Air France-KLM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alexandre de Juniac will join the line-up of plenary speakers at the 30th TFWA World Exhibition & Conference on Monday 27th October in the Palais des Festivals, Cannes.
He will address the challenges facing the airline business amid ever-fluctuating trading conditions, as Air France-KLM seeks to build on its position of leadership a decade on from the merger of the French and Dutch flag carriers.
Thom Rankin, TFWA Vice-President commented: “Alexandre de Juniac leads the airline with the largest long-haul network out of Europe so he is well-placed to provide fascinating insight into the way in which international civil aviation is developing around the world. We are delighted to be able once again to present a conference and workshop programme which will give delegates from every sector of our business informed commentary and stimulating debate.”
Alexandre de Juniac joins Gen. Colin Powell, USA (Ret.), 65th US Secretary of State, Andrea Guerra, Chief Executive Officer, Luxottica and Erik Juul-Mortensen, President, TFWA as keynote speakers at Monday’s plenary conference.
For the first time Latin America will be the focus of the annual Market Watch Workshop on Tuesday 28th 08:00-09:00 in the Salon Croisette, Majestic Hotel.
The Market Watch: Latin America Workshop will explore duty free and travel retail in the region, including infrastructure developments, market and product trends and changes to customer profiles.
Speakers will include Enrique Urioste, President of Latin American duty free association ASUTIL and CEO of leading regional retailer Neutral, Pedro Castro, World Duty Free Group International Operations Director and ASUTIL board member, and Peter Mohn, Partner and Co-founder of m1nd-set Global Marketing Intelligence & Solutions, who will present key findings from research commissioned by TFWA into travellers in Latin America.
Meanwhile TFWA is joining forces with French manufacturers’ union Unifab to hold a Working Lunch on the threat posed by counterfeit goods on Tuesday 28th 12:30-14:00. In a session designed to encourage exchange and debate, a panel of experts will open the discussion on the growing threat that counterfeit goods pose to the duty free & travel retail industry, presenting illustrative case studies. Speakers will be announced shortly.
The Airline & Retailer Workshop: Inflight Focus on Wednesday 29th 08:00-09:00 in the Salon Croisette, Hotel Majestic, will give delegates a chance to explore product trends, sales techniques and advances in technology within the inflight retail market.
The panel of speakers will include Jasmine Li, Manager Inflight Sales and Service Development, Cathay Pacific, Ana Rita Aragão, Inflight Sales Director, Lojas Francas de Portugal/TAP Air Portugal and Joe Harvey, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Tourvest Inflight Retail Services.
Further details of the Conference and Workshops with speaker biographies can be found at http://tfwa.com/duty_free/TFWA-World-Exhibition-Conference.20.0.html
Participation in the Conference and Workshops is open to all delegates. Registration is not required for the conference; for registration for the workshops, including the Working Lunch, please contact conference@tfwa.com.
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