February 13-15, 2012
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea
The Forum, organised by The Moodie Report and Airports Council International, will be held on February 13-15, 2012 and hosted by Incheon International Airport Corp (IIAC), which oversees one of the world’s biggest single locations for airport commercial business. Incheon is also home to one of this year’s biggest developments in airport retail, with September's inauguration of the first-ever Louis Vuitton airport boutique. The overall theme of the Forum is ‘Creating a New Quality Standard'. The Forum programme features senior representatives from some of the world’s most progressive airports and travel retail companies. Several major companies have been confirmed as sponsors with more big names to be announced in coming days. Food and beverage concessionaire SSP and leading beauty house The Estée Lauder Companies are Gold Sponsors, confectionery house Ferrero a coffee break sponsor and fashion/accessories house Kipling is sponsoring the delegate bag. Said IIAC President & CEO CW Lee: “As President and CEO of Incheon Airport, I feel greatly honoured to welcome you to the Airport Business and Trinity Forum 2012 in Korea. Incheon Airport was named Best Airport Worldwide at ACI's ASQ survey, and offers the world's most coveted luxury brands and unique shopping experiences to our customers, recording the world's highest airport duty free sales in the first half of 2011. “We will be awaiting you with open arms to provide this exciting opportunity to exchange knowledge and to identify new trends with experts around the world next February.” The Day One programme is highlighted by an airport CEOs’ panel, led by Mr. Lee. Other top speakers include: - Emmanuel de Place, Chief Operating Officer, LS travel retail ASPAC
- Dr Young-Geun Lee, Executive Vice President, Incheon International Airport Corporation
- Erik Juul-Mortensen, President, Tax Free World Association
- Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports*
- Jack MacGowan, CEO, Aer Rianta International
- Andrew Lynch, CEO, SSP
- Roland Stieger, Head of Sales, Nestle International Travel Retail
- Deepak Talwar, Chairman, IDFS
- Senior representative (to be named), Lotte Duty Free
- In-Jung Whang, Vice-President Marketing Division, The Shilla Duty Free
- Mohammed Al Bulooki, Chief Commercial Officer, Abu Dhabi Airports Company*
- Eugenio Andrades, Commercial Director, World Duty Free Group*
- Sunil Tuli, President, Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (and Managing Director Travel Retail & Duty Free King Power Group Hong Kong)
- Keith Spinks, Secretary General, ETRC
- Ivo Favotto, Founder, The Mercurius Group
- Jane Ewing, Managing Director of Diageo Global Travel and Middle East (GTME)
- Frank Passmann, General Manager Travel Retail, Montblanc
- Otto Ambagtsheer, Business Area Consumers Managing Director, Schiphol Group
* to be confirmed  | City Landmarks in Seoul
(L-R) Cheonggye Stream, Gwanghwamun Gate & Plaza with King Sejong's statue and Magic Island in Lotte World |
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