In a troubled world full of violence, greed and often downright evil, it’s the little things in life that restore your faith in humanity. And so it came to pass last week during a whistlestop visit to Zürich for an informal dinner with The Nuance Group President Roberto Graziani. Roberto, like me, is partial to a drop of fine
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Heathrow T2: Making a statement about airport F&B
It’s just over two months since the opening of London Heathrow Terminal 2 : The Queen’s Terminal, and the transition continues for many of the carriers that will eventually use the new facility. The stores and restaurants at T2 won’t reach their full trading potential probably until 2015, as airline capacity builds and as passengers
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Death of a journalist: 100 years on, does mankind ever learn?
To what God shall we chant our songs of battle? Oh, to whom shall a song of battle be chanted? Not to our lord of the hosts on his ancient throne Drowsing the ages out in Heaven alone. The celestial choirs are mute, the angels have fled Word is gone forth abroad that our lord
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New Zealand and Australia play out an exciting draw
Last Saturday the All Blacks and the Wallabies (for the uninitiated, the national rugby teams of New Zealand and Australia) played out a nail-biting 12-12 draw in Sydney, in conditions straight out of the bleakest mid-winter scenes of ‘March of the Penguins’. In pulling off the draw, the (delete expletives here) Aussies stopped the All
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Dubai Duty Free shapes new venture on the hoof
Is it a horse? A camel? A Dubai Duty Free-sponsored hybrid? No it’s the world’s first-ever ‘human racehorse’, conceived to celebrate the world’s premier international jockeys’ competition, today’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot Racecourse near London. The giant horse (pictured ‘ridden’ by German jockey Steffi Hofer passing the Ascot winning post) is composed of ten
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Mighty Irish too good for New Zealand in rugby classic
I have been challenged by several Irish travel retail executives to write this story, and write it I shall… Above is the headline many Irish men and women thought they would never read. It’s certainly one that Irish friends of mine in travel retail thought I’d never write. I had, after all, regaled all who wanted