Amid all the talk about sector ‘recovery’, the reality is that any such curve is going to be country by country, route by route, step by step (in both directions). Inch by bloody inch.
People
Farewell Joe Porcelli
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” – St Francis
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People
The heroic tale of the WanderSafe wonder woman
“I made the tough call, and I am pleased to inform you that the prognosis is positive, the pain has been removed and I will walk again, on robotic feet.“
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Events
My Neil Armstrong moment is complete
I know that I am a lot safer as of today and that so is the world, thanks to the outstanding efforts of the teams here in Hong Kong and all around the globe.
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People
Sergei Bozhok, the correspondent who got away
There may be no full moon in Paris tonight in the hauntingly aching words of Marianne Faithful but I suspect a figurative one at least has arrived early in Vladisvostok.
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Events
How I avoided my Rudy Giuliani moment and became the face of Clinique instead
Would my opening remarks turn into a reprise of the risible Rudy Giuliani’s infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping post-election press conference as dark hair dye ran down the side of his face in the Philadelphia heat?
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People
How a chocolate called Pauline tells us that dumbing down in travel retail is a mistake
This underlines one of the key dilemmas facing travel retail as the sector emerges battered and bruised from the pandemic. Should consolidation of ranges spell the exclusion of new and exciting products such as Les Chocolats de Pauline?
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People
#Changedestiny – How Rikako Ikee returned to The Center Lane
“Now there’s a second Rikako Ikee – the leukemia survivor. I’m now capable of empathising with so many people. The very fact that I’m alive is in itself an immense experience.”
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Travel
Pondering a post-batch 210102 visit to Mauritius
Today, my eye has alighted on Mauritius, all 2,040 sq kilometres of its loveliness perched out there alone in the Indian Ocean. I reckon I could be there in around 9 hours and 45 minutes.
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Travel
No shot in the arm but a stab in the heart
Now, as with so many others around the globe, my plans are – unlike me – up in the air. It sucks but to stay with that not particularly attractive verb, one just has to suck it up.
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People
Arise Sunil Tuli, man of steel
Unless Sunil’s own extreme magnetism sets off the airport metal detector, the titanium plate will not.
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Lifestyle
“Travel Retail Safe – I’ve been vaccinated”
As a confirmed trypanophobic (someone who fears needles), I have never looked forward to nor enjoyed an injection (yes, it’s true) so much in my life. Heck, I can’t wait to get back to the place 21 days hence.
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People
Giving the all-clear to a new form of frontline face mask
“I lip-read a lot and I watch people’s mouths. So when people have masks on, I can’t lip-read. I have to say, ‘Please can you stand back and take off your mask’ because it’s impossible.”