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How Daxing redefined the power of possibility in the aviation world
Daxing is a modern-day wonder of the world. Not just of the aviation world. Of the world.
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Discovering Penghu, the Pearl of the Taiwan Strait
I’ve tracked the Ever Rich Duty Free store for many years – in 2015 I wrote the company’s 18-year history – and I never fail to be impressed by the group’s commitment to quality, to culture, to sense of place and to society.
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Airports
High drama in Hong Kong, high profile at Heathrow
I can’t help thinking that all those rather confident alpha male sales assistants prowling either side of the walk-through store are more daunting than they are engaging.
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Events
Official secrets and unofficial homework grades
I’ll skip the slight and take some comfort, and my moral compass, instead from two young women whom I met over recent days, one in person and one on the screen.
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Events
A tribute to Thabet as Qatar stands for quality at terrific Trinity
I wondered at one stage if Thabet had several body doubles such was his ability to be constantly on hand.
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Events
All (very) black in Tokyo, all smiles in Doha
The pressure now really kicks in and I must admit to even greater nerves than on the eve of the All Blacks match – and I was a shivering wreck then.
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Events
White trumps black as England soar in Yokohama
Chaps, like thousands of fellow Englishmen in Tokyo and back at home in the UK, was near delirious with happiness. And who can blame him?
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Airports
Plenty of dazzle in Daxing; lots of fun (北京坊) in Beijing
The risk in describing Daxing is that you might run out of superlatives. It is an extraordinary testament to architectural genius; and a statement that airports can be beautiful as well as functional, soul-enriching as well as commercial and efficient.
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Airports
Beauty offer takes shape in Beijing
It’s less than two months since I was here last but during that short gap CDF-Sunrise Duty Free has made impressive headway on the ambitious expansion and refurbishment of its beauty and fashion offer at Beijing Capital International Terminal 3.
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Events
Travel retail off piste: Moodie and Davitt shareholders at war over sporting showdown
A high-stakes wager, allegedly struck after several pints of Guinness and two bottles of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, apparently involves full naming rights for the company. Even Donald Trump has got involved in the row.
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Whiskey tears will flow but what colour will they be?
But should the Japanese triumph, and thus avoid the All Blacks in the quarter-finals, I say this to Bernard and Conor – bring the Irish on. You will need a new line extension. And I have just the name.
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A chapter closes in Cannes but a new plot begins in Auckland
This must rank as my favourite moment of any Cannes show over the past 31 years, the most thoughtful and touching of gestures and one that made me redouble my vows to do more to help preserve our planet.