Thailand's King Power cements duty-free reign at more airports

Wins at Phuket and other hubs follow what critics call opaque selection

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A King Power duty-free shop at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thai travel retailer King Power International Group has secured exclusive rights to operate duty-free stores at three more of the country's airports for another decade, continuing its monopoly in the sector even as a trade body voiced dissatisfaction with the selection process.

King Power has won the bidding for duty-free spaces at Phuket, Chiang Mai and Hat Yai airports, said state-owned Airports of Thailand on Monday.

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