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Magical days in Moscow as the RegStaer journey continues
During a filmed interview with Alexander Baev shown on Friday night, each section concluded with the words ‘To be continued’. That is indeed the case for a vibrant travel retail company that has style, substance and heart.
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Discovering the secrets of a master craftsman
“If you ask a mother which child she prefers, I am sure she will not respond. But I can say that for personal feeling it is Dior Amour.” Parfums Christian Dior’s François Demachy on passion, perfumes and his favourite Dior scent.
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Red hot but 18 degrees below
“How was your day?” Michael asked me. “Great,” I joked, “I found out the secret recipe.” “That’s good,” he replied. “So now we have to kill you.”
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Taking a journey of discovery in Wolfenbüttel
I’m in Wolfenbüttel, home of Jägermeister, the herb liqueur that ranks as one of the best-known alcoholic drinks brands on the planet.
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Scenes of wonder in the Qatari desert and at Hamad International
“Sheikha al-Mayassa Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani asked me, ‘Would you build a piece in the landscape?’ and I said to her, ‘What landscape?,’ and she said, ‘The desert.’ ”
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Airports
Dazzling delivery in Doha
This is just about as impactful, engaging and immersive as a pop-up installation can get.
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Chips, Chaps, dodgy Divots and Eddie: The tale of the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup 2018
Driving blips, thinned chips, and putting yips aside, though, what a couple of days it has been. The hospitality of Dubai Duty Free is on such a level that you not only feel treated and privileged but also humbled.
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Hair today and gone tomorrow at the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup
I predicted he would shoot the lights out the next day. And he did, an errant drive on the front nine flying into the car park and smashing the headlamp of a Lamborghini.
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Fashion
Shortening my odds for the Dubai Duty Free World Golf Cup
It doesn’t do wonders for your golfing confidence when you see your coach hurriedly put up a ‘Closed’ sign on the door and hide behind a golf bag when you pull up into the car park outside.
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All black in Dublin but all good in Dubai’s Turmeric Open
I know the Irish founded the duty free industry but I didn’t realise they a) still populated it in such quantity and b) all had my phone number.
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Airports
Take a break KitKat (and take a bow)
Is this the most productive airport retail space in the world by sales per square metre?
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Airports
On location in Oman, a country of contrasts
Before travelling to Muscat this week for the inauguration of the new airport terminal and Muscat Duty Free stores, I mentioned to a few people that my next trip was to Oman. Even those who knew a little about this Gulf state struggled to conjure up an image of the country and its place in
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