King Power International (Thailand) Chairman Vichai Raksiaksorn has always had to be on the ball, especially during the past year as the Thai travel retailer has had to fight the toughest battle imaginable to retain its Suvarnabhumi airport contracts in a long-running (and politically motivated) battle with Airports of Thailand. Now, with that battle seemingly
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Events
You are unique – you are Magnifique
The Devil may wear Prada but the scarlet woman wears Magnifique. That was certainly the case at the spectacular launch of Lancôme’s much-anticipated new feminine fragrance in Paris this week. The setting (le Grand Palais in Paris), the organisation, the Brand Ambassador (more of her in a moment) and the new scent were all, in their differing
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People
Inspirational World Duty Free duo lead incredible fund-raising effort for the blind
Here’s a heart-warming story from World Duty Free’s Gatwick Airport team.Lynda Armstrong and Moira Smith have raised £100,000 in aid of Guide Dogs For The Blind – that’s an amazing £65,000 over their original target. Thanks to their combined efforts – and the generosity of donors – World Duty Free was able to sponsor 12 puppies
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Quirky
A taste of green and black
The Aussies and Welsh stole our best coaches; the French stole our dreams; now the Irish and the English are coming to our fine shores to steal our glory. Oh it’s hard to be a rugby-loving Kiwi publisher living on the wrong side of the world, especially during the current sporting gloom that hangs blacker than Dan
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Who was that masked man?
“Who was that masked man?” we ask again for the second time in recent weeks on The Moodie BLOG*. Our picture was taken during the recent TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore on the Escale stand where the company unveiled Amala, its new natural skincare brand. Escale also hosted the world premier launch for
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Airports
Aldeasa underway in Atlanta
The Moodie Report is in Atlanta, Georgia, for one of the more significant travel retail openings of recent times. Tomorrow at noon, Aldeasa will formally inaugurate its new duty free shop at the city’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport – the world’s busiest airport in terms of total passenger numbers. It’s a big moment for the
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The Brains Trust gives cause to smile
Meet the Brains Trust. Mother Jilly and daughter Jessica (Jessie) to be precise. The mother and daugher combination behind Jakk, the Australian jewellery brand that has become one of the most vibrant independent forces in the business over the past 16 years since Jilly showed her first collection internationally. She – and the business –
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Airports
Pleas please me, says the man from Mars
Here’s another example of the Trinity at work – and of how small airports can outshine their bigger cousins in retail terms. Our image comes from Tax Free Asia Pacific in Singapore where confectionery house Mars hosted its first-ever Indian Travel Retailer of the Year award. The award was made by Stuart Bull – the gentleman
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Miscellaneous
No ribbing for Sunil Tuli as he tastes sweet success
You just can’t keep a good man down. King Power Group (Hong Kong) Managing Director Travel Retail & Duty Free Sunil Tuli is one of the hardiest characters in the industry and once again he proved his resilience in style at last week’s DFNI Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific where his company was named
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Absolut Trinity at Changi
“Who was that masked man?” Most readers of The Moodie BLOG won’t be old enough to remember the familiar words repeatedly asked about the hero of ‘The Lone Ranger’ – the fictional 1960s television and movie cowboy hero, always accompanied by his faithful steed Silver and his American Indian sidekick Tonto. So in keeping with
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People
Salut Jean-Michel
The Moodie BLOG captured Jean-Michel Bostroem raising his glass at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore but it is we who should be toasting him. At the end of the northern Summer travel retail will bid farewell to one of its great servants. The L’Oreal Produits de Luxe International Travel Retail Worldwide International Marketing Director plans to
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On century duty with a quality quartet
The four executives pictured in this BLOG represent a collective century-plus of experience in the duty free industry – yet each of them seems to be aging like a great wine, getting better with every year. Our top picture – both were taken at the Opening Cocktail at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore last week
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Chethika’s reason to smile
One travel retail executive wearing an even wider smile than usual at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore last week was Chethika Hapugalle, Alpha Asia’s popular Regional Communication & Marketing Manager. Sri Lankan national Chethika, seen here with King Power International Deputy Managing Director Susan Whelan at the Opening Cocktail, told The Moodie Report that she has