How was it that I felt confident enough to take my cannabis oil home? Simple. It’s been stripped of the principal psychoactive constituent (the THC) and is every bit as legal as carrying a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black or 200 Marlboro Lites.
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Out alone in the Atplastic Ocean
As a sector, travel retail is a serial offender. One that is contributing every day to the Atlantic turning into the Atplastic.
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Airports
The forgetfulness of the long-distance writer
t’s a lovely traditional old hotel with an elevator that looks as though it was built in the 19th century but which might take until the 22nd century to get you to your floor.
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Airports
From Punta Cana to Panama
This week The Moodie Davitt Report has a different interim bureau almost every day, as our roving takes us around the Caribbean, Central America and the USA. We’re making a whirlwind tour of some of Duty Free Americas’ (DFA) most important airport sites in the region, and spending time with owners the Falic family in
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Airports
Creating a new kind of ATV at Hong Kong Airport
“Of course. Come in.” He had the smile of a man who knew his ATV (average trim value) was about to soar.
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Miscellaneous
Filipino flair and Chinese spice: Viewing travel retail through a different prism
People often ask me where I see the next big opportunity in travel retail. Which market? Which consumers? Which categories? Three days in the Philippines has helped shape my answers. Except I wouldn’t say ‘next’ opportunity. It’s here. It’s now. It’s happening.
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Airports
Setting new standards in Cebu
Chinese tourism is booming and with it travel retail is on the up and up. But it’s not just about international tourism. Domestic travel, both by locals and foreigners, is also booming across this spectacularly diverse nation.
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People
And when the wind blows…
“When the wind blows,” was his evocative, very Chinese way of saying that big opportunity lies ahead and that CNSC must be ready.
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Events
There may be truffle ahead
Many commentators believe there may be truffle ahead in the Year of the Pig but to me that’s hogwash, the sort of prediction I might have made in my younger, rasher days.
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Events
Time to hit the road again
I’ve been 32 years in travel retail now, the past 17 at The Moodie Davitt Report, and I can honestly say that I’m bringing as much energy into this one as I did all those years ago in 2002 when we set off on our journey.
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Events
Across the ocean, against depression
“Hello Martin, it’s Isaac Giesen here.” “Isaac, where are you calling from?” “The Atlantic. From my rowing boat.” Get ready for a remarkable Podcast.
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Miscellaneous
Onwards into a bright new year
We are, above all, an information service. But we are one with a voice. Those factors collectively bestow responsibility on us. Our information must be timely, reliable, accurate. Our voice must be responsible, ethical and selective.
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Up close and personal with The Moodie Davitt Report readers
The feeling that I have a personal relationship with our readers has never been stronger than over the past few days.