‘The website that never sleeps’ may at no time have paused for rest but The Moodie Blog, I’m delighted to say, is out of hibernation.
Travel
From Lisbon to Lon Y Coed and on to Hong Kong
I don’t know what my year will bring, either personally or professionally. But I embark on the 24th year of The Moodie Davitt Report with hope in my heart, clarity in my vision and determination to make a difference in anything I and we do.
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People
In memory of Roopa, a Mitti Café and travel retail heroine
Roopa and Bhairappa’s love story was of two people who found strength, dignity and joy in each other. Two hearts that showed all of us that love has no barriers, no labels, no limits.
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Events
Get yourself down to El Gordo, ‘Asia Pacific Travel Retail HQ’, for a Sinead Especial, the best Taco in town
November is lung cancer awareness month. Harry responded by launching ‘The Sinead Especial’, a sublimely tastebud-tempting taco based on some of my daughter Sinead’s favourite ingredients. How about that?
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People
Discovering Nomad’s land and bumping into an old friend in Alicante
When I spied him at the British Airways desk, I noticed Peter was checking in his golf clubs. “What did you need those for?” I asked, a fair question, I thought, given I had played golf with Peter on a couple of occasions at the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup.
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People
How the travel retail community made Sinead feel less alone
Cancer is an all-too common curse in our world and to see how many others in our industry have been touched by it and fought it either personally or through a family member made Sinead, I know, feel less alone.
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People
“Cancer may not believe in karma, but I will make my own” – A special message from another Moodie
I didn’t show emotion, I felt numb. I didn’t cry. I wouldn’t allow myself to think. I didn’t want to think about my husband and kids and what their future would be. I couldn’t let my mind go there.
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Events
From a symbol of Ethiopia’s rising to a FAB-ulous foodie experience
“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.”
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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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Events
Showtime in Singapore prompts the need for a glorious obsession
It’s a brutal corporate world out there at the moment and with the great Chinese wave that has driven our industry for the first quarter of the 21st century now resembling a series of gentle ripples (in spending, not traveller, terms) reinvention is the name of the game.
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People
From Hong Kong to South Canterbury – A Global Gift of Support
“Your support means so much to us and will directly contribute to creating meaningful opportunities for women and girls across South Canterbury. This small group of women has collectively given and raised over NZ$75,000 in the last three years.”
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Events
From magical Mumbai through Colombo (though nearly Heathrow) to high octane Hainan
All of us in travel retail have had these moments of not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Not only would a Heathrow transit mean 28 hours or so of flying plus transit time from Mumbai to Hong Kong, but I’d actually not be back in time for my subsequent flight to Hainan.
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Travel
On location in Mumbai (2) – How TFS continues to embellish a proud legacy
Later that day I attended the K Hospitality and TFS annual party, a fabulously fun occasion. Asked by Sunil to say a few words, I took the audience back all those 5,806 nights to the TFS launch and summed up the extraordinary narrative since. What a journey this has been.