THAILAND. Airports of Thailand President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn is the latest speaker to join arguably the most powerful line-up in The Trinity Forum’s history, for the 2017 event in Bangkok on November 1-3.

The Trinity Forum, the world’s most influential airport commercial revenues conference, will be hosted by King Power International Company (Thailand) and Airports of Thailand. The event is co-organised by The Moodie Davitt Report, ACI World and ACI Asia-Pacific.

Other additional speakers named in the programme include Sharon McCloskey, Vice President Marketing, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport; Khair Mirza, Associate, Modalis; John Pearce, Head of Retail & Commercial – Terminal, Adelaide Airport; and Yunjeong (Ashley) Jang, Manager – Concessions Division, Incheon International Airport Corporation.

They join a glittering line-up in a programme that now looks as follows:

 The Trinity Forum 2017

Forum theme. ‘How does airport retail remain relevant in a changing world?’

Day 1 Wednesday 1 November

15.00 Registration commences

19.00 Opening Cocktail Evening hosted by King Power International and Airports of Thailand. Spirits and wines courtesy of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail.

Day 2 Thursday 2 November

08.00 Registration and refreshments

08.45 Opening remarks

Martin Moodie, Founder and Chairman, The Moodie Report

09.00 Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI World

Airports of Thailand President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn lends heavyweight support to this year’s Trinity Forum

09.15  Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, President, Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited

09.30 Host’s welcome. Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha, Chief Executive Officer, King Power International Company

09.40 The changing dynamic of Chinese travel retail and the Chinese traveller

Charles Chen, President, China Duty Free Group

10.10 Thought leadership (1)

Julián Díaz, CEO, Dufry

KGuru Gowrappan, Global Managing Director, Alibaba Group

11.10 Coffee break hosted by Godiva

 11.35 Thought leadership (2)

 Dag Rasmussen, Chairman & CEO, Lagardère Travel Retail

Vincent Boinay, Managing Director, L’Oréal Travel Retail

 12.35 The shape of things to come

Stephen Clarke, CEO WHSmith

Trinity leaders all: (Left to right) Lagardère Travel Retail Chairman & CEO Dag Rasmussen; King Power International Company Chief Executive Officer Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha; L’Oréal Travel Retail Managing Director Vincent Boinay

 13.10 Lunch hosted by Furla

14.20 Driving and combating disruption – positive and negative – in airport commerce

Kian Gould, CEO, AOE

Adil Raihani, Co-Founder & Partner, The Blueprint Partnership

Nicole Foo, General Manager, Online Retail, Airside Concessions Division, Changi Airport Group

Karl-Heinz Dietrich, Executive Vice President, Fraport

Richard Barker, General Manager Retail and Commercial, Auckland Airport

(Left to right): AOE Chief Executive Officer Kian Gould; China Duty Free Group President Charles Chen; Senior Executive Vice President, King Power International Group Susan Whelan

15.40 Travel Retail and Corporate Social Responsibility

Olivier Bottrie, Global President, Travel Retail and Retail Development, The Estée Lauder Companies

16.00 Coffee Break hosted by Nestlé International Travel Retail

16: 30 ACI World session – Passenger personas and profiles across generations

Led by Stefano Baronci, Director of Economics, ACI World with additional speakers to be named

Sharon McCloskey, Vice President Marketing, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Khair Mirza, Associate, Modalis

John Pearce, Head of Retail & Commercial – Terminal, Adelaide Airport

Yunjeong (Ashley) Jang, Manager – Concessions Division, Incheon International Airport Corporation

17.30 Day 1 concludes

Top trio: (Left to right) Dufry CEO Julián Díaz; British American Tobacco International General Manager Jose Benikes, of (BATI); and Greater Toronto Airports Authority Vice President, Customer and Terminal Services Scott Collier join one of most impressive line-ups in The Trinity Forum’s 14-year history

19.15. Pre-Gala Dinner Cocktails

20.00. Gala Dinner hosted by King Power International and Airports of Thailand; Pre-Gala and Gala Dinner cocktails and wines & spirits courtesy of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail

(Left to right) Nicole Foo, General Manager, Online Retail, Airside Concessions Division, Changi Airport Group; Karl-Keinz Dietrich, Executive Vice President, Fraport; and Richard Barker, General Manager Retail and Commercial, Auckland Airport

Day 3 Friday 3 November

08.00. Networking and refreshments

09.00 Keynote 1. Targeting the consumer in a changing world

Thibault Villet, Co-Founder & Chairman, Mei.com; Glamour Sales

09.25 Changing consumers, Changing times, Changing needs

Doug Bagley, CEO, CIDF

Scott Collier, Vice President, Customer and Terminal Services. Greater Toronto Airports Authority Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Elena Stenholm, Vice President, Finavia, Helsinki Airport

