13/03/2024

Avolta wins nine-year contract for 26 stores in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport

Leading global travel experience player Avolta AG (SIX: AVOL), is affirming and growing its presence in Türkiye. Recently confirming the award of a nine-year contract for 26 food & beverage (F&B) stores at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Avolta is renewing its existing 22 F&B stores and introducing four additional F&B locations to the airport. The contract is a significant extension to the company’s existing partnership with the Malaysia Airport’s fully owned Turkish asset, and builds on an eleven-year F&B collaboration, as well as a long-standing travel retail partnership, which will run until 2032. 

07/03/2024 Ad hoc

Avolta takes off: After a successful 2023, strong performance continues into the new year, management remains confident in long-term growth

2023 was a transformative and successful year for Avolta. The company completed a game-changing business combination, delivering its synergy targets in combination with an impressive set of financials in its first year. More resilient and diversified, Avolta continues to execute its Destination 2027 strategy with purpose. Avolta’s robust 2023 performance is reflected in a conservative 2.6x leverage. Under its new capital allocation policy a 2023 dividend of CHF 0.70/share is proposed, while targeting medium term leverage of 1.5-2.0x.

22/02/2024

We are delighted to invite you to our Full Year Results 2023 Presentation Webcast:

Thursday, 07 March 2024at 14.30h CET

17/01/2024

Avolta and Corporación America Airports unite for Strategic Airport Enhancement in Uruguay

Avolta, the leading global travel experience player, and Corporación America Airports (NYSE:CAAP), the leading private airport operator managing 53 airports in 6 countries, proudly announce their collaborative initiative to elevate the airport retail experience. In a pioneering move, Avolta and Corporación America Airports have forged a partnership to revolutionize travel retail in Uruguay, seeking to establish a novel business model by leveraging the combined expertise of duty-free retail and airport management as master concessionaire for travel retail.

10/01/2024

Avolta bolsters presence in Bulgaria with exclusive air-side retail contract for Burgas and Varna airports

Avolta AG (SIX: AVOL), the leading global travel experience player, is expanding in Bulgaria with an eight-year contract extension, six new stores and an increase in its total retail space to 2,707m² at Burgas and Varna airports. The tender win marks a significant milestone and recognizes Avolta’s strong partnership with Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, granting Avolta the exclusive Master Retail Concession air-side at Burgas and Varna airports, Bulgaria’s second and third busiest airports respectively.

13/11/2023

Avolta’s HMSHost Brings New Taste of Memphis to Concourse B at Memphis International Airport — The Wise Omega Bodega

The New Bar Offers Wine, Spirits, and Ready-to-drink Canned Cocktails, and Gives Travelers a Taste of Memphis through Craft Beer 

09/11/2023

Avolta ready for next era: changes ticker to AVOL and unveils avoltaworld.com

Avolta AG announces that its shares (ISIN CH0023405456, Swiss Security No. 2340545) will start trading today on the Swiss Stock Exchange as (SIX: AVOL). With its inclusive and engaging visual identity as showcased on avoltaworld.com, Avolta now leads the way as the company aligns under a single, united and strategic global brand to fully realise its Destination 2027 strategy.

03/11/2023

Dufry shareholders approve the change of the company name to Avolta AG

An Extraordinary General Meeting of Dufry AG was held today in Basel, Switzerland. At the meeting, the shareholders resolved to change the company name of Dufry AG to Avolta AG. A total number of 99,885,200 shares was represented, corresponding to 66.36% of the total share capital of Dufry AG.

02/11/2023 Ad hoc

Dufry delivers strong and resilient 9M 2023: Turnover of CHF 9,383 million, CORE EBITDA margin of 9.5% and EFCF of CHF 305 million

Dufry – soon to be named Avolta – confirms the delivery of a strong set of Quarter Three 2023 (+16.0% Organic Growth¹) and Nine Months 2023 numbers, as a result of its global portfolio and its clear strategy designed to drive growth, resilient profitability and cash generation. Yet another quarter has shown the value of the Dufry-Autogrill combination: more diversified and resilient, Dufry is driving the Travel Experience Revolution.

24/10/2023

Dufry, soon to be Avolta, announces strategic partnership with Hubei Airport Group as master concessionaire at Wuhan Tianhe Airport’s Terminal 2

Dufry – soon to be named Avolta – strengthens its market presence and underlines its confidence in the China market by forming a joint venture with Hubei Airport Group to operate the Wuhan Tianhe Airport’s Terminal 2 as master concessionaire – an airport with over 27 million passengers in 2019. Within the partnership, Dufry fully leverages its newly enhanced capabilities resulting from the Dufry-Autogrill business combination to showcase innovative travel retail, F&B, convenience and hybrid concepts, optimizing revenue generation and elevating the travel experience across a footprint of 77 stores and 13,000 m².

20/10/2023

Invitation to Dufry’s Q3 Trading Update 2023

Dufry is delighted to invite you to our Q3 Trading Update 2023 Video Conference Webcast:Thursday, 02 November 2023at 14.30h CET

10/10/2023

Dufry Publishes Invitation to its Extraordinary General Meeting on November 03, 2023

Today, Dufry has published the invitation to its Extraordinary General Meeting 2023. The event will take place on November 3, 2023, at 09.30 a.m. CET (doors open at 09.00 a.m. CET), at Radisson Blu Hotel, Steinentorstrasse 25, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.The Extraordinary General Meeting invitation and agenda can be accessed here: 2023 Extraordinary General Meeting.