This Blog is a tale of fortitude, foolhardiness and frozen peas (above). And it had all been going so well… Saturday, November 8, London, 07.15 The big trial has arrived. My first attempt at 10k, exactly two weeks before the big Miles for Smiles fund-raising run in Dubai. If I can do it today, I can
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And now, the end is near…
15 days to go till the big Miles for Smiles fund-raising 10k run in Dubai. It’s time to get serious. The training regime has been seriously disrupted by two weeks of travel – a week in Cannes followed by a quick flit to Asia to watch the mighty All Blacks beat the Aussies in Hong
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Taking the weight off your feet
The commercial team at the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport near Hyderabad have come up with some pretty exciting innovations over the past few months since the greenfield site opened. But their latest service for passengers surely counts as a true world first. In order to relax the “mind, body and soul” before flying, the
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A long black cloud arrives in Hong Kong (and over Australia)
From the south of France to the South China Sea – The Moodie Blog is on the move again. There’s not many things that will tear us away from the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes before the show is over but a first-ever (non-World Cup) rugby international between the All Blacks and Australia on neutral turf
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Pictures from an Exhibition
The Moodie Blog presents some of the pictures, products and personalities that are helping TFWA World Exhibition 2008 lift the industry gloom. The Hugo Boss team greets guests from Gebr Heinemann and Emirates Airline to its Tuesday evening cocktail Happy Anniversary: Premier Portfolio celebrated its 10th birthday in style at Restaurant L’Ecrin on Monday night; Kevin
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The man with the iron will
Following Monday’s powerful and emphatic ‘Force India’ speech at the TFWA World Exhibition Conference, one could have easily forgiven UB Group Chairman Dr Vijay Mallya for taking the evening off. The Indian entrepreneur, owner of Kingfisher Airlines, Kingfisher beer and drinks company Whyte & Mackay, had other ideas however – instead hosting an exclusive luxury party
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An Indian tour de Force
Today in Cannes was one of those rare occasions at an industry conference when a speaker simply fills the room with his power of personality. I’m talking about Dr Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB Group, the Indian entrepreneur who ranks as one of the world’s great businessmen. The owner of Kingfisher Airlines, Kingfisher beer, drinks company Whyte &
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Networking on the run
Forget Opening Cocktails or Gala Evenings. The real way to network in Cannes this year is jogging. In preparation for the ‘Miles for Smiles’ fund-raising 10k run in Dubai on 22 November, The Moodie Blogster has been hitting the roads around from the old port here in Cannes over the past couple of days. Besides
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Gebr Heinemann – Hugo Boss Cup raises 15,000 Euros for The Smile Train
The weather was glorious, the hospitality superb, the golf hugely enjoyable. But the real winners of the 2008 Gebr Heinemann – Hugo Boss Cup today in Cannes were children in emerging countries who suffer from cleft lips and palates. Each player was asked to make a donation to The Smile Train – the world’s leading
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Tuli retains MIS-HIT in star pairing with Dan Cappell; but the hippest golfers in town take the plaudits
King Power’s Sunil Tuli and Abu Dhabi Airport Company’s Dan Cappell were the winners of this year’s traditional ‘Cannes-opener’ golf tournament – the Moodie International Superstars Honorary Invitation Trophy (MIS-HIT). While well-earned, Cappell and Tuli’s victory was by the narrowest of margins, as the Anglo-Indian pairing headed the all-English combo of Autogrill UK airport retail supremo
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‘A Brand New World – A Challenging Future’
TFWA’s huge ‘Brand the World, Challenge the Future’ advertisement adorns the Palais directly opposite The Moodie Report’s temporary French Riviera headquarters at the annual TFWA World Exhibition. Perhaps they should change the slogan to ‘A Brand New World – A Challenging Future’, such are the arguably unprecedented pressures facing the travel retail sector amid the
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At the gates of hell
“I won’t back down, no I won’t back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won’t back down’ – ‘I won’t back down’ – Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne There’s just six weeks to go till the Miles for Smiles 10k fund-raising run in Dubai on behalf of cleft
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A man from Mars with a human heart
They’re coming from everywhere to participate in the ‘Miles for Smiles’ fund-raising run in Dubai on 22 November. There’s even a man from Mars taking part. Not the planet Mars though, even though his name is Martyn. We’re talking the confectionery house here, and in particular we’re talking one Martyn Westbury. Martyn has been given