Category: Destinations
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How Skellig Michael evokes the brutality of travel
Read more: How Skellig Michael evokes the brutality of travelby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Sea Sick Legend To compare my reluctance to undertake the 11km voyage to Skellig Michael to that of an 8th century monk, is, admittedly, far fetched and churlish. My apprehension, after all, was…
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Washington DC – where to stay, go and eat
Read more: Washington DC – where to stay, go and eatby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua DC Cool Despite the din of traffic on the circle, the boundless exuberance of Vivaldi filled the air. On one side of the park there was an open air yoga class with about…
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New York City in a Moody June
Read more: New York City in a Moody Juneby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua It’s not yet 7am and I’ve been on-line for almost 2 hours already. That’s what happens when you fly over 5000km, back in time, from Dublin to New York City. You’re physically in…
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Brands as Visitor Attractions – Teeling launches in Dublin
Read more: Brands as Visitor Attractions – Teeling launches in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua On Products and Brands When Arthur Guinness brewed his famous stout for the first time back in 1759 little did he know that 256 years later 1m people would flock to his factory…
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Cool and Unusual – 5 great places to hold an event in Dublin
Read more: Cool and Unusual – 5 great places to hold an event in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Cool and unusual – these are often the lead criteria in venue selection these days as meetings and events planners seek brand new ways to surprise and delight their increasingly more discerning and…
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Venues in Frankfurt for IMEX Events
Read more: Venues in Frankfurt for IMEX Eventsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Frankfurt is a destination in a neutral grey Hugo Boss suit that waits patiently at the side of a traffic-free road rather than cross the street when there’s a red light. It’s laid…
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Killarney – the things I love there
Read more: Killarney – the things I love thereby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua As a professional in the meetings industry I get to go nice places, stay in nice hotels, eat in nice restaurants and drink nice cocktails that someone else is often paying for. At…
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Slovenia’s Splendid Isolation?
Read more: Slovenia’s Splendid Isolation?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The more I travel the more I realise how much a nation’s past constantly informs its present. Some countries more than others – either out of economic necessity, human curiosity, plain colonial greed…
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Meaningful, Memorable, Motivational: Dubai for Incentives
Read more: Meaningful, Memorable, Motivational: Dubai for Incentivesby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Sunset in the desert I was caught in the gaping gap between deep philosophical ponderings, practical commercial considerations and the overwhelming beauty of the moment. I couldn’t get W.B. Yeats’s apocalyptic poem out…
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Ljubljana = Prague + Vienna with a little Venice on the side?
Read more: Ljubljana = Prague + Vienna with a little Venice on the side?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Perfect for Culturally Curious + Social Energisers During the MCI / Ovation years Patrick and I were privileged to work on the annual conference of a Professional Association in Ireland. We helped to…
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