“Pack less, weigh less, pay less”. Welcome to Derrie-Air – “the world’s only carbon-neutral luxury airline where you don’t have to choose between living the high life and saving the planet”. That’s right, an innovative new Philadelphia airline company has come up with a unique way of cutting down on carbon emissions by introducing a
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Golfer McDowell proves a banker for Ballantine’s
If Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell should ever find himself short of a sponsor – though after his victory on Sunday in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, he should have few such worries – he would probably find the doors at Chivas Bros flung open to welcome him. Sunday’s triumph, ahead of a top-class field including
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Coole (and very hot) Swan creates a splash
How cool is a swan? In the case of a new Irish cream liqueur very cool indeed. Yet very, very hot. We’re talking Coole with an ‘e’ and Swan as in a dreamy, creamy, beautifully-packaged white liqueur rather than the serene, beautiful, white-plumed Cygnus olor bird loved the world over. Coole Swan is the brainchild of three
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Pitch invasion as Aussies threaten to take over New Zealand
How often has the travel retail industry attempted to sel the unsellable? Probably too often for comfort. So maybe we could all learn something from a smash hit new television series in Australia called The Gruen Transfer. The programme features a section that is indeed dedicated to selling the unsellable. And local sources tell us that the ratings
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Proving that partnership can prosper
Virtually unannounced, one of travel retail’s most successful and enduring partnerships celebrated its 10th anniversary this week. The partners were The Nuance Group and A.S. Watson, which, on 7 July, marked a decade of combined achievement at Hong Kong International Airport. The reason for the lack of overt celebration wasn’t any shyness – it’s just that
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Travel retail no longer such a Lonely Planet
Sometimes an idea comes along that is so good that one is tempted to ask why no-one thought of it earlier. Sometimes a retail concept comes along that has ‘winner’ emblazoned all over it. Both propositions apply in the case of a new partnership between travel retailer Lagardère Services Asia Pacific and Lonely Planet, the
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Rest in peace Philip Morris: DFNI designer and creator of Florida Fox
The Moodie Blog is deeply saddened to report on the passing away of Philip Morris, long-time design and layout manager at Duty-Free News International and along with his wife Jeanette a valued contributor to the early success of The Moodie Report. Philip was a lovely, gentle man with a uniquely creative and free spirit. Work was
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Why we do like Mundays
The Moodie Report is delighted to have reported on many instances of corporate and personal generosity down the years. Travel retail remains an industry of great conscience, which has proved time and again it has the ability to make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate. So here’s a lovely story from one
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Ronnie Wood strikes the right note with The Moodie Report
When writing reports, journalists always like to indicate that a source has spoken to them directly by using lines such as “he told The Times”, “she revealed to Sky News” and so on. We’re no different – you’ll see (we hope) the line ‘he told The Moodie Report’ hundreds of times during the year. So when we were dining
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When Dubai came to Dublin
Passengers arriving at Dublin Airport last weekend may have been forgiven for thinking they had landed at the wrong airport. For there to greet visitors in the arrivals hall of the Emerald Isle’s main gateway was a signage blitz for Dubai Duty Free, the famed travel retailer from the Middle East. A closer look of course
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‘Mossie’ Burke bounces back
A welcome guest at the first-ever Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the weekend was Maurice Burke, long-time General Manager of Bahrain Duty Free and one of the great contributors to the Middle East travel retail business and to parent company Aer Rianta, for whom he worked for 38 years. Maurice left Bahrain Duty Free in
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Getting a shop into ship-shape condition
Has there ever been a duty free shop like it? Almost certainly not. The image is of the spectacular façade of the new RegStaer duty free shop at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport Terminal C, where the retailer celebrated its Grand Opening this week. The nautical theme was considered ideal for the upmarket clientele who will frequent
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German company on the ball with Russian media
At the opening of Russian travel retailer RegStaer’s impressive new duty free store at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport this week, the company’s Chairman Alexander Baev was joined at a press conference for Russian media by Pierre Viarnaud (pictured centre), Area Director for Russia and the CIS for RegStaer’s main supplier, Gebr Heinemann of Germany. The eager