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Can't wait to her your insights this year Kristy Ihle!

Back by popular demand for the 3rd year running, THINK Global Research will be presenting the findings of bespoke consumer research commissioned specifically for the Australian Airports Association Retail & Commercial Forum at the 2024 evet, which is being held at the Pullman on the Park in Melbourne from 22-24 July, 2024. Hearing the consumer perspective has proved to be the ideal way to start the Forum - setting the framework for all the discussions to follow. Come and here Kristy Ihle's insights. James Goodwin Adrian Plumb Dermot Davitt Martin Moodie Fraser Reynolds Diane Owens Matthew Quoi Australian Airports Association The Moodie Davitt Report Ivo Favotto https://lnkd.in/gdD-BDum

Bespoke consumer research into airport ground transport products (think car parking, car rental, ride share, PUDO - pick-up-drop-off - and bussing) by industry leading researchers StollzNow Research will be presented to Ground Transport Forum, which kicks off day 1 of the Australian Airports Association Retail & Commercial Forum. Ground transport is a major revenue driver for most airports - and for many, generates more revenue than retail - so the Forum will explore all aspects of the ground transport business including innovation and disruption. James Goodwin Adrian Plumb Martin Moodie Dermot Davitt Diane Owens Fraser Reynolds Matthew Quoi Julia Favotto Ivo Favotto Neil Stollznow Giselle Stollznow Australian Airports Association The Moodie Davitt Report Craig Pring https://lnkd.in/gCXGhQci

Very proud today to be part of the launch of the Economic Value Study of the historical vehicles sector prepared by The Mercurius Group for the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation. There are over 970,000 motor enthusiast owned historical vehicles in Australia and via an extensive survey of around 6,300 historical vehicle enthusiast owners, we found they spend on average $10,240 per year per vehicle. Once we crunched the numbers, we determined that the motor enthusiast owned historical vehicle sector contributes about $11.4b per annum to GDP and generates more than 78,000 jobs in a range of trades and industries. The sector is much bigger and much more important than anyone had anticipated. It was a pleasure to have the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation as a client - a better bunch of dedicated and hard-working volunteers you could not find. A copy of the report can be found on the AMHF website. Geoffrey Piggott Tom Wheelwright John Moore Diane Owens Julia Favotto Matthew Quoi Fraser Reynolds The Australian Racing Drivers Club, powering Sydney Motorsport Park Shannons Insurance The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive https://lnkd.in/g6QnkfnG

Jason Lees, Sales Director at Lark Distilling, will address the upcoming Tasmanian Travel Retail Brand Bootcamp at the Crowne Plaza Hobart on 30 April, 2024. Jason will share Lark's journey through the travel retail channel as an inspiration to up and coming Tasmanian brands eager to get into travel retail. https://lnkd.in/grraUM6u Norris Carter Kate Giles Belinda Bresnehan Courtney Rowe Cameron Shield Kellie Marshall-Milton Business Events Tasmania Kristy Ihle Jason Lees Rizk Mawass Costa Kouros Dominic Cain Matthew Hill Chris Laverty Kate Chessells Voula Dimopoulos

Major Australian success story, Starward Whisky, winner of the Most Awarded Distillery of the Year at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, has joined the speaker lineup at The Mercurius Group's Tasmanian Travel Retail Brand Bootcamp. Scott English, Commercial Director at Starward Whisky will share Starward's journey through the travel retail channel to help inspire Tasmanian brands looking to get into Hobart Airport and beyond via travel retail. Norris Carter Kate Gillies Belinda Bresnehan Cameron Shield Kellie Marshall-Milton Costa Kouros Chris Laverty Dominic Cain Matthew Hill Kate Chessells Kristy Ihle Rizk Mawass Business Events Tasmania Department of State Growth (Tas) Hobart Airport Lagardere AWPL SSP Australia THINK Global Research Martin Moodie Dermot Davitt Fraser Reynolds Diane Owens Matthew Quoi #tasmania #whisky #travelretail #airports https://lnkd.in/e3CUTd37

