Category: Events

Save the Date: The ETRC is hosting the annual ETRC Business Forum 2018 on Thursday, 25 January 2018.

The event takes place at Brussels Airport Sheraton Hotel. ETRC Business Forum is free of charge for Corporate Members of ETRC and Members of National Associations including the Nordic Travel Retail Group.

This year’s Nordic Travel Retail Seminar will take place on 8 June in Stockholm.

Arrival and registration will begin around 10.30 local time. The all-day program will include prominent speakers and an always welcoming and rewarding atmosphere. In the evening all participants will gather for a drink and dinner.

Information regarding venue, hotel offer, speakers and program will be announced in the near future.

Please mark your calendars for this yearly must-attend event.

Venue: Carlsberg Breweries, Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, 1799 Copenhagen V

Full Program

A full program for the upcoming Members’ Meeting hosted by Carlsberg in Copenhagen has been completed and the Nordic Travel Retail Group is happy to announce:

• four prominent speakers with highly topical and relevant presentations
• a historical venue in a developing part of the city of Copenhagen
• great networking opportunities in an always welcoming atmosphere

The travel retail theme of the day is GLOCAL – local presence, global atmosphere.

Registration by e-mail is open; we are looking forward to see you.

Members’ Meetings are ‘members-only-events’ and free of charge for members of the Nordic Travel Retail Group. You are welcome to register more people from each member company. At the Annual General Meeting, each member company has one vote according to the rules.

SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS

• 11.30-12.00: Arrival, Registration, Networking and a sandwich lunch

• 12.00-13.00: TBC – by Carlsberg

FIRST SESSION

• 13.00-13.30: Annual General Meeting, Nordic Travel Retail Group
• 13.30-14.00: Anders Dam Vestergaard, Business Unit Director Duty Free/Travel Retail, Carlsberg
• 14.00-14.30: Kasper Basse, CEO, Joe & The Juice

• 14:30-15.15: Networking & Coffee

SECOND SESSION

• 15.15-15.45: Mikkel Aarø-Hansen, CEO, Wonderful Copenhagen
• 15.45-16.30: Naser Khader, Inspirational

• 16.30: END

About Naser Khader

Naser Kahder is a leading proponent of peaceful co-existence of democracy and Islam. Khader co-founded an association of Islamism critics in 2008, with the aim to promote freedom of speech and inspire moderate Muslims worldwide. Naser Khader, born in Damascus, Syria, has lived in Denmark since 1974 and is a Danish citizen.

Naser Khader is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. He has written several books about Islam and integration, and gives lectures worldwide on that subject. He has been awarded several prizes in recognition of his fight for freedom of speech, secularity, and integration of immigrants into the Danish culture.

Since 2015, Naser Khader is a member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Conservative People’s Party. He was first elected to Parliament representing the Danish Social Liberal Party in 2001. In 2007 he left this party to found New Alliance (later Liberal Alliance), whom he represented from 2007 until 5 January 2009.

The ETRC has announced the name of the keynote speaker for the upcoming ETRC Business Forum at Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, 28^th January 2016.

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc will be addressing the industry to outline her vision for the future of aviation and maritime development in Europe. Commissioner Bulc has overall responsibility for Transport issues within the European Commission.

NB! Attending the annual ETRC Business Forum is free of charge for members of NTRG.

ETRC’s attendance response form is available here.

Championing Consumer Choice

A one day workshop – free of charge for

Corporate Members of ETRC and Members of National Associations

Moderator: Jacques Parson, Vice President Marketing & Communication

Agenda

• Welcome & Opening Address: Sarah Branquinho, President – ETRC. Sarah will give an update on the current portfolio of activity undertaken by ETRC on behalf of its members.
• European Airports Travel Retail Business performance 2015: Fulvio Fassone, Vice President Business Development – ETRC. In this popular session Fulvio will share the latest market performance and trends in 2015 from ETRC’s own industry sales index, compiled in co-operation with Generation.
• Understanding the Travel Retail Shopper: Garry Stasiulevicuis, Counter Intelligence Retail. Taken from the recent multi-category shopper study undertaken on behalf of TFWA, this presentation takes a look at how shopper preferences differ across the entire travel retail offer.

• Keynote Address: Mrs Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport: The ambitions of the European Commission to improve the competitiveness of the European transport industry and how travel retail and duty free contribute to the economics of the European transport system.

The November Members’ Meeting for many NTRG-members has turned into a must-attend event. Members’ Meetings are free of charge for employees at NTRG Member Companies.

Please register by e-mail to the secretariat – registrations are received on a first-come, first-served basis and registrations can be made by e-mail until Sunday22nd November.

The overall theme for the Members’ Meeting is CHANGE.

Hotel offer: Telegaaf Hotel is fully booked for arrivals 26th Nov.

Dinner at show restaurant Kazatchok: Following the Members’ Meeting we will gather at show restaurant Kazatchok in the heart of the Old Town of Tallinn in Town Hall square.

Confirmed speakers are:

• Janek Stalmeister, Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, Tallink Group Ltd.
• Bruce Oreck, Executive in Residence, Aalto University
• Elena Stenholm, Vice President of Commercial Services, Finavia
• Patrik Hildingsson, Vice President Communications & Public Affairs, Swedish
• Mark Gentry, Senior Research Manager, Counter Intelligence Research
• Kristian Albaek, Team Commander, Royal Danish Marine Special Operations Forces

Program

• 12:00-13.00: Arrival, registration, networking and a light lunch
• 13:00-15:00: FIRST SESSION
• 15:00-15.45: COFFEE
• 15:45-18:00 SECCOND SESSION
• 18:00-20:00 Free time, hotel spa is open, Old Town Sightseeing possible
• 20:00 Christmas Dinner followed by after dinner drinks

We are looking forward to welcome you at Hotel Telegraaf in Tallinn!

We are looking forward to see you at the upcoming Members’ Meeting in Oslo 10 September 2015. A full program and schedule is available below.

Program and Speakers

• 12:00-12.30: Arrival, registration, networking and a sandwich lunch

• 12:30-12:35: Welcome: Eva Rehnström, Chairperson, Nordic Travel Retail Group
• 12:35-13:05: Defending Airline Retail Market Share in a Growing Business: Niklas Julin, Marketing Director, Inflight Service Europe AB
• 13:05-13:30: Actual and Important Themes in Today’s Travel Retail. Julie Lassaigne, Head of Government and Industry Affairs, ETRC.
• 13:30-14:00: Brand Communication, Developments and Trends: Francois Van Aal, Regional Director, REMY COINTREAU
• 14:00-14:35: Beacon Technology: Learning from and influencing customers: Ulrik Prøitz, CEO, Fluxloop Oslo

• 14:35-15:35: NETWORKING AND COFFEE

• 15:35-16:00: Developing Business with PR and Communication: Haakon Dagestad, Communication Manager, Travel Retail Norway – former Chief of staff and press officer for Erna Solberg, Conservative parliamentary group Norway
• 16:00-17:00: Economic Tendencies and Challenges: Arne Jon Isachsen, Professor, Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School
• 17:00: Thank You!