Images of the Day: Changi Terminal 3 wows with diversity and delight

Our regular feature, brought to you in association with Strange Nature Gin from New Zealand, celebrates memorable scenes, moments, launches and campaigns related to the global aviation and travel retail sphere.

SINGAPORE. Today’s selection comes from Changi Airport T3, one of the world’s all-time great terminals, writes Martin Moodie.

I love the combination of Singaporean efficiency (surely among the most seamless curb to gate experiences in the world); eclectic shopping choice; food & beverage variety and quality; greenery and overall sense of place.

How can you not feel at ease here? And though probably impossible to quantify, how much does that serenity raise your propensity to spend? ✈

Oh my goodness, is this really in an airport? The Louis Vuitton duplex’s digital façade must rank among the most enticing store entrances in the travel retail world.
‘If Hermès was a coffee brand it would be Bacha’, I wrote in a recent Blog that attracted 14,602 impresssions. And here’s the thing… it surely would be.
I love the authenticity of the Singapore Food Street concept at Changi T3, a delightful alternative to the sameness of so many airport food courts
Every picture tells a story and this one does exactly that in portraying four young consumers entirely comfortable with a time-saving digital pre-order system
Maybe I should launch a Best Airport Dumplings award? I can assure you, Shanghai La Mian would surely make the grand final.
Changi Airport Terminal 3 offers some outstanding panoramas. I snapped this one on my iPhone, capturing the hugely impactful exterior of the Lotte Duty Free duplex store.
The entrance looks a bit like a speakeasy from the American prohibition era (no fault of Lotte Duty Free) but the interior of the T3 tobacco offer (below) truly lets you know that tobacco products are frowned on by the Singapore government

There is something for everyone at Changi Airport. Yes, even a ukelele session.
Changi Airport T3 offers an outstanding context for high-profile promotions, in this case from Coty for Boss fragrances. How can you not appreciate the role of airport retail when you see scenes like this?

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