This writer’s week was considerably brightened by the news that one of travel retail’s most stylish Prodigals is returning to the fold. Fellow Cymraes Bethan Williams, who left the channel in 2007 for a domestic role within Bobbi Brown UK, has been appointed Vice President Global Market Development for Jo Malone, effective 15 July. It’s
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Jo Malone goes Wild
Last night, Jo Malone hosted a dinner at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, to celebrate the launch of its new feminine fragrance, Wild Bluebell. Journalists from as far afield as Australia and Japan enjoyed Bellinis and assorted hors d’oeuvres, before dining on white onion soup with lobster, wild sea bass and asparagus, and hot chocolate and
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Back in (Double) Black with Diageo
Last Thursday Diageo Global Travel & Middle East hosted a media dinner to celebrate the success of Johnnie Walker Double Black, at Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley, in London. And what a dinner it was. Diageo executives gather pre-dinner in the Pomerol Room In the opulent Pomerol Room, guests enjoyed a sumptuous, specially-prepared meal, with
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The (Nivea) Boat That Rocked
There were 1,000 guests – from 50 different countries – onboard a specially-chartered cruise ship. There were multimedia exhibitions, presentations and interactive installations. There was cake. There was Champagne. Hell, even Rihanna showed up to perform a very exclusive gig. As birthday parties go, Nivea’s centenary celebrations were something pretty special. The Moodie Report’s Rebecca
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Tairo treats the trade to a truly Wicked evening
Last night distributor Tairo International treated over 100 of its customers and brand partners to a truly Wicked evening of entertainment, at the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas. Tairo’s Tania and Robert Bassan hosted a Wicked evening in Orlando At 6pm buses transported the lucky group to the Carr Performing Arts Centre in
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Women in Travel (WiT) support Hand in Hand for Haiti
Members of the Women in Travel (WiT) networking group met bright and early this morning at the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas, in Orlando. The well-attended 7.15 am breakfast meet and greet was hosted by Travel Markets Insider Editor Lois Pasternak and Christine Deussen, President of Deussen Global Communications. “Consider this a network,”
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Of ice and Ibuprofen
I write this week’s training update with a packet of frozen peas stuffed down my trousers. No, you haven’t stumbled on the Belle de Jour Blog by mistake. I have sustained an injury and frozen peas are apparently an ideal way to ‘ice’ it. Either that or my physio is really having a laugh at
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MAC recruits Wonder Woman
Prepare for a stampede at certain make-up counters in March. MAC has created a Wonder Woman make-up collection and, like the lady herself (in her invisible plane, no less) this writer predicts it is going to fly off the shelves. MAC is no stranger to quirky collaborations. Past partners have included Barbie, Hello Kitty, Dame
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Give Me Five
Week two of training, and this writer’s mission to transform herself from Couch Potato to Running Mann continues, with a bid to nail a never-before-achieved 5K. And we’re not even talking pay rises. This running lark is certainly a learning curve. The latest thing I’ve learned is that attempting to run whilst a) mildy hungover
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Repeat after me: I. Am. A. Runner.
“So, how do you turn on this treadmill thing? I’m taking part in a marathon in March.” And with that question (which in itself nearly floored the gym instructor at Billericay’s LA Fitness) earlier this week this writer began training in earnest for The Moodie Multi-National Marathon. You have to understand – it’s a pretty
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A new take on the overnight stopover
It’s something of an understatement to say that The Moodie Report spends a lot of time at airports, but last week this journalist broke new ground by spending the entire night at Dubai T3. And not stretched out across the departure lounge seats, either. No, courtesy of L’Oréal, who flew me out to cover the
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Truly wicked: MAC and Disney unleash Venomous Villains
If the reaction in this writer’s house is anything to go by (and we don’t get too much wrong) MAC is onto yet another winner with its new Venomous Villains collection, created in partnership with Disney. The line, which features four mini-collections themed around One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil, Snow White’s Evil
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Blue is the colour…but Nivea is the name
Attention to detail is often what differentiates average from outstanding – which bodes well for the Nivea brand, which unveiled its new travel retail strategy at last week’s TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes. As previously revealed on The Moodie Report.com, the Nivea brand’s travel retail presence is set to grow worldwide, following the creation earlier