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Haikou International Duty-Free City Shopping Complex, is the world's biggest stand-alone duty-free store in terms of physical size. Located in Haikou, Hainan, China, the buildings have a total area of 280,000 square meters. [1] [2] Aelia Duty Free – a brand of Lagardère Travel Retail. [3] Comturist – a chain of duty-free stores.
Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.
In the 1960s and 1970s DFS Group significantly expanded their operation in Pacific Islands and North America. DFS capitalized on the rising wave of Asian tourists who began to travel further overseas, opening stores in international airports and later in downtown locations where travelers have their purchases delivered before departure. [8]
Check out a list of 7 items to avoid in an airport at all costs here. However, some items in duty-free shops (otherwise known as tax-free) are actually worth the buy.
Wikimedia Commons Many people think that you can get the the best deals at duty free shops, and some travelers even schedule a stop at duty free into their vacation. The siren song of deep savings ...
The Shops at Northfield, formerly Northfield Stapleton, is an open-air, 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m 2) retail town center located at the Stapleton International Airport redevelopment in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is owned and operated by QIC.
On Thursday, Denver International Airport began testing a new, free program called DEN Reserve that lets travelers make appointments for expedited TSA screening. It's designed specifically for ...
The airport is 23 miles (37 km) from Downtown Denver, which is 15 miles (24 km) farther away than Stapleton International Airport, the airport DEN replaced. [ 10 ] The 52.4 square miles (136 km 2 ; 33,500 acres) [ 6 ] of land occupied by the airport is more than one and a half times the size of Manhattan (including water) (33.6 square miles or ...