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  • Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail announces new Vice President Marketing

    Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail announces new Vice President Marketing

    Craig Johnson, currently Vice President Global Marketing, Absolut Vodka at The Absolut Company, is appointed to the position of Vice President Marketing of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PR GTR) from January 2019, reporting to Mohit Lal, CEO of Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail. Johnson will be based in Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail’s London headquarters and will also become a member of the PR GTR Executive Team.

    This organizational change will continue to build on the strong work achieved so far since the consolidation of the global travel team, by continuing to push category boundaries of what can be achieved within the channel and connect with travelers across the globe at different stages of the Travel Trail through innovative and meaningful communications.

    Craig Johnson, BA Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology and MBA, The University of Connecticut, started his career at BIC in 1993, where he transitioned from engineering to marketing, before joining Allied Domecq Spirits USA in 1999 as Brand Director, Innovation & Advantage.

    Craig joined the Group at Pernod Ricard USA in 2004 as Brand Director and became Vice President Marketing, Spirits in 2010. He joined The Absolut Company in 2013 as Global Brand Director, Malibu, and was promoted to Global Marketing Director in late 2015.

    From January 2019 Craig is the Global Vice President Marketing for Global Travel Retail.

  • Shiseido creates Global Travel Retail marketing team in Singapore

    Shiseido creates Global Travel Retail marketing team in Singapore

    Japanese beauty products giant Shiseido has created a Global Travel Retail (GTR) marketing team based in Singapore.

    The company said that the new team is aligned with the Group Vision 2020 and reflects the priority role of travel retail in the expansion of its brands globally,

    “Working closely with our travel retail regional teams and as a hub towards our brands’ partners, we aim at further elevating our services and product offering towards an ever more demanding global traveller,” Shiseido said.

    The team is headed by Global Shiseido Travel Retail Marketing Director Elisabeth Jouguelet-Aparicio, who reports to Group Travel Retail President Philippe Lesne.

    Underlining the group’s commitment to the travel retail channel, the team includes a dedicated travel retail exclusives products Manager (Constance Raboulin).

    The company said: “As the Global Travel Retail team, we aspire to be the beacon for brands by infusing their DNA into regional offices. We relentlessly work towards becoming an innovation hub that provide specialised and value-added services. We commit to acting as the bridge between brands and regions.”