Martin Moodie

1 day ago | moodiedavittreport.com | Martin Moodie

SINGAPORE. Lagardère Travel Retail has been awarded the master duty-free & general merchandise concession at Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC)’s HarbourFront Passenger Terminal and Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. The contract begins in July. Lagardère Travel Retail replaces long-time incumbent DFS Group, which chose not to bid on the business.

2 days ago | moodiedavittreport.com | Martin Moodie

INTERNATIONAL. To coincide with TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore this week, The Moodie Davitt Report published a special digital & print edition of our market-leading Magazine. As always, company Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie kicks off the issue with his editorial overview, for once constrained by a long lead time (the result of the printing and production process) instead of the usual lightning speed of ‘the website that never sleeps’.

2 days ago | moodiedavittreport.com | Martin Moodie

AUSTRALIA. Brisbane Airport (BNE) has appointed Scott Norris as its new Executive General Manager Commercial, overseeing retail, commercial, parking and industrial development at Queensland’s leading gateway, effective 30 June. Norris, an experienced and deeply respected airport commercial executive, is currently General Manager of Aviation and Commercial at Sunshine Coast Airport. He has previously held leadership positions at Vancouver, Auckland and Perth airports.

5 days ago | moodiedavittreport.com | Martin Moodie

SINGAPORE. South Korean travel retailer Lotte Duty Free today issued its first reaction to Friday’s news that it has been granted a three-year extension to its liquor & tobacco contract at Changi Airport, Singapore. As reported, Singapore entity Lotte Travel Retail will commence its new three-year term on 9 June 2026. The renewed contract embraces 18 stores and more than 8,600sq m of space across the airport’s four terminals.

5 days ago | themoodieblog.com | Martin Moodie

It’s almost show time again and having crawled wearily out of bed at 5.30am this morning to ensure the website that never sleeps hadn’t nodded off, I’m all set for my Cathay Pacific Airways flight to Singapore for the TFW Asia Pacific show. This event is aways a highlight of the travel retail industry calendar but the 2025 edition comes amid extremely testing conditions in many Asia Pacific markets.