This week on Instagram…Lotte Duty Free and Amorepacific team up for landmark skincare launch; Toronto Pearson pays fitting tribute to its CEO

Social media has emerged as a key unofficial source of information in the digital age. As The Moodie Davitt Report steps up its mission to become ‘the KOL of B2B travel retail publishing’ (a phrase coined by leading Chinese WeChat platform Globuy), our popular weekly feature curates some of the most exciting travel retail industry updates from the social media sphere – and touches on our own contributions.

This week on Instagram… Lotte Duty Free shared a stunning video to celebrate the launch of its new travel-retail exclusive cosmetics brand, Sienu. The luxury anti-aging skincare range — developed jointly with Korean beauty house Amorepacific — was launched as part of the retailer’s 40^th anniversary celebrations.

Lotte Duty Free also shared the latest episode of its digital ‘K-Wave by Lotte Duty Free’ campaign. Each episode shines the light on different K-beauty brands, which then get reviewed by local celebrities and influencers. This week, South Korean KOLs Hiyena, Yeondukong, and Mingarden reviewed 15 different K-beauty brands.

Meanwhile, World Duty Free is celebrating ‘Great Skin Month’ with British Blogger/Podcaster Monica Beatrice. Beatrice has taken over World Duty Free UK’s Instagram feed to highlight some of the retailer’s ‘gold standard’ skincare products.

Elsewhere in the UK, Manchester Airports showcased the vegan offerings from its food & beverage retailers just before the end of Veganuary. The airport offers a total of 89 vegan menu items across its three terminals from Giraffe, Café Balzar, Caffè Nero, KFC, Costa Coffee, and Greggs.

Finally, Toronto Pearson Airport shared some touching words from Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) CEO Howard Eng who said: “If the right conductor finds the right orchestra at the right time, they can make beautiful music. The CEO of an airport is like a conductor, because they must be an expert integrator. We have over 400 companies that operate here. As CEO, it’s my role to bring all those players together, integrating them.”

Eng, who is now retiring after being appointed as CEO in 2012, continued by saying: “Our journey to become the best airport in the world, it isn’t a sprint. It’s a relay and each of us is running a section of that race. We need dynamic young people to join that race as the industry grows, because many of us may never see the finish line. For me, it is time to pass the baton to the next person, to pass on our dream of being the best.”

In our latest Spotlight Series eZine, we look back at Toronto Pearson’s journey to change its culture and take a new approach to staff, partners and travellers over the past five years.

Check out the social media highlights below…

1. Lotte Duty Free and Amorepacific team up to launch their new travel retail-exclusive skincare range ‘Sienu’
   

    

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   ⠀ [롯데면세점 X 시예누] ⠀ 롯데면세점 단독! 아시아의 귀한 보물과 최첨단 피부 과학 기술이 만난 하이엔드 안티에이징 시예누의 팝업스토어 오픈 소식! ⠀ *장소 : 롯데면세점 명동 본점 *기간 : 1/31-3/30 ⠀ [EVEVT] 지금, 친구에게 시예누 팝업스토어 오픈소식을 알리면? 6분께 시예누 타임브레이스 제품을 드립니다 (~2/9, 당첨자 발표 2/12) ⠀ [ 경품] -타임브레이스 세럼 기획세트 50ml – 1명 -타임브레이스 GWP 5종(워터 9ml, 에멀젼 9ml, 세럼 5ml, 아이크림 5ml, 크림 5ml) – 5명 ⠀ **시예누는 오직 롯데면세점에서 만날 수 있습니다! ⠀

   A post shared by 롯데면세점 (@lottedutyfree) on Jan 30, 2020 at 9:56pm PST

2. Lotte Duty Free share the latest episode of ‘K-Wave by Lotte Duty Free’ starring South Korean KOLs Hiyena, Yeondukong, and Mingarden
   

    

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   ⠀ [K-WAVE by Lotte Duty Free] #6.The Beauty, Genuine and Prestige ⠀ #LotteDutyFree introduces 15 different K-BRANDS in each unique storyline! This episode’s about analyzing clients’ favorite beauty items with our beauty specialists Introducing our strict beauty appraisers! ⠀ Let’s check out the good and bad of beauty with Mingarden, Yeondukong and Hiyena~~✨ ⠀ [EVENT] K-WAVE Finale! Did you all enjoy watching it? Comment here which episode was the most memorable to you By a draw, winners will be getting ‘OHORA nail set(for 5)’, ‘Juice to Cleanse set(for 5)’ and ‘Yurica set(for 5)’ ⠀ (* ~2/6 , Winner announcement will be on 2/10(will receive notice separtely), prize will be random) ⠀

   A post shared by 롯데면세점 (@lottedutyfree) on Jan 31, 2020 at 12:31am PST

3. World Duty Free UK teams up with Beauty Blogger and Podcaster Monica Beatrice
   

    

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   Hi! I’m Monica Beatrice, blogger, podcaster and skinthusiast. I’m super excited to be taking over @WorldDutyFreeUK’s Instagram feed in honour of Great Skin Month.⁠ ⁠ I’ll be sharing my ‘gold standard’ skincare routine, to highlight some of my favourite skincare products, available at World Duty Free.⁠ ⁠ I hope you enjoy following along! Be sure to keep an eye on World Duty Free’s feed, for the full run down, and a surprise(!) at the end of my takeover!⁠ ⁠ Love, Monica x #GreatSkinMonth #WorldDutyFree

   A post shared by World Duty Free (@worlddutyfreeuk) on Jan 30, 2020 at 12:30am PST

4. Manchester Airports showcases its food offering for Veganuary
   

    

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   Feeling hungry? Check where you can find some #vegan goodness at @manairportuk this #Veganuary

   A post shared by Manchester Airport (@manairportuk) on Jan 31, 2020 at 1:46am PST

5. Toronto Pearson Airport pays tribute to retiring CEO Howard Eng, as he looks back on the airport’s journey to become “the best in the world”
   

    

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   “If the right conductor finds the right orchestra at the right time, they can make beautiful music. The CEO of an airport is like a conductor, because they must be an expert integrator. We have over 400 companies that operate here. As CEO, it’s my role to bring all those players together, integrating them.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ On our journey to become the best airport in the world, it isn’t a sprint. It’s a relay and each of us is running a section of that race. We need dynamic young people to join that race as the industry grows, because many of us may never see the finish line. For me, it is time to pass the baton to the next person, to pass on our dream of being the best.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Everyone works towards that dream at Pearson, to be the best and to be the safest. In my eight years here, this airport has added 17 million passengers. That is tremendous volume. Thanks to our 50,000 workers here, we have been voted North America’s best large airport for the last two years. At the same time as we have grown, we have become safer, making significant progress to reduce the danger to airport workers.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As I look back, even as the CEO you wonder if the staff accept you. I’d only been on the job a year and I was mingling with staff, having a coffee after an employee town hall. One of our machinists walked over to me and shook my hand. ‘Howard, welcome to the GTAA,’ he said. ‘I have a gift for you.’ It was a little key chain—I’ve used it ever since, that’s how much it meant to me.⁣⁣ ⁣ To the 1,700 at the GTAA and the 50,000 at Toronto Pearson, keep chasing your dream. Race towards our vision and pass the baton to the next runner.”⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ – Howard, CEO & President, GTAA⁣⁣ #PeopleofPearson #CountonPearson

   A post shared by Toronto Pearson (@torontopearson) on Jan 29, 2020 at 11:58am PST