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Minns det som igår min vän – Remember it like yesterday my friend

And at that precise moment as one year passes into another, of course one thinks about all those ‘auld acquaintances’ no longer with us, parents, siblings, friends, colleagues.

Time to paws Petsonality as Tito’s Handmade Vodka unleashes support for The Moodie Blog

The sight and sound of an industry executive yelling “Taxi!” while chasing a chair-dragging dog of the same name down the street is surely one for my unofficial history of the travel retail world.

On the road to Mandalay where the Flying Kiwis play

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere I go.

‘Living the F1 life’ with Qatar Duty Free

‘Live the F1 life’ is the memorable marketing tag line that leads Qatar Airways Group’s engagement with the many thousands of visitors to Doha this weekend.

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.

A last red rose and a final farewell

Colm’s loving wife Breeda, brave and beautiful but seemingly shrunken in grief, threw a single red rose on top of the coffin; the priest said some consoling words; and then the family and the hundreds who had gathered to show their last respects shuffled silently away into the chill of an Irish afternoon.

People

November 21, 2024

Writers’ Tears and Galway memories

We talked of how an exciting story had begun and of how an unforgettable one has sadly ended. Our chosen tipple was Writers’ Tears Irish whiskey. More than a few of those will be shed today.

Airports

November 17, 2024

How a ‘Crazy. Bold. Ambitious’ formula is paying rich dividends for Malaysia Airports

This was by some distance the most thrilling and sheer fun awards night I can recall attending over my four decades in the business.

Events

November 13, 2024

Vibrant Vietnam delivers The Trinity Forum 2024 in triumphant style

Ho Chi Minh was a fabulous location and I have run out of superlatives to describe the hospitality, grace, support and professionalism of our co-hosts Airports Corporation of Vietnam and IPP Group.

Events

November 3, 2024

Back on the road as The Trinity Forum hits Ho Chi Minh City

It’s the 21st anniversary of the event I created way back in 2003 when the first Trinity Forum was held in London. The event, like the travel retail sector, has come a long way since, both geographically and in terms of substance.