Eyes in Focus is about art as much as it is about La Prairie products. In fact the two worlds converge.
People
Remembering Mount Difficulty and those it has claimed
Cancer is not only a bully but an undiscerning one. There is nothing fair about its choices or its impact. Its treatment can often be as harsh as the disease itself. It takes too many, too soon, too horribly.
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Events
Majestic in Moscow, compressed in Paris
Since my medical travails of recent years, I am a considerably slimmed-down version of my former self, which is just as well for otherwise I might still be wedged in the lift.
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Events
Meeting the maestro in Moscow
My stay in the Russian capital has been about as good as it gets. Except.. it is about to get better.
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Events
Moodie Davitt Interim Moscow Bureau opens for business
As always, I’ve got a bit of catching up to do with Colm. If I reach 50 years in the business that will make me 81…
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Miscellaneous
The world of Wi-Fi waits for no man
The Lake District is a place to restore one’s equilibrium; sooth the gnawing anxiety of workplace pressures; and remind yourself that gentle pleasures are the best of all. Unless one of the world’s most important duty free concessions comes up for grabs, that is.
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Events
CDF-Sunrise Duty Free lays down an important beauty marker
Each of the boutiques enjoys the same space; each opens to its neighbours; each is complementary to the others in quality, positioning and retail execution.
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Airports
Celebrating a red-letter day with CDF-Sunrise
This cluster of stand-alone beauty boutiques is a first for travel retail in the Asia Pacific region.
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Events
Duty Calls, Travel Retail Answers
If you don’t know me, look out for a slightly weary antipodean with a big grin on his face – delighted that our industry made such a difference to the lives of so many children on Saturday night.
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Airports
Who let the dogs in?
Just think what Noodle the Beagle will do for pasta sales; Luna the Collie for vegetables on the side; or Bruno the German Shepherd for Alsation wine.
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Airports
Aching in the places that I used to play
I decided to fly as despite all my efforts, Nestlé International Travel Retail and World Duty Free wouldn’t let me take the Heathrow bus.
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Events
Not ‘interesting’, not now, not ever
War, terrorism, natural disasters and health crises all have repercussions for our channel which need to be assessed. But there’s a time, a place, and a required sensitivity.
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Events
Sri Lanka: A place of beauty defiled
Since the tragic and long-running internal war ended in 2009, Sri Lanka has been a country of peace. That all changed on Easter Sunday. Sri Lanka is now also a land, like my own, that has been defiled by terrorism in recent days.