The Moodie Davitt Report.com is known as the website that never sleeps for good reason. And despite the earliness of the hour, it certainly does not slumber on fhe Galway to Dublin bus.
Events
Embracing the Cannes-do spirit and a Dr. Seuss philosophy
The Moodie Davitt Report’s future is secured for the long term; we will run very much as before (you’ll have to put up with me for a few more years yet); and we have additional firepower for acquistions and organic development.
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People
All aboard the Gucci Pink Express bound for an Amar (and AI) reimagined Heathrow
From the moment you step aboard, you’ll be transported into a world of opulence and adventure, all bathed in the beautiful hue of pink.
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Travel
Listening out for the Song of Cathay
Because of the prevailing conditions, I can hear but not see the planes soaring above the distant hills, a sight that, on clear days, serves as a constant and oddly comforting reminder of the world of travel that I have inhabited for the past 37 years.
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Airports
How Hong Kong Airport is using art as a different form of connectivity
I’ll let the pictures – not only of the exhibition but of the encouraging consumer engagement it is generating – tell the story. It is one that so richly deserves to be told.
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Airports
Flying high above Hong Kong Airport without leaving the city
From this height, one of the world’s greatest airports almost resembles a model, with little toy planes coming in to land or roaring along the runways. But it’s very much the real thing.
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Airports
Discovering a curate’s egg at Paris Charles de Gaulle and being cordoned (off) bleu!
I’m not so sure that an (albeit elegantly) cordoned-off luxury store – even one bearing the most lustrous brand name on the planet – is actually that alluring.
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Travel
Flying High, Flying Free, Martin Moodie can’t you see…
I shall not pain readers with the end result, except to say that Bob Dylan’s songwriting legacy is probably safe for now from any AI assault (Truffles my cat wagging her tail/Gonna pick him up can’t ever fail/Get her from the vet she’s ready to roll/Truffles my friend let’s rock and stroll) is not yet the stuff of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Events
A drone-lit, FAB-ulous and (Brewery) X-rated experience in Ontario
The energy, the passion, the support, the hospitality, the professionalism of the ONT team were second to none. Atif has assembled one hell of a class act here and it shows through every aspect of their operation.
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Airports
From Hong Kong through Taipei and onto FAB-ulous Ontario International Airport
There’s just time to sip on a chilled 2023 Banrock Station Chardonnay from South Australia that’s a lot sprightlier than me and munch on some stir-fried cabbage with fungus and celery. The ways I spend my Saturday evenings…
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Airports
Getting the alignment, sequencing and timing right at Dubai Duty Free
Ramesh has stepped into very big boots indeed, those worn by his predecessor Colm McLoughlin with such distinction since 1983. That responsibility excites rather than daunts him and rightly so.
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Events
On Cloud Nine with DFS & Cathay Pacific and BAC to the Future in Brisbane
Ao Yun（敖云）– destined, I think, to become one of the world’s great wines – means ‘above the clouds’, which given the amount of time I spend in exactly the same place, makes it one I hope to drink a lot more of in the future
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Travel
On the road from Riyadh to Macau to Brisbane
I will be spending a great deal more of my time in the Kingdom going forward and I will not be alone within the travel retail community.