Capi wins international tenders at O.R. Tambo International Airport
Hoofddorp, January 2, 2012 – Capi, market leader in electronics retail at airports and its local JV partners, has won the international retail tender for electronics at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. In addition to winning the tender for its existing multibrand electronics store, Capi has won an additional tender for a telecom shop at O.R. Tambo.
The new leases are for a period of five years, with a possible extension for two more years.
Both stores will be designed according to Capi’s new shop concept Capi – The Travellers Electronics Company and will carry the latest electronics and photography innovations, especially selected for the travelling consumer.
O.R. Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) in Johannesburg is the air transport hub of Southern Africa, catering for more than 17 million passengers each year. Capi’s store, with a size of ca. 245 m2, is located right in the heart of the International Departures lounge, opposite the main Duty Free Store.
"Capi-Lux South Africa is pleased and honored by the faith shown by the airport authority in awarding it a contract at O.R. Tambo International Airport for a further five years," says Mzimaze Dlwati, director of Capi-Lux South Africa. "We look forward to presenting a new Capi concept store in the next four months that will add to the enhancement of O.R. Tambo International Airport."
Peter Wiggers, CEO of Capi, says: "This deal completes a year in which Capi has successfully extended its contracts for all locations that were open for renegotiation – a unique achievement. This is proof of the confidence international airports have in Capi’s innovative marketing concept."
About Capi
Capi – The Travellers Electronics Company - is part of Royal Capi-Lux since 1894 with headquarters in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Royal Capi-Lux is one of the founders of the Amsterdam Airport Shopping Centre and has been active in airport retailing since 1957. Capi is active at 17 airports throughout Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. It distributes electronics through owned shops at airports in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich, Helsinki, Oslo, Johannesburg and Cape Town and Business to Business partners.
For more information, please contact:
Capi-Lux Netherlands BV
Eline Tuijn
eline.tuijn@capi.com
+31(0)235699502