Hoardings like this are a symbol of aviation and tourism recovery and I can tell you that Vietnam will be right up there among the leaders of that revival.
Airports
Saudi Arabia – a place where the future has already arrived
“So people started to believe and when you see something on a national scale like this, something inside you makes you want to be part of it – for me even before I joined Riyadh Airports.”
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Travel
From Dubai to Switzerland and Saudi Arabia with a fond farewell to Julián Díaz along the way
He has captained the ship through the most tumultuous, sustained and severe storm in our industry’s history. He has done it with a trademark determination and a remarkable calm. Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara – when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
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Travel
Around the world in 80 (or so) days
Over dinner Lal told me how he would watch the wealthy residents and citizens of Dubai turn up to his workplace in their swanky cars. “I would look at the cars and decide which one I would buy one day,” he said. Not dream about. Decide. And that is precisely what he did.
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Airports
Cannes on steroids and gobsmacked in an airport wonderland
The expansion will feature 380 trees (and we are talking seriously big trees, many already in place); 26,000 shrubs; a waterfall; and a dazzling array of retail and food & beverage experiences, the likes of which I promise you the airport world has never seen.
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Airports
A sneak preview of a new wonder of the world
There’s lots of innovation and newness and plenty of store and food & beverage openings, of course. But there’s also a refreshing willingness to try different, even risky things.
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Travel
A flying Kiwi once more
This is the closest I’ve got to Hainan since before the pandemic. Where’s my parachute when I need it?
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Airports
Announcing World Airport Shopping Day (well, maybe)
Soon afterwards, a gorgeously green World Cucumber Day full and fruity Hendrick’s gin tapestry dazzled readers, who could have been fogiven for not knowing whether to drink or read us.
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Airlines
Why the call for maskless travel is mistimed
I cannot imagine many Chinese or other Asian travellers feeling remotely comfortable wandering through an airport or boarding a plane in Europe where most people are unmasked.
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Airports
Travel retail as an auction house of the future
The best airports (and Istanbul is high on that list) are magnificent amphitheatres that house not only people but emotions (sadness, excitement, anticipation, joy) and are therefore ripe for great experiences.
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Travel
If dogs run free, why not me?
Just like Uncle Chu, this workload sometimes causes me to paws for thought and look up with a sad face for sympathy. That’s what comes from being an old newshound, I suppose.
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Lifestyle
Avoiding the maelstrom while learning to live with COVID
As I write, two members of my team are suffering from COVID, caught in the maelstrom of the pandemic as it rages once again through the UK, where some 9.3 million people have suffered from the disease and almost 142,000 people have died.
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Travel
Passing the time in ‘Kowloon Kuarantine’ with a travel retail exclusive SQAP and A Room with a View
It might not feel like it when you’re sat down bleary-eyed and cold inside a giant repurposed air terminal hoping like heck you haven’t caught COVID but the whole system is hugely impressive.