Nominations have opened for the Australian Airports Association Retail & Commercial Forum Awards, 2024 which will be presented during the Forum Gala Dinner being held at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. The awards are highly sought after in the airport commercial sector - just look at the faces of the 2023 winners in the photo below! James Goodwin Dermot Davitt Martin Moodie Adrian Plumb Diane Owens Fraser Reynolds Matthew Quoi Julia Favotto Ivo Favotto Isabelle Yates Rebecca Cook Carl Hargrave George Tsoukalas Kate Chessells Stella Katsaros And the award ceremony is proudly sponsored by Red Rooster and their Chief Development Officer Simon Thompson https://lnkd.in/grtYR-BW

Mercurius' Tasmanian Travel Retail Bootcamp has been endorsed by the godfather of the Tasmanian (and Australian) whisky industry and whisky Hall of Fame inductee, Bill Lark. Commenting on the role travel retail has played in the Lark Distillery journey and the potential of the Bootcamp to help new and emerging Tasmanian brands on their journey, Bill Lark said: “Global Travel Retail is an important channel for brand building and has played a significant role in Lark’s own brand development journey, helping us reach the position of Australia's No.1 Luxury Single Malt Whisky. The upcoming Bootcamp is a wonderful opportunity for Tasmanian brands and producers to understand the travel retail channel, what it can do for their brand, and the role it can play in building their business." Bill Lark, Founder & Ambassador, Lark Distillery. Lark Distillery, represented by Jason Lees, Sales Director, will also be joining the Bootcamp and sharing their experiences with other Tasmanian producers. Martin Moodie Dermot Davitt Norris Carter Kate Gillies Belinda Bresnehan Cameron Shield Kellie Marshall-Milton Costa Kouros Dominic Cain Matthew Hill Chris Laverty Kristy Ihle Rizk Mawass Fraser Reynolds Diane Owens Matthew Quoi Bill Lark Jason Lees Tasmania; Produce, Food and Drink Brand Tasmania Lagardère Travel RetailSSP Australia Kate Chessells Hobart Airport THINK Global Research Callington Mill Distillery Business Events Tasmania

Want to know all about the new retail and F&B program that Hobart Airport are planning as part of their upcoming terminal expansion? What sort of stores will be coming? Who will be operating them? Where will they be located? What sort of opportunities will there be for local products? All that and more will be revealed by Hobart Airport Head of Commercial Belinda Bresnehan in her presentation to the Tasmanian Travel Retail Brand Bootcamp being organised by The Mercurius Group and held at the Crowne Plaza Hobart in April, 2024. Register for the event via our website: https://lnkd.in/g9QTBSSd Norris Carter Kate Gillies Cameron Shield Kellie Marshall-Milton Kristy Ihle Costa Kouros Chris Laverty Dominic Cain Matthew Hill Rizk Mawass Jason Lees Bill Lark Brand Tasmania Lagardere AWPL SSP Australia Fraser Reynolds Diane Owens Matthew Quoi Business Events Tasmania

Understanding the consumer is at the core of every retail business. That's why we have invited Kristy Ihle, Managing Director of THINK Global Research to be part of the Tasmanian Travel Retail Brand Bootcamp, coming up in Hobart in April, 2024. Kristy will share with delegates insights into the kind of consumers brands will find in airports and travel retail and the best strategies for brands to adopt to tap into those consumers. Kristy and THINK work with multiple airports and multiple brands in and wanting to get into airport retail, so we couldn't think of anymore more apt to be part of our Bootcamp. Kristy and THINK are also working with Hobart Airport on their terminal expansion and so know Hobart and Tasmania well. Register to attend via the TMG website: https://lnkd.in/g9QTBSSd Ivo Favotto Fraser Reynolds Diane Owens Matthew Quoi Kate Gillies Belinda Bresnehan Costa Kouros Chris Laverty Dominic Cain Matthew Hill Kate Chessells Cameron Shield Kellie Marshall-Milton Rizk Mawass Bill Lark Tatiana Davila Lagardere AWPL SSP Australia Callington Mill Distillery Business Events Tasmania #tasmania #airportretail #travelretail