Up close and personal in travel retail
About as good a spend of £15 in an airport as I can remember… The item in question is a called ‘A Journey in Style’, written by Elizabeth Walker (with an introduction by Yasmin Le Bon). It’s a lovely pictorial book that celebrates some of the most stylish travellers, outfits and luggage to grace Heathrow’s concourses down the years plus some great on location shots from around the world.
It’s hard to find the will to write a Blog this weekend in light of the atrocities in Paris. Our thoughts are with the people of Paris and France, especially those who have lost loved ones or seen them injured. So much hatred, so much senseless loss of the innocents. In the meantime, we all
Hong Kong International remains one of my favourite airports. I love its big panoramas; its airfield views; its diverse food & drinks offer (though not always its service quality); its mix of generic and specialist retail; and its sheer sense of drama – a real feeling of a vast international crossroads. It’s pretty damn efficient
One thing we should never stop applauding in this business is ambition. I’m not talking the naked, money-lusting form but ambition in its purest form as in the desire or aspiration to achieve something, to be better. Over the past two days I have twice witnessed exactly the right sort of ambition in Singapore, firstly
I’ve dropped into Hong Kong en route to Singapore to attend one of the great events on the travel retail calendar, DFS Group’s Masters of Wines & Spirits, which opens tomorrow. Today I lunched with the dynamic, well make that effervescent, Beatrice Charreire, Global Travel Retail Director for LVMH-owned Benefit Cosmetics, a brand which has
Very occasionally, things happen in sport that transcend it. Moments that are about more than skill, teamwork, iron will or ultra-competitiveness. Moments that stand apart from the excitement, the fans’ emotions, and the whole unscripted (and often unscriptable) drama that great sport can offer. Such a moment happened on Saturday after the Rugby World Cup at
Having decided I could no longer inflict any more damage on the golf courses of Dubai at the recent Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup, I sat out the second day. Instead I did my best David Attenborough impersonation and caught up with some local wildlife instead. Some of it, as you will see, was
I hate to say I told you so… but I told you so. Now imagine if we lose. In the immortal words of Captain Oates (tweaked a little), “I will just go outside and may be some time…”
[Eden Park in 2011 as black trumps gold. But four years is a long time in sport.] Now don’t get me wrong, I have many Australian friends in the business, right? Some of the best airport commercial executives I know, friendly suppliers, outstanding retailers, great family-owned companies such as Evelyn Danos’s JR/Duty Free. All top
Some of The Moodie Report team, notably myself and Dermot Davitt, are well-known faces in the travel retail industry. But there are also a number of vital people behind the scenes who make the Moodie organisation tick. One such individual is Jon Elphick, Chief Sub-Editor since December 2003. Jon is responsible for policing (and, believe me,
Celine was very unhappy indeed. As my long-time industry friend Rakhita Jayawardena asked for two glasses of late-night, show-closing Champagne at his hotel (one of Cannes’ finest) on Thursday, bartender Celine was having none of it. “The bar’s closed.” No smile, in fact a frown like vinegar, then she turned her back on us to continue cleaning
One down, two to go. No I’m not talking about days at the Cannes show, I’m talking Rugby World Cup, of course. Outnumbered hopelessly by the French and (mainly French-suppporting) neutrals at Ma Logan’s Irish bar on Saturday night, I made a fair fist of raising Kiwi decibel levels to volumes as thunderous as the sound
I’ve one of the early arrivals for this year’s TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes. As always, we’ve set up The Moodie Report’s Interim French Riviera Bureau in our apartment just opposite the Palais (look out for our blue banner adorning the balcony) and are getting ready for a big week. Last night I enjoyed the
