“Are we nearly there yet?” It’s a question any parent who travels with small children has come to know and dread. On Monday, it was an oft-aired query as Team Moodie #1 and #2 kicked off the company’s 2013 Great Travel Retail Educathlon efforts (there are more to follow this weekend). I’d like to say
Events
Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Readers’ Competition
It’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby time again this Saturday as the retailer moves its focus from the Middle East to The Curragh racetrack in Dublin. As regular readers of this Blog will know, each year we enlist the expert assistance of one of the world’s leading punters, the legendary Moodie Tipster, to try to
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Events
Dubai Duty Free gets party going with Pre-Wimbledon bash
With the Great British Summer in as full a flow as is ever likely (no rain outside Moodie HQ here in London for at least 24 hours), the world’s greatest tennis players are currently serving, smashing and in some cases grunting their way through the Wimbledon Championships just down the road, writes Rahul Odedra. Wimbledon
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Airports
Fur flies as Copenhagen Airport woos Chinese visitors
I’m in Copenhagen to witness what is surely one of travel retail’s great events, writes Gavin Lipsith, a perfect example of what cuddly TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough might call ‘the Chinese travel shopper, in its natural habitat’. Over the next couple of hours more than 600 high-spending Chinese passengers will depart from Copenhagen Airport –
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Events
Saluting a great family spirit at Camus
“We’ve had 150 years to plan this,” joked Cyril Camus as he welcomed around 200 guests to an extraordinary celebration in Cognac on Friday evening. The occasion was the 150th anniversary of Camus, founded in 1863 by Jean-Baptiste Camus. Cyril represents the fifth generation of the family, following the proud traditions of Jean-Baptiste, Edmond &
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Miscellaneous
Revealing a new world-class face for LAX Airport
Los Angeles now has a terminal to rank with the very best at the world’s airports. That’s the firm conclusion to be drawn following last week’s media unveiling of the new Tom Bradley International (TBIT). The event was an emotional one for many of the protagonists. One could sense how much it meant in the
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Miscellaneous
Looking to a new experience at LAX
I’m in Los Angeles this week for the highly anticipated unveiling of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal (seen in renderings above and below) – which promises to be a landmark moment in more ways than one. For LAX and master developer Westfield, it’s the largest public works project ever to take place in the
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Miscellaneous
Paco Rabanne Invictus: All Eyes on the Prize
Some days, I really love my job, writes Rebecca Mann. Last month, in Paris, I had one of those days. The event in question was the official reveal of Invictus, the new men’s fragrance from Paco Rabanne, fronted by professional athlete Nick Youngquest. The Moodie Report was the exclusive travel retail media at the launch.
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Events
King of the Road
Road bike for sale or rent Please donate fifty cents No beer, no wine, I bet I’ll need a cigarette Ah, but two days of pain and skids Let’s me help all those kids I’m a man of means by no means King of the road. – With apologies to Roger Miller and ‘King of
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People
Supporting a remarkable life cycle
Of all the charitable endeavours we hear about in this industry (and we try to support most), there aren’t many of greater merit than that being undertaken by Fraser Dunlop, Global Head of Food for World Duty Free Group. For those of you who don’t know Fraser, he is the man who defied practically all the
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Miscellaneous
The Rise of the Chinese Backpacker
As many people across the industry work up a sweat training for The Moodie Report Great Travel Retail Educathlon, I’m in Bangkok attending a boot camp of a different kind, writes Melody Ng. Organised by Digital Innovation Asia (DIA) in partnership with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the DIA China Social Media Boot Camp
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Miscellaneous
Shiseido’s breathtaking Ibuki ad premieres in Paris
Paris has always had the power to take my breath away – for reasons good and bad (have you seen what the tourist traps charge for a coffee these days?) – but last Friday it managed to leave me breathless for all the right reasons. I was visiting the City of Light courtesy of Shiseido,
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Miscellaneous
DFS makes crystal clear statement with M launch at Changi
The Edrington and DFS teams celebrate the launch of The Macallan M at Singapore Changi Airport on Monday Following on from my visit to Hong Kong last week for the unveiling of The Macallan M, I was in Singapore yesterday for the retail debut of the stunning new decanter with DFS at Changi Airport, writes