We can blame politicians all we like for their lack of direction (Boris Johnson) or their crass misdirection (Trump) but it is we the people, to quote the opening words to the US constitution, who must ultimately take the blame.
Miscellaneous
Out of the darkness and into light
As autumn bathes the northern hemisphere in golden leaves and spring brings rebirth to the south, a pitch-black shadow that has hung over the whole world throughout all seasons may soon be lifting.
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Miscellaneous
Job losses in black & white and blurring lines in grey
We should stop talking about when travel retail as an industry or sector will recover but break it out country by country, or more accurately country to country.
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Events
The slayer who ran looked a lot like me
Roll on ten years and my business is fighting, like so many others, for its life, but I am in rollicking good health. I know which scenario I prefer.
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Miscellaneous
Raising the bar every day to a ceaseless, magical rhythm
We think we have created something ground-breaking not just in travel retail terms but within the whole digital world.
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Airports
Kia kaha Canterbury – stay strong
Kia kaha indeed. In these dark COVID-blighted days, it seems as apposite a phrase as it was back in the dark moments of 2010 and 2011.
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Miscellaneous
Sunshine through the fragrant harbour (and COVID-19) haze
It is now reasonable to expect that better days lie ahead, not on some distant and perhaps mirage-like horizon but in the relative near term.
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Miscellaneous
Toy Town, Trump tosh and quarantine roulette
Perhaps the oven analogy will strike home for Boris. After all, most of his government’s response to this crisis to date has been half-baked.
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Miscellaneous
Untagged in Hong Kong as the space race heats up
Sputnik is the Russian word for satellite. The choice of name is apt, for many have likened the search for a vaccine to the space race contested by the Soviet Union and the US during the Cold War.
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Miscellaneous
Taking time out in Tung Chung
“It is what it is,” as President Donald Trump said in his already infamous interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios on HBO this week. Yes indeed, Mr President and it isn’t good.
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Travel
Flying the flag of 2020
Boris Johnson said that the government had “underestimated” the extent of asymptomatic transmission and didn’t fully understand the coronavirus in the “first few weeks and months”. But now, 45,762 deaths later, they do understand. So that’s alright then.
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Miscellaneous
Rum moments as Wilson takes full control of Moodie Davitt HQ
Every day now LinkedIn is full of messages from really talented, loyal, hard-working people who have lost their jobs in travel retail through no fault of their own.
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Lifestyle
How Jägermeister aims to #SavetheNight
The home freezer is no place for frozen vegetables and other household necessities when you’ve got a couple of liquid beauties like this on offer.