This was by some distance the most thrilling and sheer fun awards night I can recall attending over my four decades in the business.
Airports
Is Changi the world’s most user-friendly airport?
Changi offers a quality that is almost a contradiction of terms with most world airports. Serenity.
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Events
Flying as high as Danaus Plexippus at World of Wines & Spirits by Changi Airport
‘Whenever I sang, the moon swayed with me. Whenever I danced, my shadow went wild. Drinking, we shared our enjoyment together.’ – Li Bai
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People
All aboard the Gucci Pink Express bound for an Amar (and AI) reimagined Heathrow
From the moment you step aboard, you’ll be transported into a world of opulence and adventure, all bathed in the beautiful hue of pink.
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People
How George Drivas is ensuring The Forgotten Women of Brisbane are forgotten no longer
Referred to as the hidden homeless, these women may be living in cars, couch surfing, or facing threats of violence, among other challenges.
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Travel
Listening out for the Song of Cathay
Because of the prevailing conditions, I can hear but not see the planes soaring above the distant hills, a sight that, on clear days, serves as a constant and oddly comforting reminder of the world of travel that I have inhabited for the past 37 years.
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Airports
How Hong Kong Airport is using art as a different form of connectivity
I’ll let the pictures – not only of the exhibition but of the encouraging consumer engagement it is generating – tell the story. It is one that so richly deserves to be told.
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Airports
Flying high above Hong Kong Airport without leaving the city
From this height, one of the world’s greatest airports almost resembles a model, with little toy planes coming in to land or roaring along the runways. But it’s very much the real thing.
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Airports
Discovering a curate’s egg at Paris Charles de Gaulle and being cordoned (off) bleu!
I’m not so sure that an (albeit elegantly) cordoned-off luxury store – even one bearing the most lustrous brand name on the planet – is actually that alluring.
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Events
A drone-lit, FAB-ulous and (Brewery) X-rated experience in Ontario
The energy, the passion, the support, the hospitality, the professionalism of the ONT team were second to none. Atif has assembled one hell of a class act here and it shows through every aspect of their operation.
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Airports
From Hong Kong through Taipei and onto FAB-ulous Ontario International Airport
There’s just time to sip on a chilled 2023 Banrock Station Chardonnay from South Australia that’s a lot sprightlier than me and munch on some stir-fried cabbage with fungus and celery. The ways I spend my Saturday evenings…
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Airports
Getting the alignment, sequencing and timing right at Dubai Duty Free
Ramesh has stepped into very big boots indeed, those worn by his predecessor Colm McLoughlin with such distinction since 1983. That responsibility excites rather than daunts him and rightly so.
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Airports
Making a big and beautiful bang in Bengaluru
Already I wrote that the arrivals duty-free store is perhaps the world’s best (having mulled it over and discussed with many people via email and LinkedIn, I would now remove the qualifier ‘perhaps’).