Microsoft’s new Project Natal has the retail world buzzing but not only because of its potential gaming sales. Its also potentially game-changing for retail store design. Project Natal is, in a nutshell,...
Read MoreAt Starwood Aloft & Four Points by Sheraton you will now be able to view free digital copies of your favourite magazines. Zinio’s “digital newstand” can now be accessed on guests’ laptops in their...
Read More7.4 million tonnes of chocolate were consumed globally in 2008, which Rabobank estimates had a retail value of around AUD127 billion. This has been growing as a category for a number of years and in the GEC has continued to...
Read MoreDr. Luca Tommasi and Daniele Marzoli from the University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” in Chieti, Italy, have recently undertaken a series of studies looking at ear preference in communication between people. One of...
Read MoreAccording to the Visa & PATA “Determining Travel Preferences in 2009 & Beyond” survey, one in three respondents are heavily influenced by frequent flier programmes. This was strongest in China (49%), Hong...
Read MoreCommonwealth Bank have just launched a new Travel Money Card. It allows you to purchase USD, British pounds, Euros, AUD, NZD or Canadian dollars and fix the exchange rate. The card is accepted anywhere Mastercard works, so...
Read MoreYou read it right, Schipol Airport has opened a “goldfish hotel”. Now I know I’m the first to complain about the lack of innovation in airport retail offerings so I suppose I should applaud the creativity in...
Read MoreNew to Frankfurt Airport – a vending machine which dispenses gold bars. The prototype was trialed at Frankfurt Airport and is now being rolled out to 500 locations around Germany. It can dispense 1g, 5g & 10g gold...
Read MoreJetBlue showed again its brand integrity, spending money on what matters to customers & saving it on what doesn’t. This week it decided to promote its first flight into Los Angeles International Airport by packing...
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