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  • 02/02/2021

    Dufry and Hainan Development Holdings open first shop at Haikou's Mova Mall in Hainan (China)

    The first shop of the collaboration between Dufry and Hainan Development Holdings (HDH) opened on January 31, 2021 at the Mova Mall in the city-center of Hainan's capital Haikou in China, right on time for the Chinese Spring festival, which is an important travel, holiday and shopping period.

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  • 05/01/2021

    Dufry and Hainan Development Holdings cooperate to develop duty-free opportunities in Hainan (China)

    Dufry AG and Hainan Development Holdings (HDH), a fully state-owned company of the Hainan Provincial Government, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop opportunities in Hainan's travel retail market. Dufry, in addition to the supply of global brands, will share its global experience in travel retail with HDH.

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  • 01/12/2020

    Dufry AG successfully completes merger with Hudson Ltd

    On December 1, 2020, Dufry successfully closed the previously announced merger with its subsidiary Hudson Ltd (“Hudson”). The closing of the transaction follows a special general meeting of Hudson's shareholders held on November 30, 2020, where Hudson's shareholders voted to approve and adopt the merger, by 98.59% of the votes cast at the meeting.

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  • 18/11/2020

    Dufry successfully extends concession contract at the St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport for seven years

    Dufry has successfully extended for another seven years its duty-free concession contract at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg covering a total retail space of over 3,100 m2. St. Petersburg is the most visited tourist city in Russia and Pulkovo airport and welcomes 19.6 million passengers per year, representing an attractive mix of domestic and international travelers.

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  • 05/11/2020

    Dufry Opens its New Brand Paradise ANECDOTE at The Circle, Zurich Airport

    Dufry opened today its new brand paradise ANECDOTE located at the Circle at Zurich Airport, with an offering ranging from global top brands to local premium labels at very attractive prices.

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  • 03/11/2020

    Continued gradual improvements in Third Quarter 2020, with Dufry successfully implementing strategic initiatives and increased efficiencies

    Turnover reached CHF 2,073.9 million with organic growth[1] -67.8% during the nine months of 2020, and CHF 487.0 million with organic growth -79.7%for Q3 2020 Further costs savings[2] in Q3 2020 reaching a total CHF 760 million in the nine months 2020 yoy, in line to reach the total savings target of around CHF 1 billion for full-year 2020 New organization implemented; Hudson reintegration and Group restructuring to be finalized in Q4 2020, generating recurring cost savings of at least CHF 400 million Successful execution of rights issue, with Advent International and Alibaba Group taking a stake in Dufry, generating total gross proceeds of CHF 890 million to be used to finance Hudson buy-out and for strategic growth opportunities Dufry and Alibaba Group in process of setting up strategic joint-venture for travel retail in China and digital transformation by the end of 2020 Confirmation of cash flow scenarios for H2 2020, with cash consumption of CHF 51 million in Q3 2020 and liquidity position of CHF 2,065 million as of end September pro-forma (including net proceeds from capital increase and cash outflow from Hudson Transaction)

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  • 29/10/2020

    Historical Information on New Organizational Setup

    Following the reorganization announced in June 2020, Dufry started to report under a new organizational setup as of September 1, 2020. Headquarters and divisions were integrated and countries have been grouped to better align the organization to the new business environment, to increase efficiencies and simplify the decision-making processes. In line with operational management, Dufry reports the new regional setup from Q3 2020 onwards.

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  • 29/10/2020

    Changes in Dufry's Global Executive Committee

    Jose Antonio Gea stepping down as Deputy Group CEO and member of the Global Executive Committee (GEC) Salvatore Aricò appointed to the Global Executive Committee as Chief Organization & Transformation Officer

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  • 22/10/2020

    Invitation to Dufry's Nine Months 2020 Trading Update Conference Call on November 03, 2020

    Dufry is pleased to invite you to our Nine Months 2020 Trading Update Conference Call on November 3, 2020 at 14.30h CET that day.

