I am looking forward to hearing the case for the defence from those charged with ground theft at London Heathrow Airport, following a series of police raids last month. As we reported, the raids followed an investigation by UK inflight sales security consultant STI – Airline Sales & Services Limited* into ground theft from aircraft at
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Miscellaneous
Security still the greatest barrier
If anyone doubts the devastating impact of slow, stringent security on footfall and penetration in our channel, take a look at the picture below. It’s the scene at Brussels International Airport last Saturday, 6 June, at around 9am. The passengers you see in the foreground are still around 10-15 minutes from reaching the security point,
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People
Farewell Paul
When I place my hand in a cold pool and fingerling salmon nibble the ends of my fingers, I know the pool will freeze over and the fingerlings will live under the ice until May when the ice will thaw and the adult salmon will swim into the river’s main channel and eventually work their
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Miscellaneous
Exposing a leaky Danish defence
Last week’s Nordic Travel Retail Seminar in Copenhagen was another solid regional conference with plenty of strong content from across the industry. But the biggest talking point was probably the contribution of Marianne Jelved (above), who will forever be remembered as Denmark’s Economics Minister when her country struck the fatal blow that consigned intra-EU duty
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Airlines
You pays your money and you takes your choice
Last month Emirates announced an increase to its free baggage allowances for all passengers. It was a surprisingly unheralded story, which didn’t generate the headlines it deserved. For the move ran precisely against a worryingly strong trend among the airline community that increasingly sees passengers as ancillary revenue-generating units rather than paying guests – and we’re talking about revenue for
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Miscellaneous
The Smile Train picks up pace
Further amazing tales of the travel retail industry’s support of children’s cleft charity The Smile Train continue to flood into The Moodie Report. At the recent TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore for example, three separate, informal and spontaneously generous fund-raising efforts took place. Our colleagues at Travel Retail Business/TREND hosted their regular and successful
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Events
The right Mann for the job
Warning. Do not approach this woman. She is armed and dangerous. Yes, it is none other than The Moodie Report Associate Editor Rebecca Mann, a woman renowned for calling a spade a spade or in this case a coas a coas. For the uninitiated a coas is the lethally sharp instrument used to harvest the agave
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Miscellaneous
Lies, damned lies and statistics
“You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time… but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Abraham Lincoln – or P.T. Barnum, depending on who you believe to the real source – didn’t have British publishing companies in mind
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A true Nuance-Watson (HK) exclusive as Eau de Piovesana fragrance is launched in unique collaboration between The Estée Lauder Companies and The Moodie Report
Nuance-Watson (HK) Managing Director for North Asia Alessandra Piovesana prides herself on her knowledge of the fragrances and cosmetics market. And she is always up to date with the latest consumer trends and brand launches. But at the recent TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore she admits to being caught completely unawares by a new launch
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Airports
The right combination of local and international flavours
The Moodie Report is in Mumbai, the city newly synonymous with Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire but one of the world’s great cities long before the blockbuster novel and film were ever conceived. We’re here to report on the launch of a major new foray into the food & beverage scene by a company called Travel
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Events
TFWA Asia Pacific gets off to a stylish and upbeat start
It’s industry showtime again in Singapore as the annual TFWA Asia Pacific exhibition and related Gate One2One conference get under way. Singapore is arguably the perfect venue for a big show such as this. Its efficiency is both legendary and justified; the standards and value of service are superb; and the city goes out of
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Airports
Fauchon and Giorgio Armani add colour and pizzazz at Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport was a great place to be last Friday as two major openings took place within an hour of one another. And both underlined Airport Authority Hong Kong’s commitment to top brands, to excellence and to diversity. The first was the opening of the spectacular Giorgio Armani boutique by Nuance-Watson (HK). What
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Airports
Sky Connection creates a buzz at Hong Kong International
The Moodie Blog is in Hong Kong, en route to the annual TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore. The world may be going through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression but you wouldn’t know it from walking around Hong Kong International Airport. As usual Airport Authority Hong Kong and its commercial partners