{"id":39162,"date":"2019-01-29T14:59:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=39162"},"modified":"2019-01-29T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:59:49","slug":"rituals-plans-slow-travellers-opens-prague-toulouse-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/rituals-plans-slow-travellers-opens-prague-toulouse-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rituals plans slow down for travellers as it opens at Prague and Toulouse airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rituals, the lifestyle brand inspired by a \u2018slow down\u2019 philosophy, is continuing to grow its footprint in travel retail with its latest store openings at V\u00e1clav Havel Airport Prague and Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Through its standalone stores at airports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/rituals-brings-ritual-yalda-winter-limited-edition-collection-travellers\/\">Rituals<\/a> is now at the forefront of the lifestyle category in travel retail, curating an assortment of products spanning numerous categories, including perfume and cosmetics, fashion and home. These stores deliver the ultimate Rituals experience \u2013 bringing the \u2018slow down\u2019 philosophy to life and offering the full lifestyle product assortment in a distinctive and engaging retail space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39181\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-39181 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39181 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-3-min.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> TOULOUSE: L-R: Eveline Baillet \u2013 Store Manager, Lea Jimonet \u2013 Sales Advisor, Pauline Chauwin \u2013 Assistant Store Manager, Danique Harleman \u2013 Rituals Area Manager Travel Retail, Neil Ebbutt \u2013 Rituals Director Travel Retail, Bruno Balerdi \u2013 Toulouse Airport Non-Aeronautical Revenue Development Director, Karine Ducos \u2013 Toulouse Airport Marketing Retail &amp; Advertising Manager, Celia Folgueral \u2013 Toulouse Airport Marketing, Animations and Foodservice Manager, Annabel Saffon \u2013 Sales Advisor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 92sq m store at <strong>Toulouse Airport <\/strong>officially opened on 22nd January and is Rituals\u2019 biggest-ever in travel retail. The shop is part of the airport\u2019s newly refurbished retail area in departures, directly after security.<\/p>\n<p>The space invites travellers to discover Rituals\u2019 entire lifestyle range, including the women\u2019s Soulwear collection. Ideally suited to the travelling consumer, the Soulwear collection comprises comfortable garments which travellers can relax in during their journey and wear at their end destination to do gentle exercise such as yoga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39182 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-4-min.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rituals\u2019 best-selling collections are available at the store, providing multiple gifting options to travellers: Ritual of Sakura, Ritual of Dao, Ritual of Ayurveda, Ritual of Happy Buddha, Ritual of Hammam, Ritual of Samurai, Ritual of Namast\u00e9. Also on offer is Rituals\u2019 collection of Eau De Parfums \u2013 Oriental Essences \u2013 and its Home range of candles and fragrance sticks.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the shop are greeted by fully-trained Rituals sales staff before being invited to the brand\u2019s iconic Water Island to enjoy a complimentary hand massage ritual which utilises luxurious Rituals products.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the high number of Chinese travellers at Toulouse Airport, Rituals has implemented Alipay and WeChat payment options to complement the regular card and cash methods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 52sq m store at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/prague-airport-duty-free\/\"><strong>Prague Airport<\/strong><\/a>, executed in partnership with Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail, officially opened on 23rd January 2019 and is located in Terminal 2.<\/p>\n<p>Rituals\u2019 best-selling collections are available to purchase along with the brand\u2019s collection of Eau De Parfums, Home range of candles and fragrance sticks and Limited Editions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39180\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-39180 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39180 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-opening-min.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> PRAGUE: L-R: Hostess, Richard Proch\u00e1zka \u2013 COO Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail Czech Republic, Jana Vol\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1 \u2013 General Manager Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail Czech Republic, Neil Ebbutt \u2013 Rituals Director Travel Retail, Danique Harleman \u2013 Rituals Area Manager Travel Retail, Nela Uvarovov\u00e1 &#8211; Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail Czech Republic P&amp;C Category Manager, hostess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39173 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2-680x510.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Prague-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The brand\u2019s signature sakura tree features prominently by the entrance of the store, serving to remind travellers of the Asian wisdom and ancient traditions that inspire Rituals\u2019 products. The brand experience is completed with complimentary hand massages that are available at the store\u2019s Water Island.<\/p>\n<p>Rituals Director Travel Retail, Neil Ebbutt, said: \u201cThese latest two openings add to the fantastic momentum we\u2019ve been experiencing in Europe travel retail and we\u2019re particularly excited to unveil our largest-ever travel retail store, at Toulouse Airport \u2013 a key milestone for the brand. A big space like this means we can offer travellers our full lifestyle product assortment, including Soulwear, and deliver the most complete expression of the Rituals brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ebbutt continued: \u201cIt\u2019s our pleasure to partner with Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail to open yet another standalone store in travel retail. This format provides the ideal platform for us to deliver the full Rituals \u2018slow down\u2019 experience while showcasing our credentials as a true multi-category lifestyle brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-680x907.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39179 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6-680x907.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Toulouse-6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rituals, the lifestyle brand inspired by a \u2018slow down\u2019 philosophy, is continuing to grow its footprint in travel retail with its latest store openings at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7082,2597,535,7083,1,477,7093,7086,7085],"tags":[44,69,46,56,7375,1544,43,638,7374,7373],"class_list":["post-39162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-fragrances","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-luxury","category-mens-grooming","category-skincare-and-haircare","tag-cosmetics","tag-duty-free","tag-fashion","tag-fragrance","tag-home","tag-lagardere-travel-retail","tag-perfume","tag-rituals","tag-toulouse-blagnac-airport","tag-vaclav-havel-airport-prague"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}