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  • 20/10/2020

    Dufry announces final number and offer price of new shares to be issued in connection with its capital increase

    Dufry AG (SIX: DUFN) (“Dufry”) announces that it has successfully concluded the rights offering. The offer price of the new shares was set at CHF 33.22 per share, corresponding to the volume weighted average price of the existing shares as of market close on October 19, 2020, in line with the pricing mechanism publicly communicated on October 6, 2020. All 24,696,516 offered shares were sold in the offering, resulting in expected gross proceeds of CHF 820 million.

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  • 19/10/2020

    Dufry announces rights take-up in connection with its rights offering

    Dufry AG (SIX: DUFN) (“Dufry”) announces that further to the ordinary capital increase, approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting on October 6, 2020, to increase the share capital of Dufry through the issuance of up to 24,696,516 new registered shares (the “New Shares”) and the related “at-market” rights offering, subscription rights for 10,612,024 New Shares have been exercised by existing shareholders, corresponding to 42.97% of the New Shares offered. Subscription rights not exercised have lapsed at the end of the rights exercise period, which ended at 12:00 noon CEST on October 19, 2020.

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  • 06/10/2020

    Results of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Dufry AG on October 6, 2020

    The Extraordinary General Meeting of Dufry AG was held at the offices of Dufry AG at Brunngässlein 12, 4052 Basel, Switzerland, on October 6, 2020 at 14.00 hrs. The meeting was held without the presence of shareholders based on Article 27 of the Ordinance 3 issued by the Swiss Federal Council on measures to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) of June 19, 2020, validly convened and constituted, and shareholders duly registered in the share register of the Company representing 23,316,224 shares and 41.96% of the total share capital of Dufry AG were represented at the meeting. All proposals of the Board of Directors have been approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting.

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  • 04/02/2026

    Avolta's FY 2025 Results Invitation

    We are delighted to invite you to our Full Year 2025 Results presentation and video conference webcast: March 11, 2026 at 14:30 CET

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  • 13/01/2026

    Avolta to redevelop F&B offering at Geneva Airport

    Avolta AG (SIX: AVOL) has been awarded a contract at Geneva Airport (GVA) covering the redevelopment and operation of 12 food & beverage (F&B) locations across more than 3,000 m2.  

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  • 07/01/2026

    Avolta awarded two 10-year contracts to elevate travel retail and dining at Florida’s Palm Beach International airport

    Avolta (SIX: AVOL) has been awarded two 10-year contracts at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), strengthening its presence in North America through both lines of business. Part of the airport’s major expansion and modernization project, the new contracts represent a total of 1,281 m² of concessions space, combining retail and dining to create a holistic travel experience for passengers.

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    23/01/2026

    Avolta opens first Eataly location in a North American airport

    The opening at JFK’s Terminal 8 marks the first of three Eataly locations planned for the airport, expanding the partnership across multiple terminals at one of the United States’ busiest international gateways.

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    15/01/2026

    Avolta opens new stores at Kualanamu International Airport, Indonesia

    Avolta and Angkasa Pura Aviasi have officially opened a new duty-free Departures store and a walk-through Arrivals store at Kualanamu International Airport (KNO) in Medan, Indonesia, further growing their decade-long presence in the country.

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    10/12/2025

    Autogrill and PizzAut continue their journey towards an increasingly inclusive future

    Due to the success of the GourmAut sandwich, €150,000 was donated to fund the PizzAut “Palestre di Autonomia Abitativa” for young people with autism.

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    #1 TAG Heuer Franchise Boutique Worldwide in 2025

    TAG Heuer Boutique in São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport’s (GRU) Terminal 3

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    Lifetime Achievement Award at MEADFA Awards 2025

    Pedro Castro.
    This award recognizes the individual excellence of one of Avolta's long-standing leaders

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  • Trophy Best retailer at Meadfa Awards 2025

    Best Retailer Award at MEADFA Awards 2025

    Avolta

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