Beloved passengers. Not a bad addition to airport parlance is it? Especially when accompanied by what I call a truly cool airport initiative.
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Determined to stay uncomfortable – in and out of the heat
London (my home) and much of England is broiling like a garlic chicken basted in onions and mushroom, with a lashing of hot chilli peppers thrown in.
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Airports
Full marks to Marqette
What is it about Marqette? It seems to have both the most honest travellers (see our last quite lovely Blog) and the most honest staff. FAB-ulously honest, in fact.
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Airports
Striking the right notes at Hong Kong International Airport
Like so many things that have happened at this outstanding airport over the past extraordinary few weeks (let alone 20 years), these performances are hitting exactly the right notes.
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Airports
Flames at HQ, typhoon in Taipei
My original Worldwide Headquarters back in West London is looking more interim than permanent after my neighbour decided to light a bonfire at the back of his garden on Saturday. During a heatwave. As you do.
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Airports
Bouncing towards victory with the big man in Ballyliffin
“Did you buy those clubs in a yard sale, man? Wow, they’re old…” That was how the world number five ranked golfer Jon Rahm greeted me (and my elderly set of Taylor Mades) today at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am in Ballyliffin, County Donegal. An insult from one of the world’s greats to
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Events
Spain out in World Cup but Spaniard triumphs in Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby contest
The lesson is clear; if you want your football team to prosper in the World Cup, do NOT enter a Moodie Davitt competition.
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Airports
Watch this space – in every sense
Tomorrow (28 June) promises to be one of the truly engaging days in our history in more senses than one.
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Miscellaneous
Shake-up time in travel retail media
Its banner claim, ‘The Genuine Market Leader’, is an affront to the Trade Descriptions Act.
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Events
Discovering life in Hel in the happy capital of the world
The endless daylight might not be good for the sleep pattern but it feels more like heaven than hel to me in the happiest country on earth.
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Airports
Fact and fiction converge at La Guardia Airport
The man possesses a soft, half-formed sadness. This causes a few nearby empathic passengers to pity him in a way that’s not becoming of anyone.
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Quirky
Gourd almighty! It’s World Cucumber Day!
I’m even prepared to be the travel retail face of the campaign. Then again, I suppose they’re far more likely to cast Benedict Cucumberpatch.
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Food
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