Up close and personal in travel retail
Whether it be the most dazzling Christmas installations in the airport world, a cultural showpiece or an exuberant celebration of Chinese New Year, Hong Kong feels like an airport with a heartbeat, a crossroads of humanity, culture, technology and aviation.
Contained within a tunnel-like effect, this art exhibition depicting many of Guangzhou’s most revered buildings and cultural attractions is as dazzling a ‘walk to gate’ as you will find anywhere in the airport world.
Like an aging footballer who’s lost his pace, I’m forced to rely more and more on experience and knowledge, and ensuring the work rate simply never drops, no matter how much you’d like it to.
Take my word for it, HNA will become a global powerhouse of our industry.
When you come to Hainan you cannot help but feel energised. The magnificent scenery and balmy weather help, of course, but it’s also the whole sense of pace.There is simply unstoppable momentum here.
Sanjiv is a human dynamo, irresistible in his energy, consumed by his dreams, an all-too rare example of a businessman who wants to get it right rather than get it fast.
We deal with many communication and PR companies and individuals. There are as many shades of quality as there are shades of lipstick across The Estée Lauder Companies’ portfolio. None shine brighter than Annette.
I notice on the label it’s a ‘small batch’. Personally I think that’s a mistake – they should have made a really, really big one considering it will be another 111 years before the Irish win again.
I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin; They keep the hunger out and the happiness in; I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin; My luck she is running very good.
Such is the bustle of the city that it’s something of a surprise to arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport and encounter an oasis of calm, an efficient, quiet airport featuring some fine artwork and an excellent, diverse shopping, dining and lounge offer.
What does Dubai Duty Free get in return for much cost, much hard labour, much time and dedication? One suspects your company deems such a question irrelevant, that it never forms part of any annual budgeting process.
At one point Niall smoked the ball almost to the green on a par 4. I got so much under mine that it just missed my head coming down.
I feel my luck is about to change. This is a year of shocks is it not? After all, one year ago who would have predicted Donald Trump would be elected President of the USA; that the UK would exit the European Union; or, most shockingly of all, that the Irish rugby team would beat my beloved All Blacks after 111 years of trying?
