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.

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.

Miscellaneous

March 17, 2024

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?

Miscellaneous

August 27, 2023

Inspired by Tumi to create a Moodie Tracer

This is known as the Tumi Tracer, a product identification and recovery programme that helps reunite customers with their lost bags. Perhaps given my travel schedule and worryingly advancing age I should contemplate fixing one to myself.

Miscellaneous

March 24, 2023

What price a smile?

There’s nothing luxury here but the young patients inside are about to receive, or have already received, a gift more priceless than any shopping emporium can offer. A smile.

Quirky

March 12, 2023

Assessing the great Olivetti vs ChatGPT showdown

Ah, even saying the word ‘Olivetti’ out loud fills me with affection and nostalgia. I learned my craft on it. I didn’t need ChatGPT then just as I have never felt the need for an automatic garage door.

Miscellaneous

March 6, 2023

A welcome return to beautiful kitsch in Macau

Artificial canals replete with gondolas and a false Venetian sky might not be to everyone’s taste but there is no doubting the allure for countless Chinese consumers, many of whom have never experienced the real thing in Italy.

Quirky

September 17, 2022

Celebrating 20 years as The Muffy Report is born for a day

Matilda’s name (and I’m not making this up) was taken from Australia’s beloved folk song ‘Waltzing Matilda’, a result of her penchant for stepping waltz-like from side to side.

Food

August 5, 2022

Local flavour, world-class experience – a snapshot of South Africa at Durbanville Hills

What we’ve discovered in the past few days is the sheer diversity, wealth and quality of South African cuisine, alongside magnificent hospitality.

Lifestyle

July 18, 2022

A world turned upside down

With my recent luck, if I avoid COVID, I’ll get sunstroke instead.

Miscellaneous

June 30, 2022

Mounting a challenge at Mount Juliet

“It’s not how, it’s how many.” With that well-worn golf phrase and a wry smile did Paraguayan pro Fabrizio Zanotti try to temper my disaffection with another ropey golf shot at the Horizon Irish Open Pro Am at Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny on Wednesday. There I was a guest of Executive Vice Chairman and CEO

People