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Silhouette takes Mido 'Oscar' award
By Doug Newhouse
Silhouette has been awarded the industry 'oscar' as 'the best sunglasses brand' at the recent Mido Exhibition in Milan, an honour which the company says is recognition of the brand's innovative design.
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Aldeasa opens a second shop at Santiago
By Doug Newhouse
Showing continued resilience in difficult conditions, Aldeasa has managed to open a 609sq m shop in the arrivals zone within the international terminal at Santigao de Chile Airport, following the reopening of certain parts of the terminal after the terrible February 27 earthquake which claimed several hundred lives and caused massive damage to buildings - including the airport terminal.
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European traffic +3.9%
By Doug Newhouse
ACI Europe yesterday reported that traffic figures for the beginning of the new year continue to show improvement at European airports, with overall passenger volume up +3.9% in January 2010 compared with January 2009. Overall freight traffic among European airports also increased by +20.2% in January 2010 when compared with the corresponding month in 2009.
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Gatwick shows good growth
By Doug Newhouse
London Gatwick Airport handled a total of just over 2m passengers in February 2010, an increase of 3.2%, with its most important traffic sector -European scheduled traffic - up 10.5% to 927,700 passengers and 'other long haul' traffic up 7% to 405,400 passengers.
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Perth gets high quality passenger rating
By Doug Newhouse
Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC) proudly reports that passengers have rated Perth Airport as having the second highest quality service amongst all of Australia's major airports, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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Irish State issues major challenge to DAA
By Doug Newhouse
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has issued a statement saying that it notes the recent decision by the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey T.D. to conclude the public tender competition for the operation of certain aspects of Terminal Two at Dublin Airport and the minister's comment that DAA must stay within laid down benchmark costs, or 'alternative arrangements' for the operation of T2 will have to be made.
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BA talks break down with cabin crew union
By Doug Newhouse
British Airways (BA) is now bracing itself for strike action, following a break down in yesterday's eleventh-hour talks with BA cabin crew union Unite. These talks were brokered by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an attempt to try and find some middle ground between both parties.
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Dior's exclusive TR offers
By Doug Newhouse
Parfums Christian Dior Travel Retail is launching a wide range of travel retail fragrance, colour and skincare exclusives both this month and in April, which include various sets, offers and special pricing in some instances.
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Clinique's Happy new launch
By Doug Newhouse
Clinique Travel Retailing is launching Happy Summer Spray eau de toilette, 100ml next month, which is a travel retail exclusive that the beauty company describes as a lighter, refreshing eau de toilette for the summer period.
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AAS responds to duty free security breach
By Doug Newhouse
<b>Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) has responded to the fall out from a Dutch SBS television programme shown last Sunday - and subsequently widely circulated in the press and corroborated - that investigative journalists successfully breached its airport security on February 16 by purchasing bottles from AAS' in-house run duty free store, refilling them (with water) and then representing them as new purchases at the airport shop - whereupon staff packed them in sealed bags and they were taken onboard two airlines bound for London (British Midland) and Washington (United Airlines).</b>
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