by admin | Nov 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hong Kong Airport has recently launched its HKairport Rewards loyalty program allowing members to earn reward points at HKairport’s shops, restaurants, and on HKairportShop.com. These points can later be redeemed for HK$ e-coupons which can be applied to purchases at... 
by admin | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Back in September 2020, the UK government announced that it was ending tax free sales throughout the UK. This included both airport sales and the VAT refund scheme for purchases by foreigners made at high street stores. (See my post UK Government Ends Tax Free Sales... 
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
US travel restrictions on air and land visitors are scheduled to be relaxed in November.On November 8th the US will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated air travellers from 33 countries. However, they will be required to show proof of a negative Covid test taken at... 
by admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Governments are gradually rolling out Covid vaccines throughout the world. So people are looking forward to the day they can go back to some semblance of a normal life. They’re particularly keen on resuming travel again, if the recent surge in UK holiday bookings is... 
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The UK government shocked both the Duty Free industry and the high street retail trade when it announced that it intended to eliminate Tax Free sales at airports and VAT refunds for visitors, as part of the implementation of Brexit on January 1, 2021. That’s now... 
by admin | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
European Airports are pressing the EU to allow EU arrival Duty Free as part of a Recovery Framework for Aviation to help ease the impact of the Corona Virus on airports.Arrival Duty Free sales are quite common around the world, including European countries like...