Year in Review: Interviews
Interviews of the Year
In this page and the next we feature our writers’ selections of the most memorable interviews to appear across our titles and events over the past 12 months.
Avinor hails “high-value opportunity”
We spoke to senior Avinor executives about €830 million worth of retail and F&B contracts that came to market in early 2022 as Norway’s airports company embarked on its latest phase of commercial transformation.
Full story here.
The tender in Norway covered multiple categories, with a focus on speciality and convenience retail, plus food & beverage (Bergen Airport pictured). Photo: Nils Olav Mevatne.
Viking Line’s tilt at Glory
Viking Glory, launched in March, raised the bar for cruise ferry design and services in the Nordic region, as we reported from a trip on the new Viking Line flagship and tour of the commercial offer in March. Full story and interview with senior management here.
Innovator, influencer and industry pioneer
The cover story of our April Magazine came from South America, and celebrated the 80-year journey of Buenos Aires-based London Supply Group, one of the industry’s pioneering travel retailers.
Click on this link for full story and April edition.
A 25-year journey for International Diplomatic Supplies
The silver anniversary of International Diplomatic Supplies in Dubai on 13 May marked the company’s rise to become one of the world’s leading diplomatic supply businesses. It also hallmarked Founder Patrick Doyle’s outstanding work as a philanthropist, supporting children’s charities around the world (see also People of the Year).
Full story here.
Patrick Doyle (joined by The Moodie Davitt Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie) with members of his warehouse and logistics team during the IDS 25th anniversary celebrations. He bought them all tailored suits for the occasion.
Wine, whisky and cigars – an interview (like no other) with Foreo’s Gary Leong
Gary Leong has spearheaded Foreo’s extraordinary success in travel retail over recent years but this interview is not about beauty devices. For Gary has an equally extraordinary knowledge of wines, spirits and cigars...
Full story at this link.
Gary Leong with Antonio Corsaro, the world-renowned Chef de Cuisine from La Scala at The Sukhothai Shanghai
The ‘four pillars’ of retail at Heathrow
As traffic recovery accelerated in mid-year, Heathrow Retail Director Fraser Brown talked about how the business can be enhanced with a focus on the key pillars of digital, experience, space and offer.
Full story at this link.
Fraser Brown stressed the importance of clear, consistent messaging about the value proposition in the duty free categories, led by wines & spirits
How a crazy notion sparked the Mirabeau rosé global success story
Meet Stephen Cronk, the man who (joined and encouraged by his wife Jeany) sold the family house in London to pursue an unlikely dream of creating a great rosé wine brand in the south of France. 13 years and lots of learnings later, that brand, Mirabeau, is truly in the pink.
Full story at this link.
Stephen and Jeany Cronk: Dreams sometimes do come true
‘Made for Gen-Z by Gen-Z’
Global SK-II CEO Sue Kyung-Lee talked passionately about the raw and authentic approach of a new self-directed, unscripted film series which stars the next-generation of Gen-Z ambassadors, in this June feature.
Full story at this link.
SK-II’s first self-directed ‘Pitera & Me’ film by K-Pop star MINA was officially unveiled on SK-II’s official YouTube channel in March
In conversation with Lagardère Travel Retail Middle East’s Jacqui Davies
Jacqui Davies has enjoyed a stellar career with four of travel retail’s biggest players. But she’s also had to cope with personal tragedy. Meet a remarkable woman in a powerful, poignant and very human episode of our popular TRI-POD series in association with The SEVA Group.
Full story at this link.
The Moodie Davitt eZine Issue 318 | 30 December 2022
The Moodie Davitt eZine is published 14 times per year by The Moodie Davitt Report (Moodie International Ltd).
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