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Airports

February 16, 2025

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.

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Events

February 9, 2025

Saluting a centenary – Loacker’s journey from local patisserie to global brand

When Alfons Loacker purchased the patisserie in which he had worked since he was a boy, little could he have foreseen the extraordinary journey the company that bears his name would undertake over the following century.

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Airports

December 1, 2024

‘Living the F1 life’ with Qatar Duty Free

‘Live the F1 life’ is the memorable marketing tag line that leads Qatar Airways Group’s engagement with the many thousands of visitors to Doha this weekend.

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Airports

May 25, 2024

Time, terroir and telling a 300-year story – A Rémy Martin experience

Heritage, passion, time, terroir, humility and knowledge passed down the generations; these themes and many others resonated during a memorable immersion into the world of world of Rémy Martin.

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Travel

March 12, 2024

Hunkering down in paradise with the horn-eyed ghost crabs

If the crabs – carefully protected here by man as well as themselves – don’t want company, neither do you. This is a place to simply let go, to feel the weight of mental pressure and physical tiredness dissolve.

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Lifestyle

March 2, 2024

Opening a finger lickin’, finger tappin’ Interim Bureau in Bangkok

I have well and truly entered the stage of life – and certainly of career – where the mantle of ‘veteran’ is placed onto my shoulders and no amount of shaking is going to displace it. At least I still have the mental energy of a 12-year old.

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Events

January 27, 2024

Scaling new heights and discovering One World in the Year of the Dragon

What a great occasion it was. One that perhaps marked Lotte Duty Free’s true coming of age as a world-class airport retailer outside its native land.

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Lifestyle

November 19, 2023

Heading down Memory Lane with Proust in my slipstream

Proust’s work, ‘A la recherche du temps perdu’ (literally ‘In search of lost time’), was first translated into English as Remembrance of Things Past. Van Morrison inherited some literary tradition, did he not?

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Airports

August 3, 2023

Plaza Premium Group hits new heights at Hong Kong Airport

It may just be the coolest setting for any cocktail bar in the airport world, where guests can enjoy an equally cool food and drinks programme while taking in magnificent panoramic views of the airfield and Lantau island beyond.

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People

July 16, 2023

How Roger Wang breathed life into Duc de Fugue Cognac

Roger Wang might have bought a winery such as this. But fate decreed that his choice would turn to another great love instead, Cognac.

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Events

June 10, 2023

Creating unforgettable memories with Maison Margiela

Chris Lee, delicate, almost bird-like in her androgynous beauty, was the star of the show, generating a rapturous reaction from hundreds of fans gathered for the event launch.

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Airports

March 23, 2023

‘Pura vida’ – A captivating Costa Rican experience

I have not just been on location here but have undergone a full immersion in the culture and tourism highlights of Costa Rica.

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Quirky

March 12, 2023

Assessing the great Olivetti vs ChatGPT showdown

Ah, even saying the word ‘Olivetti’ out loud fills me with affection and nostalgia. I learned my craft on it. I didn’t need ChatGPT then just as I have never felt the need for an automatic garage door.

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