WORLDWIDE EN | FR ABOUT US ACTIVITIES BRANDS LOCATIONS NEWS JOIN US CONTACT US History Recent history since 2015 Acceleration 2001-2014 Geographical expansion 1990-2000 The origins 1852-1990 Recent history since 2015 2020 Opening of our first locations in Japan 2019 Acquisition of International Duty Free, the leading duty free operator in Belgium, with a presence in Luxembourg and Kenya 2019 Opening of our first stores in Libreville (Gabon) 2019 Launch of the Foodservice activity in the Netherlands, with the takeover of 28 Smullers in the Dutch Rail network 2019 Opening of our first foodservice outlets in Bratislva (Slovakia) 2018 Acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods and its subsidiary Vino Volo, a leading Foodservice travel operator in North America 2018 Opening of 8 stores in Hong Kong in partnership with China Duty Free Group 2018 Launch of the New Age Beauty concept at Paris Charles de Gaulle 2017 Opening of the first store on the African continent, at Dakar airport (Senegal) 2017 Launch of activities in KSA (Riyadh, Djeddah, Dammam) 2015 Acquisition of Paradies, a leading airport travel retailer in North America 2015 Creation of the Foodservice business line 2015 Lagardère Services becomes Lagardère Travel Retail Acceleration 2001-2014 2014 New Aelia Duty Free concept 2014 Creation of a partnership with SAVE to operate retail and foodservice in Venice, Treviso and Verona airports 2013 Gain of the SNCF (French railway network) tender to operate Travel Essentials business under a JV scheme 2012 Acquisition of AdR Retail, the operator of the Duty Free/Duty Paid concessions in Fiumicino and Ciampino airports in Rome 2008 Opening of the first Costa Coffee and PAUL in the Czech Republic 2007 Development of Duty Free operations in the UK, Poland and the Czech Republic 2007 Opening of the first Relay stores in Taiwan and mainland China 2003 Joint venture with ADP. Creation of Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire (SDA) 2001 Acquisition of DFA/Saresco and creation of Aelia by merger with Aeroboutique Geographical expansion 1990-2000 2000 Relais H is renamed Relay. International launch of Relay, the leading international brand in Travel Essentials 1999 Development of operations in Travel Essentials in Germany, Poland and Czech Republic 1995 Acquisition of UCS (Canada) to become HDS Retail North America 1990 Acquisition of Eastern Lobby Shop (USA) The origins 1852-1990 1980 Creation of the Relais H brand 1965 First Duty Free boutique 1852 Opening of the first railway station bookstore in Paris, Gare de Lyon WORLDWIDE ABOUT US ACTIVITIES BRANDS LOCATIONS NEWS JOIN US CONTACT US FOLLOW US CODE OF ETHICS ETHICS LINE © 2021 Lagardère Travel Retail, a division of the Lagardère group. All rights reserved. Terms of use - Privacy Policy - Cookies Secure website