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New beauty and hair salon concept
Marie Claire Jet Style is opening in
train stations and airports in 2020,
offering speedy services for time-
poor travellers.
The first multi-service salon,
launched in partnership with hair and
beauty experts Marie Claire, will open
at London’s King’s Cross St Pancras
station on February 14, 2020.
Marie Claire Jet Style will offer
manicure, pedicure and blow dry
treatments in 45 minutes to the 57
million travellers who pass through
the station each year, with the
coffee on-site provided by mega
chain Starbucks.
Another salon is planned to open
at Waterloo too – the station has animpressive 113 million footfall – and
the company is also in talks to launch
at London Bridge, New Street and
Victoria stations.
“There are 250 million
customers who use the
railway network every
year, so it’s strange that
there isn’t anywhere in
these retail hubs for women
who are walking past to utilise their
downtime while waiting for the
train. The multi-service salon was
born from this need,” founder and
entrepreneur Steph Stevenson told
Professional Beauty.
Marie Claire Jet Style will also be
opening in Heathrow – terminals two,
three and five – in Q1 of 2020, as theNew beauty salon for commuters opening in
train stations and airports across the UK
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brand looks to make its mark in
airports too.
“49% of travellers who go through
Heathrow airport are women and
they have 178 minutes of nothing to
do except browse duty free, which
quite frankly, if you’re travelling a lot,
you’re over,” added Stevenson. “I
wondered why, when 75% of women
work full time, there wasn’t an option
to maximise this lost time.”International News
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Kylie Cosmetics launches into travel
retail with airport vending machines
Kylie Cosmetics breaks the traditional
mode of beauty sales within the travel
retail landscape by introducing her
products in vending machines.
The eye catching vending
machines first debuted at the Las
Vegas McCarran International Airport.
This announcement of the new retail
channel comes after US beauty house
Coty announced it acquired a 51%
interest in the brand. This acquisition
will see Coty help take Kylie Cosmetics
global, while Kylie will remain at thehelm of the creative vision for the
brand. Coty which already has a
substantial footprint in the travel
retail channel, has the resources and
knowhow to get Kylie Cosmetics
into the channel.
The method of using
vending machines is an
interesting alternative to the
brands usual pop-ups that have
had wild success across the US. The
beauty and cosmetics market in
travel retail is a booming market, withbig players Lancome, L’Oreal
and Shishedo all seasoned
veterans in this market, with this move
we see the entry of Kylie Cosmetics
vying for a piece of the pie. PBJumeriah Group continues
to grow their European
portfolio by adding Capri Palace,
Jumeirah, which is situatied in Anacaprion the island of Capri, overlooking the
Gulf of Naples.
The hotel which first opened in the
1960s, will undergo refurbishments
reopening in Spring of 2020. The
hotel features 68 guest rooms and
was designed in the style of an 18th
century Neapolitan palazzo.
The luxury hotels décor is
Mediterranean inspired with blue,
white and natural tones in everyroom. Guests can enjoy two Michelin-
starred restaurants Il Riccio and L’Olivo,
cooking up Mediterranean cuisine
while offering breathtaking views of
the Blue Grotto. The hotel also boasts a
world-class medical spa facility – Capri
Beauty Farm, which offers “holistic spa
experiences and combines the best
western and eastern traditions with an
emphasis on medical and scientific
principles and methodologies”.017 PBGCC DEC19 Int News.indd 17017 PBGCC DEC19 Int News.indd 17 17/12/2019 17:3317/12/2019 17: