Travel Retail Spirit Masters 2009

In October 2009 The Spirits Business will host The Travel Retail Spirit Masters in a bid to discover and reward the finest brands on the world stage.

Patience Gould, editor of The Spirits Business, along with a panel of leading spirits and travel retail specialists, will judge this unique competition in which excellence will be recognised by category and for design & packaging.

The categories to be judged will be:

• Best Travel Retail Scotch Whisky Exclusive
• Best Travel Retail White Spirits Launch
• Best Travel Retail Brown Spirits Launch
• Best Travel Retail Liqueur Launch
• Best Design & Packaging

To enter The Travel Retail Spirit Masters you must be one of the following: • a brand owner • a producer • a distributor/importer or • a retailer

Silver, Gold and Masters will be awarded in each category

The Gold and Masters winners from each category will be judged for the overall title of The Travel Retail Spirit Master 2009

Awards will be given at the discretion of the judges. The chairman’s decision is final

To enter, download the entry form below and complete it, providing all relevant information

To pay, please include a cheque made payable to Union Press Ltd or provide credit card details on the entry form

Please forward UK duty paid samples to Sheila Crisp, The Spirits Business, Wigglesworth House, Fourth Floor, 69 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HH, UK

Each entry must be supported by two bottles per category and must include the entry form

Entry deadline: 25 September 2009

Click here to download an entry form

The results will be announced on 19 October 2009 at The Carlton InterContinental Beach Bar, Cannes, during the TAX FREE WORLD ASSOCIATION. Please join us for a cocktail and canapés between 6pm and 8pm.

For more information on The Travel Retail Spirit Masters please contact

Daisy Jones, associate publisher, The Spirits Business

on t: +44 (0) 20 7803 2452 e: info@thespiritsbusiness.com