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Events

November 4, 2020

Timpani, flutes, clarinets, piccolo and strings – How Beam Suntory composed an international symphony

We would taste the whiskies from the individual countries and then compare them with the final blend, right? Wrong. Miyamoto san had a better way to show us what each constituent brought to the party.

Lifestyle

October 29, 2020

Reaching into the sole of sustainability

Let’s not flip-flop in our industry’s commitment to sustainability. Let’s focus on business for good, not just for growth. Let’s show our soul with some sole. Some Ocean Sole.

Miscellaneous

October 25, 2020

Job losses in black & white and blurring lines in grey

We should stop talking about when travel retail as an industry or sector will recover but break it out country by country, or more accurately country to country.

Events

October 22, 2020

Flying a virtual A380 through a pandemic

It was like being the Captain of the just relaunched Singapore Airlines A380 flight from New York to Singapore (9,536.5 miles from JFK to Changi), switching over occasionally to my excellent Irish co-pilot Dermot Davitt on the Knowledge Hub sessions.

Events

October 14, 2020

Blowing up a real storm in Hong Kong and a Virtual one at the Travel Retail Expo

It’s been wonderful to chat with some of the leading Chinese retailers in their own language, similarly so for the teams from Lotte and Shilla in South Korea.

Events

October 5, 2020

The slayer who ran looked a lot like me

Roll on ten years and my business is fighting, like so many others, for its life, but I am in rollicking good health. I know which scenario I prefer.

Events

October 1, 2020

Of MICE and (not many) men

The year of the rat hasn’t done much for the public image of rodents and it has certainly proved disastrous for MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions).

People

September 25, 2020

Booting out biblical references unfit for a civilised society

Bravo Becky Paskin. I am proud that you are our partner on World of Spirits, an event that will welcome women and men from all over the world but will bar sexism from entering the door.

Events

September 21, 2020

A hidden gem no longer

Thanks to a range of enthralling virtual tastings that I have been invited to over recent weeks plus a barrage of entries for The QDF Factor (more of that in a subsequent Blog), I could now open one of the best bars in Hung Hom.