The
UK based Travel Retail Consortium has raised £3400 for charity
through its industry events held in Bath last year and at the more
recent lunch at the Houses of Parliament.
£1700
has been donated to MAGIC, a Kent based charity that supports
children with Autism and their families. The other half has been
donated to the British Heart Foundation in memory of the well known
and much loved Alan Edwards (ARI senior consultant to Qatar Duty
Free) who died suddenly last year. The donation was presented to
Lesley Edwards in memory of her late husband at the recent TRC
meeting at Chiddingstone Castle in Kent.
Said
TRC Vice Chairman Richard Thorpe: ‘Since it was founded over 40
years ago, fund-raising has been an important part of the Travel
Retail Consortium’s remit and we are delighted to benefit two such
important charities as a result of the generosity not only of our own
members but the guests which have joined us at our events in Bath and
London over the past year.’
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shows (L-R) TRC Members: Kiran Norman ( Twinings), Alex Rudd ( Mars),
Jeannie Anderson ( JAA Associates), Jaime Whittaker ( Accolade
Wines), Lesley
Edwards,
Nicola Fraser ( Coty), Tina Davies ( Imperial Tobacco), Wayne Morgan
( Remy Cointreau), and Richard Thorpe ( Retail In Motion).
Notes
to editors: The
Travel Retail Consortium was originally conceived in the late 1960s
and formalised in 1971 to further the interests and development of
the Travel Retail industry within the UK through the member
companies.
Its
objectives are to raise standards of business within the Travel
Retail industry; promote members products and services; discuss
industry issues; and provide social and networking opportunities for
key travel retail customers at annual events. The TRC is also active
in raising funds for charity.
Meetings
are held bi-monthly at members or customer company locations covering
industry issues, new operators/services, business opportunities etc.
Confidential matters such as margins and terms are NOT discussed.
A fun
customer event is held annually and has included a Treasure Hunt in
Bath, It’s a Knockout, School Sport Day, Newbury Race Day and wine
tasting in Jersey. This is followed by a black tie evening event.
Consortium custom is that bacon rolls and coffee served for those
still around at 1a.m.
All
TRC enquiries should be made via the website
(www.travelretailconsortium.co.uk)
or info@travelretailconsortium.co.uk.
Current
TRC Members: Accolade
Wines; Coty Prestige Travel Retail and Export; Grolsch, Guinness;
Imperial Tobacco International; JA Associates (JCI Jewelry, Morgan &
Oates); Mars; Paramount Imagination; Remy Cointreau ; Retail in
Motion; Champagne Taittinger; Twinings.
Press
Enquiries: Row Holland, Essential Communications.
June
2013
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