Dufry wins new duty-paid contract at Chongqing International Airport in China
September 28, 2022 at 01:02 am EDT
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Dufry wins new duty-paid contract at Chongqing International Airport in China
28.09.2022 / 07:00 CET/CEST
Dufry is pleased to confirm that it has won the tender for a duty-paid contract at Chongqing International Airport in Western China. The five year contract will enable Dufry to operate five duty-paid boutique stores in the airport’s Terminal 3A.
This new contract win further consolidates Dufry’s footprint in Asia, with Chongqing International Airport being the ninth busiest in the country, welcoming close to 45 million passengers in 2019.
Dufry has secured the contract for the Perfumery & Cosmetics category at Chongqing and will be creating five individual brand boutiques for Chanel, Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Guerlain and Shiseido airside, and a multi brand fragrance store landside. The total retail space occupied will be 505 m².
Within the boutique beauty stores, Dufry will offer customers a wide range of products from the various iconic brands represented, as part of a world-class shopping experience.
Dufry has been operating in mainland China since 2009 with stores located in Chengdu, Macau and Shanghai.
Pedro Castro, Chief Operating Officer for Asia comments, “Dufry is delighted to have won this new duty-paid contract at yet another airport location in mainland China – Chongqing International Airport. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our airport partners for the trust they have shown in us.”
Avolta AG, formerly Dufry AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the travel retail sector. The Company operates shops located at airports, cruise liners, seaports, railway stations and hotels. The Companyâs shops are categorized under five retail concepts: General Travel Retail Shops, which offer the full range of categories, such as perfumes & cosmetics, food & confectionery, wines & spirits, clothing & accessories, tobacco goods, souvenirs & electronics; Dufry Shopping, which provide travel retail duty-free shops; Brand Boutiques, which offer various boutiques of exclusive brands; Convenience Stores provide a wide assortment such as soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, electronics, personal items, souvenirs, newspapers, magazines and books and Specialized Stores offer products from a variety of different brands, belonging to one specific product category such as watches & jewelry, sunglasses, spirits and destination products.
AVOLTA AG 
