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Rakhita Jayawardena, founder and President of
King Power Traveler, has confirmed he will deliver the closing
keynote address at the Airline Retail Conference (ARC2011) on
12 January 2011.
Mr Jayawardena will deliver his address on the
subject of “Airlines & Suppliers Working in Partnership”, an issue
for which he is uniquely qualified, having managed and operated
more than 40 airline concession and supply service contracts
globally.
With a career in duty free spanning three
decades, Jayawardena has held high-profile positions with Air
Lanka and South African Airways and has been President of Inflight
Duty Free Shop (New York), Alpha (UK) and now Kingpower Traveler.
He was also the founding President of APTRA (the Asia Pacific
Travel Retail Association).
ARC event director
Alex Vail said, “We are thrilled that Rakhita has agreed to speak
at the event. He is well-respected as a true pioneer in the
inflight retail industry, and we are all excited to hear his views
on partnerships between suppliers and airlines – a unifying
threads of the conference.”
ARC2011 will take place on Tuesday 11 and
Wednesday 12 January at the Grand Hyatt Macau.
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