| intelligence that keeps pace with the industry Research To keep pace with this ever changing industry, TFWA commissions consumer research such as the following studies; Asia Pacific’s Travelling Consumer in 2001, the JTM/TFWA Study "Trends and Behaviour of Japanese International Travellers" in 2002, 2003 and 2004, the European Consumers as Travel Retail Customers in 2002 and the TFWA/ACNielsen Chinese Traveller Study in 2005. Corporate Development The main areas of responsibility for the Corporate Development Department are the evolution of statutes and Association rules and regulations, membership development and relations with international Duty Free / Travel Retail bodies.
The Association aims to encourage close relationships between suppliers and operators worldwide, to play a part in representing the interests of its Members and the industry as a whole and, in particular, provide business support for the industry with unrivalled products and services.
One of the aims of TFWA is to help bring together the various players of our industry on a global level in order to build partnerships, alliances and co-operation from which the entire industry will benefit. | 
