Milan, 19 November 2003 - Autogrill, through its subsidiary HMSHost Corporation and joint venture partner Houston 8 Team LLC, awarded a seven-year contract to develop and operate seventeen new and specialty stores at Houston Intercontinental Airport.
The concepts are expected to generate more than US$190 million in revenue over the life of the agreement.
With more than 35 million passengers a year, Houston Intercontinental Airport is the twentieth largest airport world-wide and the twelfth in the USA in terms of passenger traffic.
The company Autogrill S.p.A. was merged into the company World Duty Free S.r.l. effective as from November 1st, 2023 .
At the same time, the company World Duty Free S.r.l. was transformed into a joint-stock company with the name World Duty Free S.p.A..