 August 2013, World Duty Free S.p.A. filed an application for the listing of its ordinary shares on the Mercato Telematico Azionario (electronic stock market) organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. [9] On 1 October 2013, World Duty Free has listed on the Borsa Italia in Milan, marking the culmination of the demerger process from ...
In the 1960s and 1970s DFS Group significantly expanded their operation in Pacific Islands and North America. DFS capitalized on the rising wave of Asian tourists who began to travel further overseas, opening stores in international airports and later in downtown locations where travelers have their purchases delivered before departure. [8]
Antigua and Barbuda 528 61.73% Other Caribbean countries 5 0.62% Canada 20 2.35% Other Asian countries 11 1.23% Other European countries 41 4.81% Dominica 19 2.22% Dominican Republic 7 0.86% Guyana 36 4.20% Jamaica 58 6.79% Monsterrat 8 0.99% St. Kitts and Nevis 2 0.25% St. Lucia 6 0.74% St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0.25% Trinidad and Tobago 3
Antigua and Barbuda 275 81.64% Other Caribbean countries 2 0.66% Dominica 27 7.87% Guyana 9 2.62% Jamaica 4 1.31% Monsterrat 2 0.66% St. Lucia 1 0.33% St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6 1.64% Trinidad and Tobago 1 0.33% United Kingdom 1 0.33% USA 6 1.64% Not Stated 3 0.98% Total 337 100.00%