{"id":16987,"date":"2022-04-18T11:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=16987"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T10:31:58","slug":"qatar-duty-free-to-welcome-louis-vuitton-at-hamad-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/04\/18\/qatar-duty-free-to-welcome-louis-vuitton-at-hamad-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Duty Free to welcome Louis Vuitton at Hamad International Airport\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qatar Duty Free will welcome French high-end luxury brand Louis Vuitton to its retail portfolio at Hamad International Airport in Doha this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The store will stock leather goods, textiles, watches, jewellery, accessories, fragrances, shoes and ready-to-wear clothing items, amid Louis Vuitton\u2019s increased attention to travel retail given the rebound in global travel.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The opening follows in the footsteps of luxury brands Valentino, Fendi and Jimmy Choo, and is a continuation of Qatar Duty Free\u2019s \u201921 in 21\u2019 expansion plan \u2013 opening 21 new stores in 2021 to celebrate its 21st anniversary.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cQatar Duty Free is constantly expanding its offerings by partnering with a range of luxury brands to provide innovative and memorable experiences for our customers, giving them an experience worth travelling for,\u201d said Thabet Musleh, vice president of Qatar Duty Free.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last year, the airport recorded 17.7 million passengers, a 41 per cent year-on-year increase from 2020, amid the eased restrictions and rebound in global travel. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As an official partner of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Hamad International Airport is expecting more than 58 million passengers during the tournament, with Qatar Duty Free anticipating a growth in its customer base.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qatar Duty Free spans 40,000 square metres in Hamad International Airport and offers travellers more than 90 luxury and affordable retail outlets, restaurants and caf\u00e9s.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luxury retailer opens at Hamad International Airport&#8217;s duty free. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":17284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4019,479,3986],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16987"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17218,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16987\/revisions\/17218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}