2013 Trinity Forum opens in Abu Dhabi
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The travel retail event – The Trinity Forum 2013 – opened in Abu Dhabi. 
The two-day event will highlight the theme ‘Thought Leadership in Travel Retail’ focusing on key topics such as major challenges that continues to face in driving footfall, penetration and spend, and in engaging consumers.
Some key panellist include Martin Moodie, founder and chairman, The Moodie Report, Muriel Zingraff-Shariff, retail concessions director, London Heathrow Airport and Dan Cappell, senior vice president commercial, Abu Dhabi Airports Company among others.
The event witnessed participation from close to 300 delegates. This is reflective that the industry has proven long ago to be a strong growing business; in 2011, the world wide duty free business reached US$46bn in revenue, and anticipated growth rate for 2012 was 5%-10%.
