We harness our pioneering culture to make travel more enjoyable with bespoke offers and experiences. 

Lagardère Travel Retail aspires to weave moments of enjoyment into every passenger’s journey. We transform mundane waiting times into opportunities for discovery, craft spaces that inspire wonder, and curate experiences that resonate with individual preferences.   

To do so, we invest our world-class global expertise and local knowledge to bring tailor-made offers and experiences to life that benefit landlords and travelers alike. Our unique company culture enables our people to thrive in their work and exceed partners’ and travelers’ needs and expectations. Driven by passion, expertise, and teamwork, people are at the heart of our performance and the key of our success.    

As a French-based, international company inspired by our rich 170-year history, we support mobility in all forms, and today, our business model has become a benchmark in the industry thanks to our forward-thinking Three Business Lines model. Operating over 4,970 stores across Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion and Dining in airports, railway stations and other concessions in 51 countries worldwide, we generated €7.6bn sales in 2024.

Lagardère Travel Retail launched its UK operations in 2004, securing its first duty-free contract at Belfast International Airport. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly across the UK and Ireland, expanding into key airports and onboard Irish Ferries vessels with a dynamic mix of duty-free, fashion, and specialty retail concepts.

Today, we operate 22 stores across 9 airports and 8 ferries, achieving an annual turnover of approximately £111 million.