Cochin Airport Eyes Arrival Duty Free

Cochin International Airport in India is showing a 30% increase in sales revenue over last year with the majority of this coming from non aviation areas.

The passenger count is up 10% for international arriving and departing to 2.6 million showing that customers are spending more on duty free merchandise. In order to enhance future growth the Cochin International Duty Free shops are focusing upon an "online business model". This would allow customers to place their orders online and take delivery of their duty free goods upon arrival at Cochin Airport at the arrivals duty free shop.


The software for this pre-order system is now being implemented and will go live soon.

Carnival Cruise Lines starts new port facility in Dominican Republic

The largest cruise line company in the world, Carnival Corporation, has broken ground on a new port facility in Bay of Maimon, Dominican Republic. The $65 million project near Puerto Plata on the north coast of the island is a joint venture between Carnival and the Rannik family of Grupo B&R.

  

The new port facility will accommodate 8,000 passengers and 2,000 crew per day with two berths for ships. The first year will see 250,000 passengers with duty free shopping facilities in the terminal building. The scheduled opening date is in 2014.