"Passenger terminals are morphing into shopping malls as well as artistic and recreational venues. No longer restricted to offering  magazine stands, fast-food outlets, and duty-free shops, airport terminals now house brand-name boutiques, specialty stores, and  upscale restaurants. Larger airports in Asia and Europe are going further, incorporating gallerias, shopping streets, and gourmet and  culinary clusters, as well as meeting, entertainment, arts, and cultural venues.

Hong Kong International Airport, for instance,  has a galleria with more than 20 high-end designer clothing shops. Singapore Changi Airport includes cinemas, saunas, and  a tropical butterfly forest, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is home to the Rijksmuseum, displaying the work of Dutch masters. Dubai  International’s terminal has a 0.6-mile- (1-km-) long shopping corridor that last year racked up $1.1 billion in duty-free sales alone." [...]

http://www.aerotropolis.com/files/2009_UrbanLand_AirportCities.pdf

 http://www.aerotropolis.com/files/2010_The_Way_Forward.pdf