While I fear I am about to be incarcerated in the South Florida version of Alcatraz every time I encounter the security staff at Orlando International Airport, I can’t say the same about the retail employees whom I found consistently friendly during a brief sojourn there last week en route to London. The airport offers
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Amazon Flood turns out a thriller
Long-time Aer Rianta International (ARI) executive Liam Flood has turned his hand to fiction writing and The Moodie Blog is delighted to offer three copies of his new book in our latest readers’ competition. Liam, one of the great ‘World Rovers’ of travel retail, joined Aer Rianta in 1977 and enjoyed a number of senior roles at Dublin Airport
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Events
Fashion with Heart
New York Fashion Week came to Orlando this week, as Oscar de la Renta presented the first-ever fashion show at the IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas on Monday. Women in Travel (WiT) members were out in force at the event, which celebrated the partnership between the fashion house and Essence Corporation in the
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Getting a boost with BB for the boys
In f&c terms, you know a trend has got legs when even the boys start to get in on the act. Step forward the new Lab Series for Men BB Tinted Moisturiser SPF35, which made its debut in selected Asian travel retail doors in December, and is now rolling out into South Korea and Japan.
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When Marie met Martin
Meet Marie. She works in the food court at the Marriott Orlando World Center Resort where this week’s Duty Free Show of the Americas is taking place. She’s also from the town of Saint Marc, home to the Lycée Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the school funded and operated by the travel retail industry (through
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Almost show time in Orlando
It’s cold and wet here in Orlando, not what any of us expected in the Sunshine State. From The Moodie Report’s Florida Bureau, I am looking down over the Hawk’s Landing golf course, where the Philip Morris Duty Free-sponsored tournament is taking place in steady rain. For once I don’t miss being out there one bit.
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Back in the US of A
[Back from left: Erik Juul-Mortensen, Sarah Branquinho, Mandy Sime, Michael Payne, Jose Chao, Jon Kent, Loraine Motta, Pancho Motta, David Granek, George Horan; Front row from left: Christine Deussen, Martin Moodie, Pat Bernstein, Carmel Horan, David Bernstein] Last year I missed my first Duty Free Show of the Americas in over two decades due to
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Airports
Jo Malone and new-look newsagents star at Gatwick Airport
I’ve arrived in Orlando for the annual Duty Free Show of the Americas. From Manila it was 24 hours at home and then on to Gatwick Airport to fly here for the annual IAADFS-run exhibition. I feel like a world explorer, a cross between Magellan and Columbus. My body clock tells me its approaching midnight
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A fitting memorial for Danny Galvin
The family of Danny Galvin, the hugely popular CTC-ARI Airports General Manager who lost his life in a car crash in Cyprus last May, is planning a memorial service and charity golf day in Ireland to mark the anniversary of his death. The outpouring of grief across the industry, and the many tributes that flooded
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Hand in Hand across the ocean
Meet Joseph and Lorna of the DFS sales team at Abu Dhabi International Airport. I met them while flying home from Manila to London (I’m writing this from the wonderful Etihad Lounge). I was contemplating buying (and indeed did buy) a ‘Mega Big Ticket’ offering the chance to win AED1 million, a kilo of gold
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The power of partnership comes alive in Dublin
Aer Rianta International (ARI) has a proud track record of establishing partnerships through its global operations, but a few days ago it set a new benchmark much closer to home. On 29 February, ARI Ireland played host to some new permanent partnerships at Dublin Airport T2 – as a number of women proposed to their
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Farewell to the Duty Free Philippines family
So it’s thank you and see you again Duty Free Philippines. Farewell Manila. It’s been a tremendous few days here with Chief Operating Officer Lorenzo ‘Enchong’ Formoso, a man whose handprint (now literally, see image below) is all over the success of this company. I’ve enjoyed working with his amazingly dedicated ‘Coffee Table Book Committee’
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Coming to a coffee table near you…
Wow, that’s what I call a welcome. The Duty Free Philippines 25th anniversary team rolled out a banner greeting for The Moodie Report at the Fiesta Mall downtown duty free shopping complex in Manila yesterday. I spent an enjoyable and busy afternoon with a committee of great and dedicated people set up to work on