Tonight, Sunday, TFWA World Exhibition formally kicks off with the traditional Opening Cocktail and no doubt the equally traditional fireworks. How good in our war-torn world they are of the peaceful, celebratory kind.
People
From ‘Fast, Factual, Free’ to ‘The website that never sleeps’ – 24 years on
“The internet will always beat the postman,” I would tell people in attempting to convince them of the title’s innate advantage over the powerful print-based rivals of the time.
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People
Discovering a Spirit of Legacy with Hennessy in Hong Kong
Although the Maison has long since been subsumed into the mighty Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy empire, Maurice Hennessy still feels immense pride as he sees the family name displayed with such panache at the great airports of the world.
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People
Why Peter Pan was right as I head straight on to the morn
So I think I’ll fly away/Set a course for brighter days/Find the second star, I’m soarin’/And then straight on to the morn.
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Travel
A welcome (and an absence) in the hillsides as I come home again to Wales
I remember every night/Your ocean eyes of blue/How I miss you in the morning light/Like roses miss the dew.
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People
How Mitti Café serves up love as well as the best Chai in Bengaluru
Alina and Mitte Café serve as an inspiration to us all. But why have no industry stakeholders outside India adopted such a concept? I challenge the airport and concessionaire sectors to embrace that test. It should be done and as Alina has proven, it can be done.
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Quirky
Of thorns and roses and a Toblerone Matcha made in heaven
Two ultra-exclusive products, born of a product synonymous with the duty-free industry, an astoundingly sustained success over decades. And two acts of kindness, different in scale but bound together by a common sense of humanity as tightly as a Toblerone bar is by that irresistible mix of honey, almonds and nougat
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Airports
Digital dazzle and dining delights add shine to Hong Kong’s golden brand
Selfies with a large, anthropomorphic, red-and-yellow honey bee. Up close and personal with Ronald McDonald. A close encounter with Hong Kong’s famed Pink Dolphins. All in a day’s work for a travel retail Publisher.
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Events
SwanSong Smiles is born as IPP Travel Retail and The Trinity Forum celebrate putting a smile on many children’s faces
The event will simultaneously celebrate several landmarks – the 20th anniversary of our (and travel retail’s) relationship with Smile Train; The Moodie Davitt Report’s 25th anniversary; my 40th year in the channel; and the duty-free industry’s 80th anniversary. Wow, what a joyous, joint celebration it promises to be.
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Events
The Moodie Blog: Back out of hibernation to accompany ‘The website that never sleeps’
‘The website that never sleeps’ may at no time have paused for rest but The Moodie Blog, I’m delighted to say, is out of hibernation.
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Travel
From Lisbon to Lon Y Coed and on to Hong Kong
I don’t know what my year will bring, either personally or professionally. But I embark on the 24th year of The Moodie Davitt Report with hope in my heart, clarity in my vision and determination to make a difference in anything I and we do.
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Quirky
Mundo Fantástico da Sardinha Portuguesa – where “the sardine is queen”
I ended up buying two more tins, each bearing the birth years (most definitely not to be revealed but clearly I knew what was on their Christmas fish-lists) of my wife Yulim and The Moodie Davitt Report Publisher Irene Revilla
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People
In memory of Roopa, a Mitti Café and travel retail heroine
Roopa and Bhairappa’s love story was of two people who found strength, dignity and joy in each other. Two hearts that showed all of us that love has no barriers, no labels, no limits.