n my top ten airport stores’ list, this gem of a shop would be right up there. In an airport already putting its best gin foot forward, Jo Malone is surely the perfect tonic.
Airports
A Legendary Burger or a seatback surprise?
Dine with us in dietary delight and enjoy a pleasant ambience or opt for the dubious pleasures of a plastic knife and fork, a reheated meal covered in tin foil, a postage stamp dining table, and the prospect of the passenger in front leaning back suddenly and sending your canteen cuisine flying into your shirtfront.
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Airports
Worth the wait: Ngurah Rai retailers capture the flavour of Bali
Departing Bali leaves one’s heart heavy, but at least the airport and its commercial operators help ease the pain.
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Airports
Coming soon: Changing of the guard at Hong Kong International Airport
That is the nature of the open tender beast, of course. You win some, you lose some. And sometimes, as with DFS here, you do both.
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Reincarnation in Paris; reimagination in Singapore
La Samaritaine and Changi T4 are among the most exciting developments I have seen in my 30 years of covering this business.
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Landing on Lambay in a tale of two families
For Dubliners, Lambay Island has always had an air of mystery and impenetrability. If like me, you spent your summers digging sandcastles on the various strands from Portmarnock to Sutton, facing east to the Irish Sea, Lambay was a looming but in many ways distant presence. A private island around three miles offshore, we never
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Moodie in motion as more Interim Bureauxs open around the globe
My various Moodie Davitt Report Interim Bureaux of recent weeks have been more interim than usual. In the past three weeks I’ve set up shop in Toronto, Dublin, Moscow and Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Into the swing in Portstewart with “the Rory McIlroy of duty free”
“Tubber Patrick: The finest opening hole in links golf?” the Portstewart Golf Club website asks teasingly. Or, if you translate from the native Northern Irish, it means “are you really sure you want to do this?” I’m standing on hole number one at Portstewart, home to this week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by
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Magical moments in Moscow
Today we’re taking a tour of the Kremlin, followed by a boat ride this evening on the Moskva River. It’s going to be an action-packed few days with many of Regstaer’s business partners flying in for the occasion.
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Airports
How Adriana made my day at World Duty Free Heathrow
Two happy customers. Two good spends. One lovely salesperson. What a difference good people make. Thank you, Adriana.
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Events
Readers’ competition results: Capricious Capri causes an upset in Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby
Like all the entrants in our readers’ competition in association with Dubai Duty Free to pick the result of the big race, The Moodie Tipster was blind-sided by the capricious Capri, who made a mockery of previous form.
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Win a million Dollars in our Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby readers’ competition
He’s French-bred (like a baguette) and Irish-trained (like the Dublin to Sligo railway), a dangerous nationalistic combination if I ever saw one.
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FAB moments in Toronto; HNA hits heady heights in Paris
While the Chinese authorities may want a slowdown in capital outflow and will be wary of any systemic risk to the domestic banking system, it is hardly likely that the HNA juggernaut has in way been derailed.