“This is a shop that refines what is possible and a symbol of a rising Ethiopia. This is more than a retail space, it is a statement that Ethiopia is raising the bar.”
Airports
Dubai Duty Free dazzles with revamped arrivals duty-free offer
The ‘liquid to lips’ mantra, so key to converting browsers to buyers, reigns supreme here. And certainly one sip of a fine Speyside expression from The Macallan Harmony collection has me determined to buy on departure.
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Airports
A Flying Kiwi discovers land, sea and sky at Vancouver International Airport
Right across the YVR estate there is compelling evidence of avid consumer-centricity at every level, from operational excellence to the focus on accessibility, inclusion, sustainability, sense of place and innovative technology
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Airports
Why mogo is a go go at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru
“Most people see airports as buildings and planes, I see them as people – millions of people that come together,” Hari Marar told me over coffee at the Taj Bengaluru. It’s an opportunity to influence a large cross-section of people and maybe humanity.”
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Airports
Discovering colour, compassion and inclusion at Kempegowda Airport
If Bengaluru Duty Free is the airport world’s best arrivals duty-free shop, this Mitti Café is surely its most special food & beverage outlet, ‘The Magic of Abilities’ writ large across the warmest smiles you could ever hope to encounter.
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Airports
Looking back and forward as Ever Rich Duty Free stands firm at 30
Ever Rich Duty Free is indeed, like Confucius, standing firm at 30. Firm to its values of integrity, professionalism, innovation, commitment to public welfare and dedication to the greater good laid out by Founder & Chairman Simon Chiang three decades ago.
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Travel
On location for an Ever Riching experience in Taipei
Any requests? Something by The Moodie Blues, I suggest?
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Airports
Writing like an angel in Haikou and heading for the stars in Singapore
The calligrapher kindly asked me to choose a design of my choice. Admiring the bright orange hues and the lovely shape of the lettering, I made my choice. “What does it mean?” I asked. “It means ‘Write like an angel.”
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Airports
On location in Mumbai – A warm welcome from Ospree, TFS and Mitti Café
Vivek told me he’s been reading The Moodie Davitt Report every day since he started in the business a decade or so ago, catching up with brand launches, product trends and, yes, my Blog.
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Travel
Encountering a great destination shopping offer and a fellow spring chicken at Aelia Duty Free in Auckland
For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see/Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be/Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails/Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales
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Travel
Back in New Zealand, Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud
My Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc is done and I hear my gate calling like an aviation equivalent of Danny Boy’s pipes. Christchurch here I come
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People
Old friends, new friends and seeing how every picture tells a story
Gary and I have inhabited the same industry for decades (he joined Plaza Bali in Indonesia in 1991), battled at various points an identical health foe, and retained our joy for travel retail over all those years.
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Airports
Why waiting for a plane is a pleasure at Taoyuan International Airport
In my view, no airport in the world better encapsulates the much talked-about, often poorly served concept of sense of place as Taoyuan International.