Dubai Duty Free (DDF) sales will surpass pre-pandemic level as its turnover will exceed $2 billion this year, making DDF the single biggest duty free operations at an airport anywhere in the world, its top official says. Colm McLoughlin,...
The story of Dubai Duty Free is one of the great corporate tales in travel retail’s 76-year history. Since December 20 1983 the company has grown into a true retail powerhouse, one that delivered $2.029 billion in sales in 2019 compared to just...
Pay a visit to Colm McLoughlin’s office in Umm Ramool near Dubai International Airport, and you’ll be greeted by many highlights of a life’s work at Dubai Duty Free — awards in the hundreds stretching back four decades, photographs of...
1983 Dubai Duty Free opens on December 20 1984 Sales reach $20 million in the first full year of operations; ‘Fly Buy Dubai’ advertising and marketing campaign is launched 1985 Sales rise to $24 million as Dubai Duty Free wins first...