I am sure that Diageo India Managing Director Asif Adil (pictured above) has many tough days at the office like all of us. But you have to admit that he looks like a man who enjoys his job immensely in this picture of him launching a spectacular new retail promotion at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Adil
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Airports
Delivering a travel tonic in New Delhi and Abu Dhabi
Last week’s travels reminded me (again) of just why I love this job so much. Not only did I visit two great places, New Delhi and Abu Dhabi, but in both instances I saw progressive forces within the industry doing their best to champion quality and partnership. The sort of stories that make any self-respecting reporter want
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Airports
DFS and Sharaf make their mark in Abu Dhabi
The Moodie Report stopped off briefly in transit at Abu Dhabi International Airport earlier this week, en route to New Delhi and the unveiling of the commercial tenders for the new Terminal 3 by Delhi International Airport Limited tonight. We were just hours too early to see the new T3 at Abu Dhabi International, which
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Airports
Bargain basement with Bushmills back label
En route to New Delhi on Sunday, via Abu Dhabi International Airport, I flew – as usual – out of London Heathrow Airport. I spend a lot of time at Heathrow and just about know every centimetre by heart. Generally the retailing is of a good standard but Terminal 3’s once stand-out liquor section is looking tired
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Airports
Terminal 3 x two – on the road again
As a bitterly cold snap clamps England in its grip – the heating is turned up full in The Moodie Report Worldwide Headquarters (above) – it’s time to head to warmer climes. I’m flying out tonight to New Delhi to witness the marketing launch for the duty free tender at Indira Ghandi International Airport’s new Terminal 3.
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Events
Supporting the DFNI Charity Ball
This year’s annual DFNI Charity Ball (to be held on 27 February in London) is dedicated to a fine cause – The Jim Corbett Environmental Primary and Junior School, Patrani in India. The school was nominated as the recipient of this year’s fund-raising by World Duty Free, Alpha Retail and Aldeasa Business Relations & External Affairs Director
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Miscellaneous
Mirroring despair – then joy
It’s sometimes easy to grow weary of charities, weary of giving. All of us are blitzed from all sides with requests for donations to countless good causes. Maybe some of you feel that way about The Smile Train, the cleft charity which we and others in travel retail have so championed over the past two
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People
Hennessy gets a drop of the right spirit
This week’s announcement that Parfums Christian Dior International Director Travel Retailing André de Bausset is to leave the beauty house is a classic case of good news and bad news. After 18 years in total and eight in his current role, André is taking up a new post as International Director for Hennessy, effective 2 February. The good
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Miscellaneous
Welcome to Brussels… I don’t think so
Sometimes you just wonder if people realise they are actually in the hospitality business… Arriving at Brussels railway station yesterday via Eurostar en route to today’s ETRC Forum, my travelling companion – Remy Cointreau’s newly appointed European Director, Global Travel Retail, Matthew Hodges – and I sought out a tourist information booth to find out
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People
Reflections of a cleft child
News that a documentary, set in India, and dedicated to The Smile Train, has been nominated for a Hollywood Oscar is just about the biggest boost imaginable for the cleft charity. Smile Pinki is the true story of Pinki and Ghutaru, two young girls in rural India born desperately poor whose cleft lips have made
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Events
A Ray of courage
There may have been a braver, more beautiful speech in the history of travel retail, but if so it came before I entered the business back in 1987. I’m talking about the words of Ray Martin, co-owner with his wife Christine of UK company Travel Retail Training, organisers of the annual Inflight Sales Person of
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Miscellaneous
Simply Red… simply dazzling… simply Dubai Duty Free
It was the kind of gig, as they say, that you simply wouldn’t want to miss. As a journalist and commentator on this business for over two decades I certainly considered it a privilege to have been there. I’m talking about Dubai Duty Free’s 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, held last Thursday night in Dubai. What a dazzling,
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Airlines
Rediscovering the thrill of flight – Emirates and excellence combine on the A380
The Moodie Report is back in Dubai for the Gala Dinner tonight to celebrate Dubai Duty Free’s 25th anniversary. It promises to be a glittering occasion, with many industry luminaries from around the globe arriving in Dubai for the occasion. The entertainment is led by none other than blockbuster UK band Simply Red. We’ll bring