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11/01/2018

Dufry announces new organizational structure

Dufry has announced today its new organizational structure, which will take immediate effect. The simplified structure will further improve speed of decision making and time to market, drive efficiencies and foster the delivery of shareholder value through acceleration of growth and digital transformation.

22/12/2017

Dufry wins Best Jewelry Store and Marketing Campaign at DFNI Products Awards 2017

Dufry has won ‘Best Jewelry Store’ and ‘Best Jewelry & Watches Marketing Campaign’ categories at DFNI Products Awards 2017 for its Bulgari stores on the Norwegian Joy and at Helsinki Airport, respectively. The company was also highly recommended in three other categories: Best Campaign (Confectionary), Best New Store (Liquor) and Best New Promotion (Beauty).

12/12/2017

Dufry successfully extends contract for its downtown retail operation in Macau for 7 years

Dufry has successfully extended its contract with the Sands China Group, for its prestigious Atrium store in the Macau Venetian luxury hotel and casino resort. Based on the new contract, Dufry will manage the 2,000 m² store through to the end of 2024.

04/12/2017

World Duty Free and Disney win ‘Brand Partnership of the Year’ at Screen Awards

On 30th November 2017, World Duty Free, in collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm, won ‘Brand Partnership of the Year’ at the Screen Awards this week

27/11/2017

Official Launch for World Duty Free's New Store at London Gatwick's North Terminal

World Duty Free’s new walkthrough store in the North Terminal at London Gatwick was officially launched today

23/11/2017

Hudson Group Wins New Duty-Free and Duty-Paid Contract at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Hudson Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dufry AG, in partnership with Dufry Phoenix Retailers JV, was awarded two new duty-free and duty-paid stores at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Terminal 4.

21/11/2017

Dufry opens 7 stores in the new Terminal of Cancun Airport including the first New Generation Store in Latin America

Dufry inaugurates 2,540 m² of new retail space and launches its New Generation Store in the newly-opened Terminal 4 in Cancun International Airport, Mexico. With approximately 1,900 m², Dufry presents for the first time in Latin America its New Generation Store, a retail concept featuring extensive and innovative use of digital applications in order to increase passenger communication and drive sales. New Generation Stores are already in operation in Melbourne, Australia, and Madrid, Spain. Going forward, Dufry plans to unveil several shops around the world under this new concept.

17/11/2017

Vanesa Lorenzo Inaugurates Christmas 2017 in World Duty Free Stores

Yesterday evening, World Duty Free stores inaugurated Christmas 2017 in Spain.

17/11/2017

Dufry successfully concludes the refinancing of its main bank facilities

Dufry has successfully refinanced its main bank credit facilities of CHF 3.4 billion. Apart from extending the maturity to 2022, the new agreement also features a number of improvements which increase the flexibility for Dufry and which reduce the overall interest expense of the bank debt. Dufry's new financing structure will generate combined yearly interest savings of around CHF 50 million and provides solid foundations for the business in the next years.

16/11/2017

Official Launch for Melbourne Duty Free by Dufry

Yesterday marked the official opening for Dufry’s newly refurbished store in Terminal 2 at Melbourne airport. The fully walkthrough store has been rebranded ‘Melbourne Duty Free by Dufry’ and with 2,743sqm of retail space is 30% larger than the original store it replaces.

14/11/2017

Hudson Ltd. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

Dufry AG (Dufry) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hudson Ltd., has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of Hudson Ltd.'s Class A common shares.

14/11/2017

Dufry wins tender and renews its concessions with Swedavia for 7 years

Dufry is pleased to confirm that it has won the tender for its store operations in 8 Swedish airports managed by Swedavia, for a further 7 years. Dufry, through its Nuance subsidiary, has managed Swedavia's tax and duty-free stores for the last 16 years, operating 14 stores with a total retail space of 5,950 m². With the win of this tender, Dufry will have the opportunity to open a new 2,000 m² walkthrough store in the Arlanda T5 marketplace as of 2021 as part of an ambitious investment programme, which will see all existing stores being refurbished in the period 2018-19.