I’m in Abha, often described as the cultural heart of Saudi’s Aseer region and I’m almost breathless, not because of the rarefied air in what is known as Abha High City (some 2,000sq m above sea level) but because of its majestic beauty.
Airports
On location: A tale of transformation at King Abdulaziz International
My lengthy visit to the domestic and international zones underlined time and again not only the ambition underpinning the airport’s transformation but also the huge potential this already flourishing gateway offers.
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Travel
On location: Discovering Saudi Arabia’s cultural wonders and aviation opportunities
“Welcome to Al Balad and Jeddah,” says Abir, our wonderful tour guide. “Once you come here you will never want to leave.” Take a look at my pictures and you will see why.
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Airports
Freeing an unexpected catch in Sri Lanka and celebrating marital joy in Dubai
Bandaranaike International features a dual duty-free retailer model – Sri Lanka Duty Free (Dufry) and Flemingo – and frankly it makes as little sense here as it did at Auckland Airport in my native New Zealand (prior to the return to a single operator structure in June 2023).
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Travel
A warm Moodiesan welcome in Colombo after the eagle has landed in Sri Lanka
Catchy? You gotta believe it. Any song that rhymes Moodie with groovy has to be, right?
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Travel
On the road to Mandalay where the Flying Kiwis play
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere I go.
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People
Finding a new way to shed Writers’ Tears in Galway
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.
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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.