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16/06/2026

Mondelez World Travel Retail (WTR), Avolta and Heathrow Airport have partnered to unveil the Heathrow-exclusive Toblerone Eton Mess in celebration of the airport’s 80th anniversary.
The Moodie Davitt Report Brands Director Hannah Tan was on location at Heathrow Terminal 3 on 15 June as executives from Mondelez WTR, Avolta and Heathrow Airport gathered to officially launch the Toblerone Eton Mess experience.

16/06/2026

The Moodie Davitt Report presents the third episode of ‘Redefining the Flightpath: Women in travel retail and aviation speak’, a podcast series celebrating the women shaping the future of global travel retail and aviation.

Balancing a senior leadership role with the demands of parenthood is a challenge faced by many women across the global travel retail industry.

For Anna Somogyi, Mondelez World Travel Retail (WTR) Director Category, Customer & Shopper Marketing, it has become both a personal journey and a source of inspiration for how the industry can continue to evolve.

Speaking on the latest episode of Redefining the Flightpath, Somogyi reflects on a career spanning more than two decades, from her beginnings in Hungary with Nestlé to her current role helping shape Mondelez WTR’s Destination: Value agenda. Read and listen now on The Moodie Davitt Report

Listen to the podcast here

15/06/2026

In the latest episode of Moodie Davitt Showtime, Paul & Shark Chief Commercial Officer Silvia Popescu discusses the Italian luxury brand’s ongoing transformation journey, its evolving approach to affordable luxury and the future of fashion in travel retail.

Speaking with The Moodie Davitt Report Brands Director Hannah Tan, Popescu reflects on the post-pandemic repositioning of the business, which has included a new logo, refreshed visual identity and renewed focus on consumer connection. She also outlined the company’s expansion ambitions across North and South America, while calling for stronger representation and collaboration within the fashion category in travel retail.

11/06/2026

KAO Travel Retail reaffirmed its long-term commitment to travel retail at the recent TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference (11-14 May) in Singapore.

The Japanese beauty company showcased its portfolio expansion strategy, innovation pipeline and travel retail exclusive (TREX) strategy — all central to its ambition to accelerate growth across Asia Pacific.

At the Singapore show, Kao Travel Retail presented a booth designed in a sleek black and vivid white colour palette. This ‘Media Façade’, which integrated media and architecture elements, created a rich atmosphere to immersed expo attendees into the rich universes of different KAO beauty brands.

10/06/2026

In this latest episode of Moodie Davitt Showtime, Mars Wrigley International Travel Retail (ITR) Market Director An De Volder outlines how the company is evolving confectionery beyond traditional transactional purchasing to create more engaging traveller experiences.

Mars Wrigley ITR is sharpening its focus on experiential confectionery retailing in Asia Pacific, with initiatives spanning transaction-zone merchandising, sense of place gifting and immersive retailtainment concepts such as the new M&M’s Experience at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

04/06/2026

In an extraordinary gesture, Austrian crystal house Swarovski has pledged to donate 10% of proceeds from its travel retail-exclusive (TREX) Symbolica collection to charitable causes under the umbrella of The Moodie Davitt Report’s global fundraising initiative.

18/05/2026

US confectionery powerhouse The Hershey Company is celebrating I Love Reese’s Day (18 May) with a vibrant makeover of The Moodie Davitt Report homepage, along with an elegantly curated treatment of our mobile website.

First established in 2010 after a grassroots petition garnered support from over 40,000 fans, I Love Reese’s Day has evolved into an annual celebration of the peanut butter and chocolate brand.

15/05/2026

It’s been a wonderful week for our team at the Asia Pacific Exhibition in Singapore - here are some of our favourite moments

15/05/2026

Avolta and World Future Enterprises invited TFWA Asia Pacific delegates to lace up their running shoes for a 5km Run/Walk in support of , the travel retail campaign to raise funds and visibility for cancer research.

In line with the campaign’s ‘global + local’ philosophy, all funds raised are being donated to Children’s Cancer Foundation Singapore, an outstanding Social Service Agency whose mission is to improve the quality of life of children with cancer and their families impacted by the disease.

The event raised an amazing S$16,120 (US$12,670), a tribute to the passion of co-organisers Avolta Asia Pacific President & CEO Freda Cheung and World Future Enterprises Founder Tonya Tan.

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