“It’s sunny, it’s freezing, let’s get going.” The words were those of the one and only Harry Diehl as the annual Travel Value Golf Cup got under way in Cannes on Sunday at the Cannes Mandelieu and Riviera golf courses. The gale of the previous day had blown away, taking more than a few trees
Events
Free of Duty at last as Rugby World Cup final beckons – in Cannes
What a final it will be. The strength and all round talents of African Pride Wines of South Africa versus the surprise package of the tournament, Scorpio Distributors of England. Yes the Rugby World Cup comes to a thrilling conclusion in France on Saturday night and the Final has attracted a sell-out audience. No, we’re
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Events
Two great reasons to smile
Has any charity anywhere had better ambassadors than those who represented The Smile Train at the ‘Turning Tears into Smiles’ charity dinner in Hong Kong on 5 October? I’m referring to Dr Shell Xue, Chief Project Officer of The Smile Train China, and Wang Li, a teenager from Likou Town in Kiangsu Province, China. No-one
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Events
Why things really aren’t all black…
Ok, ok, ok, I know. The All Blacks blew it again (please don’t use that ‘choked’ word, we were simply beaten by a better team). Yes they are out of the World Rugby Cup at an early stage again. Yes it will be ‘four more years’ before they have the chance to end a 24-year
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People
Putting the blues into perspective
Sometimes you just have to take the blows – and the blues – on the chin. And sometimes you have to keep things in perspective. I write with mixed emotions two days on from the ‘Turning Tears into Smiles’ dinner on behalf of cleft charity The Smile Train here in Hong Kong. What a night it
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Airlines
A Regal journey
This Moodie BLOG comes to you from the lounge at Frankfurt Airport, 7 hours into a unique travel retail journey from New York JFK Airport to Singapore Changi. I’m travelling with the Pernod Ricard Asia travel retail team, Managing Director Alexandre Ricard and two of his senior team, Patrick Castanier and Gloria Song. And one
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Events
The Eagle has landed
Many delegates at next month’s Cannes show will be turning up with a bad case of fever. No, not avian flu or dengue, but rugby fever. The Saturday preceding the exhibition – the day of arrival for many visitors – is also the day (or night) of the Rugby World Cup final, to be played
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Events
Win two Rugby World Cup quarter-final tickets, support The Smile Train charity dinner and transform some young lives
Missing the match hurts – but it is more than offset by the pleasure of knowing a great cause will benefit. I’m offering my two tickets to a glamour quarter-final match at the Rugby World Cup on 6 October for auction. The game is likely to be played between the New Zealand All Blacks (unless Scotland pull off
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Events
Who will be the BOSS at this year’s Rugby World Cup?
What’s a girl about town to do ? Especially when she has an acute sense of fashion (and the responsibility of championing one of its great names) and when she’s stuck for a choice of outfit for one of the great social occasions of the year? Followers of rugby – and there are many in
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People
The gentle edge of a Thorne
Meet Grahame Thorne (top left). He’s one of New Zealand’s most famous rugby players, a star centre for the legendary All Blacks from 1967 to 1970, playing ten test matches and ranking as the most dazzling runner of his generation. He would have played many more games for his country but for his decision to
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Events
Who will be the Boss at Rugby’s World Cup?
What’s a girl about town to do ? Especially when she has an acute sense of fashion (and the responsibility of championing one of its great names) and when she’s stuck for a choice of outfit for one of the great social occasions of the year? Followers of rugby – and there are many in
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Airlines
The icing on the cake
The old saying ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it’ obviously doesn’t apply to Korean Air. For cake was most definitely on the menu last month when the Seoul-based airline – the world’s most successful inflight retailer – celebrated setting an all-time single flight sales high of US$40,968. The result, achieved on an Incheon
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Events
A smile that lights up Hyderabad
The little boy looks shyly at the ground as his mother is asked to introduce him to me. He is six years old, with beautiful, big brown eyes. His name is Anji and tomorrow he will face a defining moment in his life – he will undergo surgery to repair the cleft lip and palate