Top 10 Traveler-Endorsed Airports
Travelers around the world have weighed in on their favorite airports around the world and given top marks to a trio of hubs in Asia.
MVRDV, Gansam Design “Paradise City” in Seoul
Co-designed by the Dutch and Korean architectural firms, Seoul’s new entertainment plaza will be doused in a luminous blanket of yellow light.
2011 may have been record year for duty-free sales
Global sales of duty-free products reached $46 billion in 2011, up a staggering 17.9 percent, calculated duty free analyst Generation Research. Although the results are still preliminary and currency fluctuations may bring the growth figure down, 2011 may turn out to have been a record-breaking year. Unsurprisingly, Asia Pacific was the star growth region, with […]
Louis Vuitton opens first airport store
Louis Vuitton has made a spectacular airport debut in association with The Shilla Duty Free at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport. The 550sq m Incheon store is dedicated to Louis Vuitton’s passion for travel. It features leathergoods, women’s and men’s shoes, belts, ties, textiles, fashion, jewellery, sunglasses, watches and other accessories.
Incheon sales hit new record
Seoul’s Incheon Airport has set a world record in duty free sales during the first half of this year, reports have suggested. Passengers at the airport spent a whopping $727 million at the airport in the first six months of this year, a world record according to The Moodie Report. The figure outstrips spending at […]
Asian airports are the world’s best… again
Seoul’s Incheon Airport has been named the best in the world for the sixth straight year by the Airports Council International (ACI). ACI announced the winners of its Airport Service Quality awards February 15, noting that Asia-Pacific airports made a clean sweep of the world’s best airports for customer service and “set the bar in […]