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It was that moment that hardened Middle East Gala Dinner attendees fear. The local Belly Dancer is swaying and gyrating as the audience claps in time. She begins to swirl her way into the audience as she looks for a partner to take on stage. Everywhere men’s heads are looking down into their laps, keen

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The Moodie Report’s friendly rival DFNI’s biggest breaking news story of the year turned out to be about itself. The long-standing title, it revealed exclusively, is to be sold to Frontier owner Metropolis. “We expect to conclude our discussions within two weeks,” said Christopher Fordham, a Director at Euromoney, the parent of DFNI publisher Raven

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Next week The Moodie Report launches The World Rovers, a book dedicated to the extraordinary story of the Irish in duty free – from Dr Brendan O’Regan who started it all in Shannon Airport, Ireland in 1947 to Colm McLoughlin, John Sutcliffe and many other keepers of the flame today. The book celebrates that influence

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The relationship between airport authority and concessionaire is one of the most critical, yet often under-rated elements of airport retail success. So chances are that when you find an airport with thriving commercial revenues, the human relationships are in pretty good shape too.  Nowhere is that more the case than at Toronto Pearson International Airport,

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My mother, a proud Irishwoman till the day she died, used to tell me never to forget my roots. While my barber, shaking his head sadly, gave me exactly the contrary advice 30 years later, I have never forgotten those maternal words. So when readers ask where The Moodie Report started I’m always delighted to

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Airport Authority Hong Kong’s ebullient Commercial Director Hans Bakker sees the airport as a modern day cross-roads. But in this case one that brings together all forms of transport – planes and boats and trains, as well as cars and helicopters. And knowing Hans, I wouldn’t count out submarines coming next… With all those modes

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Regular readers of The Moodie Report – and certainly those who know its Kiwi publisher – will know that affinity towards the English rugby team falls rather low in our list of passions. But we make one honourable exception – namely the world’s second-greatest number 10 (behind Dan Carter of course), Jonny Wilkinson.It was Jonny,

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The Moodie BLOG is delighted to bring readers news of the latest line extension from our team – one Alexa Seren Mann, daughter of our tireless Associate Editor Rebecca Mann and husband Simon. We can report that Rebecca was still filing (superb) copy up to moments before she gave birth to Alexa, who in keeping

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Every travel retailer or airport executive affected by the aviation security crisis should sit up and take notice of a new advertising campaign just launched by BAA. The Moodie Report has been critical on several occasions about the inadequate consumer communication put in place since the 10 August terror alert and the subsequent crackdowns on

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If the politicians can’t get it right and the journalists can’t get it right… well you know you’re in the UK. Since the 10 August terror alert we reckon the overwhelming majority of articles in the UK consumer media on what can be carried through airport security and onboard an aircraft have been inaccurate. That is a damning

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Somebody had to come up with an abbreviation to save the endless repetition of ‘liquids, aerosols and gels’ – the items at the heart of the aviation security restrictions since the 10 August terror alert. And with typical ingenuity, it is the Aussies who have done it – with the acronym LAG. Announcing the country’s

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