Perhaps there is hope after all for literature; perhaps our children’s children will once more turn to Pasternakm Pynchon, Proulx (E. Annie) or Poe rather than Pokémon; Salinger, Shakespeare or Steinbeck rather than Super Mario.
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Hermès takes the art of the shop window to giddying new heights in Hong Kong
It’s retail as art. Welcome to the beguiling world of French artist Lilian Daubisse, who has created a spellbinding shop window and stand-alone display to celebrate the Hermès opening at Hong Kong International Airport.
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A divine kind of payback at Dubai Duty Free
When your luck is in, it’s really in. News reaches us via Dubai Duty Free of an Indian traveller and shopper who hit not one, but two jackpots last week. One involved no cash but a far greater prize – his life.
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Heathrow’s shop windows to the world
I must confess to a little chuckle as I snapped the lovely contrast between the hard-working, low-paid cleaning lady and the swanky, Parisian chic image of the shop window. What would Coco Chanel say?
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Tangela, Flareon, Wigglytuff and Articuno: coming to an airport near you
Could we create ‘Pokéstops’ within airport shops around the world, offering ‘hatch one get one free’ Pokémon eggs, linked of course to generous shopping discounts?
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Martial lore at Hong Kong International Airport
I walked past a temperature check at Hong Kong International Airport: unfortunately duty free retailers are feeling a distinct chill.
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FAB-ulous moments in Geneva as Le Chef raises the culinary bar
My team is also working extraordinary hours to get the job done here of the quality we stand for. They’re a great, great bunch of individuals, united in a common cause. FAB-ulous actually.
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Seeking perfection at Heathrow T2 with a British Brexit breakfast
I’m at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, en route to Dublin for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Just think, in a couple of years’ time I’ll have to queue with all the other non-EU passengers when I land in Ireland. It’s hard to comprehend, or express, the almost seismic shock this nation is feeling after
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Travel. As much as you can. As far as you can.
Can airports restore that love? Or at least some of it? Can they too nurture a sense of destination, of journey, of marvel – and not just of process? Can they excite and delight and not simply infuriate?
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Airside excellence at Budapest Airport marred by sub-standard landside experience
The pictures and video on this page tell their own wretched story. Dwell time is being killed at Budapest by check-in staff who just don’t seem to care (the British Airways queue system was a joke) and an absolutely haphazard security system.
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Free of duty in the land of ice and fire
With some nice Icelandic Indie in the background (I was tempted to play Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to leave your Lava or something by Wishbone Ash), it’s hard to imagine the sheer violence with which Eyjafjallajökull erupted so recently.
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On a Wine Goose chase around a Loop at Dublin Airport
I’m on a Wine Goose Chase at Dublin Airport. Surely I mean Grey Goose (as in the vodka), or Wild Geese (as in the Irish whiskey)? Nope, for while returning to London through Dublin Airport Terminal 1 after the recent Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, I came across one of the most novel takes on the
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Another stor(e)y takes shape in the garden of Changi
Changi Airport is more than a passenger gateway or a commercial centre, though it does play both roles brilliantly. It is also an unexpected oasis of calm.