Lagardère Travel Retail Romania signs partnership with West Gate and opens 2 new units

Lagardère Travel Retail Romania expands the partnership with offices park West Gate, owned by Genesis Property, by opening 2 new units, 1 Minute and So!Coffee worth close to EUR 95,000.

The first unit 1 Minute was opened in 2013 at the ground floor of building H5.

„The presence of two new units Lagardère within West Gate park proves the interest that we share for the continuous improvement of the services range for our tenants’ employees. The coffee shop at the ground floor isn’t anymore a nice to have, but a must have in their wish lists,” said Liviu Tudor, president and founder of Genesis Property.

„The opening of the So!Coffee coffee shop and the second store 1 Minute within West Gate Business District represents for the successful partnership expansion with the developer Genesis Property, after four years since the launch of the first 1 Minute within this offices park. We continue to invest in the team training and in the training programs for customer service, to provide the clients an experience as pleasant as possible in the networks 1 Minute and So!Coffee, in a modern environment,” said Petruța Ionita, head of marketing & store planning at Lagardère Travel Retail Romania.

With an experience of over 165 years in the trade from transit areas, Lagardère Travel Retail is one of the main players on the Travel Retail market worldwide, with over 4,100 stores for three business lines: duty-free & luxury, travel essentials and foodservice.

In 2016 the Lagardère Travel Retail division registered a turnover of EUR 4.2 billion at global level.

In Romania, the company is present for 20 years on the retail market and operates a network of over 245 stores for the news & convenience, gifts & souvenirs and foodservice segments.