Lagardère Travel Retail and local partner Bevco Limited have won the exclusive concession to operate two duty free stores at the new Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminal 3 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It means Lagardère now operates duty free stores in four African markets.
The two new stores will cover 206m² and 160m² respectively, and feature core duty free categories, as well as travel accessories and souvenirs.
In 2017 Lagardère Travel Retail won a 10 year contract for the 1,000m² duty free concession at Senegal’s new Blaise Diagne International Airport, outside Dakar. In 2019, Lagardère opened its Aelia Duty Free and Relay shops in 600m² of space at Libreville’s Leon Mba International Airport. In September 2019, Lagardère acquired leading Belgian travel retailer International Duty Free, gaining a non-airport diplomatic duty free store in Nairobi.
Bevco is a leading Tanzanian spirits distributor, owned by multinational distributor Incodeal. It represents LVMH, Brown-Forman, Bacardi, Concha y Toro, Distell, La Martiniquaise-Bardinet, Les Grands Chais de France, Edrington and a range of smaller wine and spirits brands in Tanzania.