The moon has a face And it smiles on the lake And causes the ripples in time I’m lucky to be here With someone I like Who maketh my spirit to shine – Warren Zevon, ‘Don’t let us get sick’ Regular readers of The Moodie Blog will have noticed that I have been less than prolific
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The sweet smell (and taste) of success?
Fragrance houses have long collaborated with other sectors such as fashion, jewellery, accessories – even cars – but Elizabeth Arden is advancing into new territory, the confectionery sector, via its latest alliance with singing superstar Mariah Carey and Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of Topps Company. The three-way partnership is poised to launch a new
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A fitting tribute to Freddie
2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic death in an accident of young Freddie McGuire, the infant son of Scorpio Distributors Managing Director Stuart McGuire and his wife Joelle. To mark that anniversary, Stuart (above) is embarking on an extraordinarily daunting fund-raising effort on behalf of the Freddie McGuire Charitable Trust and I’m going
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Qatar Airways answers China’s call
It’s almost two years to the day since China Duty Free Group launched a worldwide industry appeal to aid the victims of the terrible earthquake in Sichuan Province in May 2008 – a disaster that killed 70,000 people and left 300,000 injured. The earthquake was the catalyst for the creation of the China Duty Free
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People
Holland branches out into Montenegro
One of the fascinating things about the global travel retail industry is how it operates at so many levels in so many countries. One industry executive who has travelled to more of those countries than most is Jonathan ‘Chaps’ Holland’ (below, right), Managing Director of Singapore-based Jonathan Holland & Associates. Chaps sent us these pictures
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Lady Million Dresses for Success
The fragrance launch season is still in full swing, and The Moodie Report was back in Paris recently, for the hotly-anticipated launch of Lady Million, the feminine counterpart to the hugely successful Paco Rabanne 1 Million men’s fragrance. As befits the fragrance concept, Puig pulled out all the stops for this event, which featured a
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Goodbye to a gentleman
[Photo courtesy of DFNI] News of the death of former International Tax Free Trader Editor Peter Tipthorp will sadden all those who remember him. Trade media is one of the most competitive sectors you will find and the rivalry is sometimes less than the friendly kind. Peter would have none of that – he was
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Airports
Kypriaka breathes life back into Lefkara lace
Come with me on a journey, high into the hills above Larnaka in Cyprus. I’ll tell you a story of an age-old craft that is, against all the odds, winning its battle to survive in the modern world. I’ll show you a group of women, one as old as 82, who weave sublime magic with
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Blooming Beautiful with Blue Dahlia
The beauty launch season continues apace, and once again The Moodie Report has been on the road, this time to Paris with Estée Lauder, for the unveiling of the revamped Pure Color cosmetics collection, created in partnership with Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux, who was appointed last November to help rejuvenate the brand.
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The Moodie Report is spot on in Larnaka
It is June 20. The crowd is on their feet. The tension is unbearable. The Italian goalkeeper nervously moves his weight from side to side, trying to figure out which side the New Zealander will try to place the penalty kick that will give the unfavoured Kiwis a shock 1-0 lead over the incumbent world
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Developing a taste for Cyprus
The Moodie Report is on the move again – this time we’re back in Cyprus to view progress at the new Larnaka International Airport, opened last November. First it was an early morning flit through London Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, which BAA now has operating a whole lot more slickly than in the past. I
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Battling the travel threats
I’ve arrived back at Sydney Airport for a brief transit stopover before flying onto London via Bangkok. Given that I am flying British Airways (BA), my agenda has been uncertain to say the least over recent days. The BA cabin crew strike (now called off by the courts) was due to be happening today, while
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Learning lessons from Antipodean airports
And so I say goodbye to my home country of New Zealand and begin the long journey back to London. I’m travelling out of Auckland Airport via Sydney – another chance to view the outstanding new commercial offer in the International Terminal – and Bangkok (90 minutes in transit) before the final, long leg into London.