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January 2006 Welcome to the eighth online issue of our quarterly print edition. |  | Business Extra In this issue of Extra we examine consumer confidence in Asia Pacific and look at a big foreign exchange initiative from Travelex . | |||||||||||
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 | An A-Z of travel retail The key events and issues shaping our industry as we enter another challenging year. |  | |||||||||||
 |  | The man who would be King David King, that is, the refreshingly straight-talking Alpha Retail boss has got his thinking truly “˜joined up’. | |||||||||||
 | Manchester Airport (left) Alpha blooms in new look Terminal Two. | ||||||||||||
| The Israel Report | |||||||||||||
| James Richardson Driving up penetration at Ben Gurion. | |||||||||||||
| Sakal Duty Free A family spirit bears fruit. | |||||||||||||
| Ben Gurion T3 Balancing retailers’ and passengers’ needs. | |||||||||||||
| More features | |||||||||||||
 | The Travel Retail Village From horror to hope in Sri Lanka as industry initiative becomes reality. |  | |||||||||||
 | Thomas Sabo Putting on the glitz with the dynamic German sterling silver house. |  | Letter from Shanghai How Johnny Depp became the unlikely Chinese ambassador of chocolate. | ||||||||||
 | Breathtaking Beirut Duty Free World class retailing led by the world’s best airport cigar store. |  | A true Cuban cigar aficionado The remarkable Mohamed Zeidan. | ||||||||||
 |  | The Moodie Report Travel Retail Barometer An insight into supplier sentiment about the retailers who are making a difference. | |||||||||||
 |  | The Moodie Report People of the Year Those who by their deeds, attitudes and behaviour most advanced the industry’s cause and standing in 2005. | |||||||||||
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