{"id":8040,"date":"2024-02-08T10:22:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altaviagroudev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/feature-revolutionising-shopping-centres-1-airports-as-a-travel-retail-destination\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:43:43","slug":"feature-revolutionising-shopping-centres-1-airports-as-a-travel-retail-destination","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/altavia-group.com\/fr\/news\/feature-revolutionising-shopping-centres-1-airports-as-a-travel-retail-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"[Feature] Revolutionising shopping centres: #1- Airports as a travel retail destination."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1519392503248{padding-top: 18px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column]<div class=\"edgtf-single-image-holder   edgtf-image-behavior-lightbox\">\n    <div class=\"edgtf-si-inner\" >\n                    <a itemprop=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/altavia-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/changi-dutyfree-1-1.jpeg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[si_pretty_photo]\" title=\"[Feature] Revolutionising shopping centres: #1- Airports as a travel retail destination.\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/altavia-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/changi-dutyfree-1-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"[Feature] Revolutionising shopping centres: #1- Airports as a travel retail destination.\" \/>                                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6>The duty free area at Changi airport.<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00a0\u00bb54px\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span class=\"edgtf-dropcaps edgtf-normal\" style=\"color: #1b1c21\">A<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t Singapore's Changi airport, considered to be the best in the world, no fewer than 70 million travellers pass through every year! <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"From now on, flow areas must be part of a well- defined environment\"<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, insists Hugo Vanderschaegh, Managing Director <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Altavia Travel Retail. This implies clear visual cues in the architecture and in the offer, with local products and local brands. \"<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are personae in airports, defined according to the way people travel. These personae help to understand travellers' expectations and to work on an appropriate mix of offers\".<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Meeting every traveller&rsquo;s needs and expectations.<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Saudi Arabia, at Jedda airport, local caf\u00e9 Barn's is taking over a space opposite Starbucks. The idea behind that? To satisfy both travellers who are reluctant to change and those who want to immerse themselves in the travel atmosphere. The airport is also adapting in a pragmatic way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1920px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/altavia-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Barns-odg.jpeg\" alt=\"Barn's jedda\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Altavia ODG<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Should there be a duty-free discount? In some airports, the price of alcohol is very competitive, so the answer is obviously yes. In this particular case, the duty-free shop devotes a large part of its m2 to alcohol and tobacco, with discount prices and a super- efficient layout that allows customers to order in advance and do self- checkout\"<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\"The airport is moving beyond its walls.\"<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A final piece of the puzzle is the place of digital technology. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The airport is moving beyond its walls\"<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he points out. At Heathrow airport, travellers can have a product ordered online delivered within 30 minutes? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"That's why we need to include a concierge and storage area in our master planning\"<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00a0\u00bb54px\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><em>This article features in the book \u00ab\u00a0Retailing the future\u00a0\u00bb, which explores the unprecedented revolution taking place in the retail sector. <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Visit altavia-group.com to find out more and download the book for free:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00a0\u00bb54px\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\u00a0\u00bb8043&Prime; img_size=\u00a0\u00bbfull\u00a0\u00bb onclick=\u00a0\u00bbcustom_link\u00a0\u00bb img_link_target=\u00a0\u00bb_blank\u00a0\u00bb link=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/altavia-group.com\/en\/retailing-the-future\/?utm_source=article-altaviawatch&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=promotion&#038;utm_content=more-info\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Singapore\u2019s Changi airport, considered to be the best in the world, no fewer than 70 million travellers pass through every year! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":8041,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"color_menu":"","footer_color_background":"","featured_image_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"news-type-taxonomy":[],"news-topic-taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-8040","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail-analysis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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