History Recent history in Austria Acceleration 2001-2015 Geographical expansion 1990-2000 The origins 1852-1990 Recent history in Austria 2021 Opening of two Viennese coffee and pastry shops AIDA in Innsbruck Tyrol 2020 Second Viennese coffee and pastry shop AIDA opens at Graz main station 2019 First Viennese coffee and pastry shop AIDA opens at Vienna International Airport 2018 Take over of four new stores in the main train stations in Salzburg and Graz 2018 Opening of first TRIB's store at Vienna International Airport 2017 Opening of new concept Brezel Meister at Vienna International Airport 2015 Acquisition of Airest Germany & Retail GmbH, an established leader in Foodservice Acceleration 2001-2015 2015 Lagardère Services becomes Lagardère Travel Retail 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 2021 Recent history in Austria 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 AUSTRIA ABOUT US ACTIVITIES 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 and cookies policies Secure website