{"id":299852,"date":"2019-05-21T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=299852"},"modified":"2019-05-21T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T20:00:25","slug":"dfs-wants-to-become-a-shop-dine-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dfs-wants-to-become-a-shop-dine-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"DFS wants to become a \u2018shop &#038; dine\u2019 destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_299853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299853\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RABOLD-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exciting things are happening at DFS Saipan Limited in Garapan with the opening of new spaces and stores that aims to create an impact for both CNMI residents and tourists. (Bea Cabrera)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Duty Free Saipan Ltd. in Garapan aims to become a place where tourists and residents can shop and dine alike.<\/p>\n<p>Toward that end, the T Galleria mall of DFS has been undergoing renovations the past few to create space that will offer both shopping and dining experiences for its customers.  <\/p>\n<p>Newly promoted DFS vice president for store operations Milan Rabold said that renovations within the DFS building to accommodate more stores are going swimmingly. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299856\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Milan-Rabold-mug-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-299856\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are coming to the end of our renovation inside as we have done most of the interior dedicated to fashion, watches, and jewelry. \u2026The total building is about 100,000 square feet and about 70 percent of that is dedicated to shops, [which covers] hundreds of brands.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The exterior renovation is now underway, he said, which explains the abundance scaffolding surrounding the building\u2019s fa\u00e7ade. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are building a very beautiful and modern fa\u00e7ade that even I can\u2019t wait to see myself because it\u2019s going to be fantastic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>DFS is looking at four more months and renovations should be done by August.<\/p>\n<p>All these are being done to bring the T Galleria to the next level when DFS introduces the \u201cshop and dine\u201d lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rabold, the next step is to open restaurants at the south side of the building where the casino used to be. \u201cRight now, we are using the area as temporary areas for some of our brands and we plan to maximize that whole area where we will have restaurants in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said DFS is working on a great restaurant line-up and food and beverage concept to create an overall satisfying customer experience and exciting environment both for locals and tourists.<\/p>\n<p>DFS already has a good mix of brands, with some having their own shops and some of them in kiosks.  In February this year, Cartier, the French company known the world over for its luxury products, brought its brand to the CNMI with a new boutique inside DFS Saipan.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCartier, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci are some of the brands that have their own store. \u2026Aside from Cartier, we also opened Omega, Fendi, and Prada.\u201d Rabold said.<\/p>\n<p>A section in the beauty area of T Galleria is now called the \u201cExcitement Zone,\u201d which DFS management described it as the \u201chappening\u201d area. Last Friday, fashion forward British brand \u201cBoy London\u201d launched its spring\/summer collection at the Excitement Zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duty Free Saipan Ltd. in Garapan aims to become a place where tourists and residents&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":299853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-299852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-dfs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}