swiss dutyfree retailer dufry said on tuesday it saw strong sales momentum continue in july despite the soaring inflation after its turnover more than doubled in the first six months of the year the company which operates more than 2300 shops at airports on cruise liners in seaports and other tourist locations worldwide has been benefiting from a strong rebound in travel trends particularly in europe and the united states after restrictions imposed to tackle the pandemic were lifted the baselbased group posted a 146 rise in turnover to 292 billion swiss francs 306 billion in the january to june period corresponding to 755 of the prepandemic 2019 levels in constant currency advt chief executive officer xavier rossinyol who took over the role from june 1 said the strong momentum had continued into july when it reached around 90 of 2019 turnover levels regions like north america central america and the caribbean as well as some of the southern european and mediterranean countries perform in line or above 2019 rossinyol said he added however that the company would keep monitoring consumer sentiment and travelrelated spending in light of the current geopolitical and health situation dufry also introduced a new key performance metric core earnings before interests taxes depreciation and amortisation or core ebitda which reached 227 million francs and a 78 margin in the six months to june 30 the swiss firm added the combination with italian airport and motorway caterer autogrill announced in july was advancing as planned the aim of the deal is to create a travel industry giant to take advantage of growth opportunities as the sector rebounds the italian group last month reported a 78 rise in firsthalf likeforlike sales and nudged up its outlook for 2022 as passengers resumed traveling especially in north america reuters published on aug 9 2022 at 1257 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app retailer dufry dutyfree retail chain travel retailer revenue earnings homenewsindustrydufrys turnover more than doubles as sales inch towards 2019 levels