The bowl of chicken pieces had more bones than a 500-year old cemetery, so many it could have modelled for Kiehl’s in fact, but as we chatted we all agreed the offering was delicious.
Events
Discovering the heritage of three centuries and the tantalising promise of the future
Who knows when the next expression will be released. Or who will be the Cellar Master. Those thoughts do not concern Baptiste but instead enrich him. For his living memory in liquid form will endure through the generations to come.
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Events
An Ospree takes flight amid some InDelhible memories
This bird is much smaller than an eagle and much smaller than any of the large birds you would have heard of. But it flies faster. It’s an agile bird that flies 5,000 miles and… sees its prey miles away. That sounds a lot like us, right?”
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Travel
Saying Namaste to Noida and getting ready for APTRA India
“Namaste. In India we never say goodbye, we say hope to see you again.”
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Miscellaneous
How Sun-Robot provides foodie fusion in Phuket
Isn’t this precisely what Avolta CEO Xavier Rossinyol had in mind when he talked about the fusion between retail and F&B in an interview with me last year?
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Travel
Hunkering down in paradise with the horn-eyed ghost crabs
If the crabs – carefully protected here by man as well as themselves – don’t want company, neither do you. This is a place to simply let go, to feel the weight of mental pressure and physical tiredness dissolve.
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Lifestyle
Opening a finger lickin’, finger tappin’ Interim Bureau in Bangkok
I have well and truly entered the stage of life – and certainly of career – where the mantle of ‘veteran’ is placed onto my shoulders and no amount of shaking is going to displace it. At least I still have the mental energy of a 12-year old.
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Travel
Sipping a botanical journey across Vietnam and talking Trinity in Ho Chi Minh City
I don’t so much have a bee in my bonnet as a whole hornets’ nest about the lack of Sense of Place in most airport retail offers. The SASCO shop shows what can be done with investment, imagination and a real understanding of a culture and its associated crafts and products.
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People
Sounding out Sanya sensations and hitting the high notes in Haikou
As the pictures confirm, the American beauty powerhouse’s brands remain in big demand and I suspect that CNY 2024 has contributed very significantly to honouring CEO Fabrizio Freda’s pledge to return to ‘normalised’ stock levels in the very near future.
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Airports
Zooming into and out of Zayed International
If I can’t be home for Valentine’s Day, I can at least send a selfie. Did you really buy two bottles of Cognac my wife asked?
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Events
Flying high at Zayed International and encountering A Life Well Spent in Dubai
The production dramatically reveals a three-dimensional A380 plane formed from 1,750 drones – yes, you read that right, 1,750 – on the North Runway to celebrate the airport’s rebranding.
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Airports
Why Bacha will be the hottest coffee in the airport world
If Hermès was a coffee brand it would be Bacha. And if there was a croissant heaven, I promise you a Bacha raspberry and cinnamon croissant would be served at the gates.
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People
A Shenzhen sojourn to deep dive into Duc de Fugue Cognac
Roger Wang is too much of a serial entrepreneur to stop with his Cognac brand. Look out for his exciting next move later this year. I won’t give the game away here but I predict he will have another big hit on his hands.