The 30th TFWA World Exhibition & Conference will be staged from 26th to 31st October 2014 in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes on the French Riviera.
The annual duty free & travel retail global summit will kick off with what promises to be a rousing conference address by former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), 35-year veteran of the U.S. Army, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be the keynote speaker at the opening Conference on Monday 27th October. Among other subjects, he will address issues related to leadership in challenging times.
Joining him on stage will be Andrea Guerra, Chief Executive Officer at Luxottica and one of Italy’s most esteemed industry leaders, who will draw on his wealth of experience in an ever-changing global business environment.
Erik Juul-Mortensen, President TFWA, will open the conference with his ‘State of the Industry’ address in which he will set the scene by summarising three decades of development of the duty free & travel retail industry, reviewing the last year in more detail and looking forward to opportunities and challenges in the months and years to come.
Two workshop sessions will follow on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings: the first a Market Watch session focusing on Latin America and the second devoted to the inflight retail sector. Both will feature industry leaders and experts in the field.
“TFWA is delighted to welcome keynote speakers of such calibre to our stage in this our anniversary year,” comments Thom Rankin, TFWA Vice-President. “TFWA World Exhibition & Conference is a highly-valued annual summit for the duty free & travel retail industry, a business which generates revenues of some US$60 billion each year and which contributes significantly to travel, tourism, transport infrastructure and employment worldwide.
“Over the last 30 years we have hosted some extraordinary speakers at our conferences from political leaders to campaigning pop stars, from far-sighted visionaries to eminent industrialists. Once again, we anticipate a morning of stimulating presentations and debate – plus some celebrations to mark our 30th birthday!”
In 2013, more than 6,300 trade delegates attended the event, over two-thirds of them key buyers from airports, airlines, ferries, cruiseships and downtown duty free shops all over the world.
These busy executives are drawn each year by the prospect of doing business with up to 500 exhibiting companies, large and small, from some 40 different countries which will be displaying upwards of 3,000 premium products.
TFWA World Exhibition & Conference 2014 will be an extra-special event with celebrations laid on to mark the 30th anniversary of the foundation of Tax Free World Association in 1984, which led to the first event organised by the industry for the industry in Nice in October 1985.
For pre-registration and further details of TFWA World Exhibition & Conference 2014 please go to www.tfwa.com.
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