Fashion
Luxury travel specialist DFS Group has opened its largest global store: a wine, spirits and tobacco flagship at Singapore’s Changi Airport.
The store, in the airport’s Terminal 3, covers 11,400 sq ft across two floors. Designed by award-winning interior designer Masamichi Katayama, the shop features the Raffles Long Bar, in collaboration with Singapore’s famous Raffles Hotel. The ground floor also includes atrium tasting bars and a private lounge.
Drinks brands Absolut, Dom Pérignon, Glenfiddich, Hendrick’s, Hennessy, Johnnie Walker, The Macallan, Martell, and Penfolds are showcasing their heritage and products within individually designed boutiques.
DFS Group chief executive and chairman Philippe Schaus said: “When we embarked on this unique project, we wanted to offer Singapore, the most renowned travel destination in Southeast Asia with the most modern airport, a wines and spirits store of a quality and richness unlike anywhere else in the world.
“That is why we secured the collaboration of Masamichi Katayama to build this one-of-a-kind, two-level experiential store, drawing inspiration from the most stylish bars and restaurants around the world as well as from the traditional and historic cellars of France and Scotland.”
Lee Seow Hiang, chief executive of Changi Airport Group, added: “The store – with its stunning façade and double-volume grandeur – is not only a design showpiece on its own, but the extensive range of products and unique boutiques truly enhance the overall retail experience.”
