Dubai aims to be top airport by retail sales with help from China travellers
Dubai
DUBAI, fresh from capturing the title of busiest international airport from London Heathrow, has set its sights on becoming the world's top hub by retail sales this year as a flood of Chinese passengers add to a shopping spree.
Spending at Dubai International Airport should reach US$2.1 billion in 2015, up from US$1.9 billion last year, when 80 days of runway repairs cut receipts by about US$50 million, said Colm McLoughlin, vice-chairman of Dubai Duty Free, which runs 26,000 square metres of retail space at the hub.
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