10.20 Coffee Break hosted by Emcat Airport Food & Beverage Alliance

10.40 Keynote Address – Addressing the whole travel chain

Xavier Rossinyol, CEO, Gategroup

11.10 Airport panel – Future proofing the commercial offer

Winfried Hartmann, Senior Vice President Sales & Customer Relations, Fraport

Zenola Campbell, Vice President Concessions, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Andrew Gardiner, Chief of Retail, Melbourne Airport

12.00 Brand panel – Adapting the product offer to a new reality

Ian McLernon, Senior Vice President, Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail

Gerry Munday, Global Travel Retail Director, Furla

Jose Benikes, General Manager, British American Tobacco Global Travel Retail

13.00 Future positive? How will airport retail and dining look in the future

Susan Whelan, Deputy Managing Director, King Power International

Robbie Gill, Director, The Design Solution

Ivo Knuesel, Head of Category Planning, Mondelez World Travel Retail

 13.50 Closing Lunch – hosted by Perricone MD

15.00 – Shuttle to The Museum of Floral Culture

Day 4 Saturday 4 November

08.30 – Shuttle to Bangkok National Museum
09.30 -11.00 – Activity Period

The Trinity Forum, first held in 2003, seeks to improve dialogue and mutual understanding between airports, retailers and brands to the benefit of the travelling consumer. Please click here for registration and other details.

Courtesy of King Power International, two tours are available to delegates, as follows:

  • November 3rd – Friday afternoon tour from 3pm – 6.30pm – The Museum of Floral Culture
  • November 4th – Saturday morning  tour 8.30am – 12 noon – Bangkok National Museum

Voices of moderation: Travel retail’s two most experienced conference facilitators, Martin Moodie (left) and Dermot Davitt, will run the programme

Numbers are strictly limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you would like to join the tours please confirm and register by contacting events@aci-asiapac.aero

This year’s theme is, ‘How does airport retail remain relevant in a changing world?’

Platinum sponsors* are Pernod Ricard Travel Retail, Dufry, L’Oréal Travel Retail, Mars International Travel Retail and SSP.

Alibaba Group Global Managing Director K. Guru Gowrappan (left) and The Estée Lauder Companies President Travel Retail Worldwide Olivier Bottrie are two of the big names to join this year’s speakers’ line-up

Alibaba has an extraordinary consumer reach and influence

 

(Left to right): Furla Global Travel Retail Director Gerry Munday; Dallas Fort Worth Airport Vice President Concessions Zenola Campbell; Finavia, Helsinki Airport Vice President Elena Stenholm

 

(Left to right) Doug Bagley, Chief Executive Officer CIDF; Xavier Rossinyol, Chief Executive Officer gategroup; Stephen Clarke, Chief Executive Officer WHSmith

(Left to right): Thibault Villet, Co Founder & Chairman, Mei.com, Glamour Sales; Andrew Gardiner, Melbourne Airport Chief of Retail

(Left to right) Adil Raihani, Co-Founder & Partner of The Blueprint Partnership; Ian McLernon, Senior Vice President, Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail; ACI World Director General Angela Gittens

(Left to right) Robbie Gill, Director, The Design Solution; Fraport Senior Vice President Sales & Customer Relations Winfried Hartmann; Ivo Knuesel, Head of Category Planning, Mondelez World Travel Retail

Sharon McCloskey, John Pearce, Head of Retail & Commercial – Terminal, Adelaide Airport and Yunjeong Jang, Manager – Concessions Division, Incheon International Airport Corporation, will appear in the ACI World workshop on day one

*The full list of Trinity partners to date is:

PLATINUM

Dufry

SSP

L’Oréal Travel Retail

Mars International Travel Retail

Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail

GOLD

Shiseido Travel Retail

SILVER

Dubai Duty Free

Jim Thompson

OPENING COCKTAIL

King Power International

Airports of Thailand

GALA DINNER

King Power International

Airports of Thailand

LUNCH PARTNERS

Furla

Perricone MD

COFFEE BREAK PARTNERS

EMCAT

Godiva

Nestlé International Travel Retail

SPONSORING PARTNERS

Lacoste

Marshall Arts International

Oettinger Davidoff

Ricola

Rodenstock

Travel Food Services

Yaok Shopping

The Forum will begin with an Opening Cocktail reception on Wednesday 1 November, followed by the conference on 2 and 3 November. A Gala Dinner will be held on the night of the 2nd, with spirits and wines to be provided exclusively by Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail.