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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]
King Power – the largest duty-free retailer in Thailand, its duty-free shopping mall in Bangkok's central business district covers over 12,000 m 2, [13] and it has branches at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Thailand's other major airports. In 2015, King Power launched an online site selling duty-free and duty-paid items. [14]
DFO Perth is situated at Perth Airport, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the Perth central business district. [20] The shopping centre opened on 3 October 2018 with 113 retail outlets and 1,500 parking bays. [21] Vicinity has a 50% shareholding with the remainder owned by Perth Airport Development Group Investments.
Lotte Duty Free (LDF; Korean: 롯데면세점; Hanja: 樂天免稅店; RR: Rotde Myeonsejeom), a duty-free division of Hotel Lotte, is a travel retailer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. LDF is one of the largest travel retailers in the world alongside Dufry and DFS Group .
James Richardson first began duty-free retailing in Australia in 1972, opening a single store at Brisbane Airport. The company expanded over the next two decades, opening further duty-free stores in Sydney Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport and Cairns Airport, and twenty-three stores in all major city centres. [6]
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.
The airport is accessible via Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South Line, providing regular service to the Sydney CBD and the southwestern suburbs, using the Airport Link underground rail line since 2000. The International Airport station is located below the International terminal, while the Domestic Airport station is located under the car park ...
In 2016, the company founded another joint venture with Duty Free International (DFI) from Malaysia. This partnership led to the opening of two duty-free shops: the world's largest duty free shop in Sydney, Australia and the world's largest arrival duty free shop in Oslo. In 2018, Max Heinemann became the company's fifth-generation CEO. [4]