Saluting Sean Staunton

Remember travel retail’s ‘Marathon Man’? We’re talking about Dubai Duty Free Vice President of Operations Sean Staunton who recently completed the remarkable feat of running four marathons in as many months – a daunting 168km in total – in a drive to raise funds (US$11,256) for travel retail industry charity Hand in Hand for Haiti.

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Iconic Abu Dhabi T1 undergoes a magical makeover

The word ‘iconic’ is one that suffers from heavy over-use in descriptions of many of the airports, stores and brands that populate our industry. But one location that deserves the title is the unmistakable Terminal 1 at Abu Dhabi International Airport, with its colourful domed roof and circular design. Once one of the industry’s state-of-the-art

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