Airports
A laid-back retailer-airport relationship
The relationship between airport authority and concessionaire is one of the most critical, yet often under-rated elements of airport retail success. So chances are that when you find an airport with thriving commercial revenues, the human relationships are in pretty good shape too. Nowhere is that more the case than at Toronto Pearson International Airport,
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Quirky
In the beginning there was ‘the shed’…
My mother, a proud Irishwoman till the day she died, used to tell me never to forget my roots. While my barber, shaking his head sadly, gave me exactly the contrary advice 30 years later, I have never forgotten those maternal words. So when readers ask where The Moodie Report started I’m always delighted to
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Airports
Hong Kong SkyMart opens the new trunk line
Airport Authority Hong Kong’s ebullient Commercial Director Hans Bakker sees the airport as a modern day cross-roads. But in this case one that brings together all forms of transport – planes and boats and trains, as well as cars and helicopters. And knowing Hans, I wouldn’t count out submarines coming next… With all those modes
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People
Here’s Jonny!!
Regular readers of The Moodie Report – and certainly those who know its Kiwi publisher – will know that affinity towards the English rugby team falls rather low in our list of passions. But we make one honourable exception – namely the world’s second-greatest number 10 (behind Dan Carter of course), Jonny Wilkinson.It was Jonny,