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INTERNATIONAL. The Moodie Report presents the latest in our new feature series called Never Hide, in which well-known interviewees answer ten quick but revealing questions about their lives and interests inside and outside the industry. This week we talk with one of the towering achievers of Asia Pacific Travel Retail, Nuance-Watson Asia Regional Managing Director Alessandra Piovesana.
How long have you been in the travel retail industry?
12 years.
What’s your proudest career achievement to date?
Establishing a competitive business operation that is widely recognized by the business community and our customers.
Who have been the greatest inspirations in your life and career?
My parents. They taught me to believe that efforts will not be in vain. Give first, the return will come sooner or later.
What’s the biggest lesson you have learned in life to date?
Everything has a cost, but health is no compromise.
What quality do you most admire in people?
Passion and faith, as they warrant perseverance and make us see the meaning and beauty of living.
What is your favourite quote or saying?
“˜United we will win’, which is also our family motto.
What’s been your best-ever travel or holiday experience?
Being “˜on top of the world’ either in Switzerland or anywhere where nature reigns, holding my husband’s and my son’s hands.
One book, one music album for your desert island – what would they be?
Pavarotti and Friends CD, Life’s Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown Jnr”¦ and paper and pencil…
And one duty free item?
A large Hermès silk shawl.
If you could invite three iconic figures (they can be living or dead) to your ideal dinner party, who would they be?
Possibly Dr Brendan O’ Regan, founder of duty free shopping; the Wright brothers, inventor of the first airplane; Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic. And then there may be a more spiritual trio… and … and… I would not have enough of one life to get answers to all my unanswered questions!
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