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John Rimmer
1-Feb-2005
After 35 years shaping policy at Aéroports de Paris, Alain Falque left the company on January 31. He talks to John Rimmer about his varied career at the French airport authority and his view of travel-retail's future
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?When I joined Aéroports de Paris (AdP) from a big US company, the culture shock was so great that I thought I would stay for two years and no more,?
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