Hoardings like this are a symbol of aviation and tourism recovery and I can tell you that Vietnam will be right up there among the leaders of that revival.
Airports
Why regeneration more than sustainability underpins key Saudi giga-projects
“The features of the destination are a magnificent archipelago of 90 pristine islands and the beauty of it is that it’s never been touched.”
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People
Readers’ contest: Help Sunil banish the BA.2.12.1 blues
Take one boiled egg (remember to discard the shell) and insert into the Prosecco rosé (gently please, it does not require Magnum Force)
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Airports
Saudi Arabia – a place where the future has already arrived
“So people started to believe and when you see something on a national scale like this, something inside you makes you want to be part of it – for me even before I joined Riyadh Airports.”
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Travel
From Dubai to Switzerland and Saudi Arabia with a fond farewell to Julián Díaz along the way
He has captained the ship through the most tumultuous, sustained and severe storm in our industry’s history. He has done it with a trademark determination and a remarkable calm. Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara – when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
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Travel
Around the world in 80 (or so) days
Over dinner Lal told me how he would watch the wealthy residents and citizens of Dubai turn up to his workplace in their swanky cars. “I would look at the cars and decide which one I would buy one day,” he said. Not dream about. Decide. And that is precisely what he did.
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Airports
Cannes on steroids and gobsmacked in an airport wonderland
The expansion will feature 380 trees (and we are talking seriously big trees, many already in place); 26,000 shrubs; a waterfall; and a dazzling array of retail and food & beverage experiences, the likes of which I promise you the airport world has never seen.
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Airports
A sneak preview of a new wonder of the world
There’s lots of innovation and newness and plenty of store and food & beverage openings, of course. But there’s also a refreshing willingness to try different, even risky things.
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Travel
A flying Kiwi once more
This is the closest I’ve got to Hainan since before the pandemic. Where’s my parachute when I need it?
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Travel
Feeling the buzz – and appplying the Max factor
“We were comfortable before as an industry, surfing a good wave… now we aim to be the best at what we know and become great at what we might not yet know.”