ASUTIL History
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WENDY MORLEY
ASUTIL was created to represent the best interests of those in the duty free industry in South America
ASUTIL’s Secretary General José Luis Donagaray and Treasurer Daniel Pomiés
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n Rio de Janeiro in August of 1994, a group of the top people in the duty free industry in South America gathered. They had met many times before, but this time they were meeting for a special purpose: to sign the constitution of the Asociación Sudamericana de Tiendas Libres, known as ASUTIL. The next year, ASUTIL was formalized as an international non-political, non-profit organization. One year later, ASUTIL headquarters opened in the Torre Libertad – Plaza Cagancha 1335 Ofic. 501/502. The association has since moved to the World Trade Center at 1248 Luis Alberto de Herrara tower in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay. SIGNING THE CONSTITUTION WERE: Samuel Kauffmann, Brasif Comercial/Cafés Finos Lojas Francas Santos de Araújo Fagundes, Brasif Comercial/Cafés Finos Lojas Francas Sergio Penticoinas, Brasif Comercial/Cafés Finos Lojas Francas Carmen Cecilia de Mayz, Fundación del Niño H. Rubens Horwatitsch, H. Stern Aurelio Barria Jr., Impotaciones Eldorado and Aerolibres Equatoriana Carlos Maris Cabrera, Interbaires Ricardo Spitznagel, Interbaires Victor Hugo A. Bonnet, London Supply Juan Alberto Quartino Cueskes, Neutral José Luiz Falcáo Borja, Rota Consultores Ariel Sanchez Sanchez, Zeinal Hermanos and Bernabel Trading Luis Lapique, Zeinal Hermanos and Bernabel Trading www.dutyfreemagazine.ca AMERICAS DUTY FREE & TRAVEL RETAILING
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