This is known as the Tumi Tracer, a product identification and recovery programme that helps reunite customers with their lost bags. Perhaps given my travel schedule and worryingly advancing age I should contemplate fixing one to myself.
People
To Isaia, Terry and all those who fell while scaling Mount Difficulty
I recall to this day walking into a Waitrose supermarket in West London after I received the news and vowing to drink a good wine that night, a defiant toast to what I was perhaps illogically convinced would be a successful fight against the illness.
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Events
Discovering Malin+Goetz – difficult to pronounce, easy to use
“What attracted me to the brand is that our customer is someone who is not a beauty junkie, per se, they actually want to really experience life.”
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Beauty
Exploring new dimensions at a DFS masterclass
“Beauty is a big, exciting space to play on. So many brands, so much newness happening.” But it’s what you do with that space and those brands that counts and not for the first time DFS has put on a masterclass.
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Airports
Plaza Premium Group hits new heights at Hong Kong Airport
It may just be the coolest setting for any cocktail bar in the airport world, where guests can enjoy an equally cool food and drinks programme while taking in magnificent panoramic views of the airfield and Lantau island beyond.
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Airports
Going bananas in the land of Tokyo Banana
I discovered only two of the four checkpoints were being used. Two? 50% capacity when finally you have streams of outbound passengers after having barely any for the best (or worst) part of three years. It beggars belief, and belief in this case is not a generous donor.
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Promotions
How CDF created a new style of duty free gift-rapping
Hey presto, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, with the adept deployment of a strategically placed dot CDFG created Dottie as an emblem of its world-class shopping offer.
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People
How Roger Wang breathed life into Duc de Fugue Cognac
Roger Wang might have bought a winery such as this. But fate decreed that his choice would turn to another great love instead, Cognac.
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Promotions
Discovering Johanna Monange’s 21-gram salute to creative individuality
Maison 21 G represents one of the most exciting new concepts I have seen enter the travel retail channel in many years.
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People
Howzat? Not out is the answer as Toni Martello’s 41-year innings continues in style
The early days were a time when racism, being groped and propositioned daily, and other forms of workplace harassment were the norm, particularly given the attire the team was required to wear to represent clients.
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Travel
Back in HEL’s kitchen and bound for Hong Kong
But my life, my wife and my heart are in Hong Kong these days and I am looking forward to an extended stint living out of my home rather than out of a suitcase.
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Travel
Discovering the ins and outs of international travel
I’m back in blighted Blighty where an increasing number of things simply seem not to work anymore. Fortunately one of them is called Boris Johnson but elsewhere the situation is rather more serious.
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Events
Creating unforgettable memories with Maison Margiela
Chris Lee, delicate, almost bird-like in her androgynous beauty, was the star of the show, generating a rapturous reaction from hundreds of fans gathered for the event launch.