This week’s announcement that Parfums Christian Dior International Director Travel Retailing André de Bausset is to leave the beauty house is a classic case of good news and bad news. After 18 years in total and eight in his current role, André is taking up a new post as International Director for Hennessy, effective 2 February. The good
Miscellaneous
Welcome to Brussels… I don’t think so
Sometimes you just wonder if people realise they are actually in the hospitality business… Arriving at Brussels railway station yesterday via Eurostar en route to today’s ETRC Forum, my travelling companion – Remy Cointreau’s newly appointed European Director, Global Travel Retail, Matthew Hodges – and I sought out a tourist information booth to find out
Read More
People
Reflections of a cleft child
News that a documentary, set in India, and dedicated to The Smile Train, has been nominated for a Hollywood Oscar is just about the biggest boost imaginable for the cleft charity. Smile Pinki is the true story of Pinki and Ghutaru, two young girls in rural India born desperately poor whose cleft lips have made
Read More
Events
A Ray of courage
There may have been a braver, more beautiful speech in the history of travel retail, but if so it came before I entered the business back in 1987. I’m talking about the words of Ray Martin, co-owner with his wife Christine of UK company Travel Retail Training, organisers of the annual Inflight Sales Person of
Read More
Miscellaneous
Simply Red… simply dazzling… simply Dubai Duty Free
It was the kind of gig, as they say, that you simply wouldn’t want to miss. As a journalist and commentator on this business for over two decades I certainly considered it a privilege to have been there. I’m talking about Dubai Duty Free’s 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, held last Thursday night in Dubai. What a dazzling,
Read More
Airlines
Rediscovering the thrill of flight – Emirates and excellence combine on the A380
The Moodie Report is back in Dubai for the Gala Dinner tonight to celebrate Dubai Duty Free’s 25th anniversary. It promises to be a glittering occasion, with many industry luminaries from around the globe arriving in Dubai for the occasion. The entertainment is led by none other than blockbuster UK band Simply Red. We’ll bring