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...Eurocrats are of a mind to act-either by barring the shops to passengers traveling between Market countries, or by imposing a limit (perhaps $150) on duty-free purchases. But no one needs to fear a quick disappearance of $3.50 per quart Cutty Sark Scotch (at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport) or Gauloises at $1.75 a carton (at Paris' Orly). Market officials will not act at all before the end of 1973, if then...
Shopper's Paradise. Shannon, where the idea of duty-free shops originated in 1952, is close to Schiphol in range and price. It opened in the era of prop planes, when a refueling stop was a must on a transatlantic flight. The jet age brought a temporary drop in Shannon's business, but last year 714,000 passengers passed through, nearly double the number in the peak pre-jet years. The thought of picking up an authentic Aran Islands sweater for $19.50, a genuine Irish tweed sports jacket for $32, or a hand-crocheted christening shawl...
...flight abroad, and as the travel season begins in earnest with the coming of June, it will be the source of rich business for airport authorities, who usually lease the shops to private entrepreneurs. The goods that they offer are as varied as diamonds at Amsterdam's Schiphol, fur hats ($10 to $75) at Moscow's Sheremetyevo, and what one experienced traveler describes as "jars filled with something looking suspiciously like pickled men's feet" at Lome, Togo...
Willing to Refund. Amsterdam's Schiphol offers the biggest variety and best prices. It leads all other airport shops in sales, which were $10 million last year. Schiphol also has the world's first duty-free self-service liquor and tobacco store, where passengers can pick and choose just as they do in a neighborhood supermarket. Another innovation is a tax-free automobile showroom with a choice of 21 models, including a British Ford Cortina for $1,500, about 23% less than the London price tag. Within half an hour of arrival, a traveler can drive away...
Beaming with pleasure, The Netherlands' Princess Irene drove out to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport one day last week to meet her future in-laws. The visitors-Prince Xavier and Princess Magdalena-were coming to celebrate Irene's engagement to their son, Spain's Prince Carlos de Borbon y Parma, and with them was the royal engagement ring, a large ruby surrounded by diamonds. Quickly, Irene slipped it on and happily showed it off for the television cameras. Next day in The Hague, she and Carlos were toasted with champagne by the Dutch Cabinet, and busied themselves...