“Mere seene mein nahin toh tere seene mein sahi. Ho kahin bhi aag lekin aag jalni chahiye.” (If not in my heart, then in your heart. Fire may burn anywhere but it must burn.
Martin Moodie is the Founder & Chairman of The Moodie Report.
Events
A drone-lit, FAB-ulous and (Brewery) X-rated experience in Ontario
The energy, the passion, the support, the hospitality, the professionalism of the ONT team were second to none. Atif has assembled one hell of a class act here and it shows through every aspect of their operation.
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Airports
From Hong Kong through Taipei and onto FAB-ulous Ontario International Airport
There’s just time to sip on a chilled 2023 Banrock Station Chardonnay from South Australia that’s a lot sprightlier than me and munch on some stir-fried cabbage with fungus and celery. The ways I spend my Saturday evenings…
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Airports
Getting the alignment, sequencing and timing right at Dubai Duty Free
Ramesh has stepped into very big boots indeed, those worn by his predecessor Colm McLoughlin with such distinction since 1983. That responsibility excites rather than daunts him and rightly so.
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Airports
Making a big and beautiful bang in Bengaluru
Already I wrote that the arrivals duty-free store is perhaps the world’s best (having mulled it over and discussed with many people via email and LinkedIn, I would now remove the qualifier ‘perhaps’).
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Events
On Cloud Nine with DFS & Cathay Pacific and BAC to the Future in Brisbane
Ao Yun（敖云）– destined, I think, to become one of the world’s great wines – means ‘above the clouds’, which given the amount of time I spend in exactly the same place, makes it one I hope to drink a lot more of in the future
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Travel
On the road from Riyadh to Macau to Brisbane
I will be spending a great deal more of my time in the Kingdom going forward and I will not be alone within the travel retail community.
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Travel
Coming to a cinema near you: The Old Man & The Misfiring Laptop
While I would never have been likened to Robert Redford in his prime, the combination of his senior incarnation and the film’s plot did rather remind me of myself. I’m thinking of approaching him regarding a remake.
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Travel
Getting ahead of myself on the road to Riyadh
“Mr Moodie,” the check-in agent said in the tone one usually reserves for an elderly and confused grandparent. “Your flight is not until tomorrow. The 20th.”
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Airports
Landing a scoop in Doha and heading for showtime in Singapore
The recent workload has ensured that neither me nor ‘the website that never sleeps’ reached for the melatonin.
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Events
Courvoisier Spritz anyone?
what did the brilliant DFS management led by Founders Bob Miller and Chuck Feeney do? Simple, they labelled their (effectively) in-house brand (at the time, not today) Camus with a small ‘Camus’ and a big ‘Napoleon’
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Events
Discovering a fresh philosophy in Shenzhen and talking Trinity in Ho Chi Minh City
You don’t go from a start-up, single-shop operation in 1991 to a powerhouse US brand within a few years and the subject of a successful majority divestment to the mighty LVMH before your first decade is out unless you are doing a whole lot of things right.
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Events
How I overcame Severe Tire Damage to become the oldest influencer in town
Before you knew it I was receiving LIVE gifts in appreciation of my efforts. Perhaps it was audience sympathy – they may have thought I was past my ‘cell by’ date – but whatever the reasons the livestream ranked number three in Hainan that day.