Kim Tae-ho, Vice President of Hotel Shilla, Appointed as 7th Chairman of Duty-Free Shop Association

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Kim Taeho, Vice President of Hotel Shilla, has been appointed as the 7th President of the Korea Duty Free Shop Association. This is the first time a president from Hotel Shilla has been appointed.

According to the distribution industry on the 2nd, the Korea Duty Free Shop Association appointed Vice President Kim as the new president effective March 1. It is known that he was elected as the new president at a non-face-to-face general meeting last week.

President Kim was born in 1968 and joined Samsung Electronics in 1991. Since 2013, he has held positions such as head of the support team and business division head of Hotel Shilla’s duty-free distribution business department, and has been in charge of the duty-free distribution business division since 2021.

In his inaugural speech, he identified the association’s top priorities as “the prompt recovery of the duty-free industry” and “securing new growth engines,” stating, “We will lead changes that align with the flow of the times.”

He also added, “We will strive to actively improve regulations that hinder the development of the duty-free industry and securing global competitiveness.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.