USA.  Welcome to our coverage of the International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) Summit of the Americas in Orlando, Florida, in which we bring you our choice of the event’s highlights in words, images and videos.

Around 1,000 delegates from the regional industry and around the world are expected to attended across the event dates of 28-31 March at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel and convention centre.

28 March

After several years in Palm Beach and Miami, the Summit returns to Orlando, the city that hosted the event for many years.

Click the image to open The Moodie Davitt Magazine for March-April

The Moodie Davitt Report is represented by Publisher Irene Revilla and Managing Editor Ameesha Raizada, who will lead our coverage in the days ahead, starting with the Welcome Cocktail tonight.

Ameesha will also lead one of the key conference sessions, on converging channels and hybrid retail-to-dining concepts, on Monday at 1pm.

Speakers include Avolta Executive Vice President Duty Free North America Kate Herzig, Lagardère Travel Retail Peru CEO Miguel Ruiz and Airport Restaurant & Retail Association Executive Director Andrew Weddig.

This session will discuss how the integration of business channels can drive innovation and offer lessons from hybrid experiences to date, with implications for dwell time, penetration and conversion.

Meanwhile, the latest issue of The Moodie Davitt Magazine (click on the image right for access) turns its spotlight firmly and fittingly on the US market.

This dual digital and print edition (with hard copies available at the Summit) is anchored by two on-location reports from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, where a sweeping US$19.5 billion redevelopment is reshaping both infrastructure and the traveller experience.

We cast the spotlight on the latest developments at Terminal 4 and Terminal 8, with more to follow; watch out for a special edition of our Spotlight eZine series dedicated to JFKIAT-run T4.

Expectations are high for a successful Summit in its new location for 2026, Rosen Shingle Creek