Category: Destinations
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Smoke on the water, fire in the sky – Ovation Trophy Day 3
Read more: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky – Ovation Trophy Day 3Guest Post by Hugo Slimbrouck, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Ovation Global DMC Swiss Trophy Day 3 At 6am this morning, just when his fellow Irishmen had finally stopped singing in the bar, Padraic slipped silently away to attend a…
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Reaching New Heights: Ovation Trophy 2013 – Zurich – Crans Montana
Read more: Reaching New Heights: Ovation Trophy 2013 – Zurich – Crans Montanaby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC No Brunello Florian never showed so there was no Brunello for breakfast. But that was the only disappointment in a day that delivered constant peaks of satisfaction as we crossed Switzerland…
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2nd Ovation Trophy 2013 – The Prologue
Read more: 2nd Ovation Trophy 2013 – The Prologueby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Ovation Global DMC If Carlsberg did travel … The Swiss flight from Paris to Zurich boarded on time, took off on time and landed slightly ahead of schedule. It was packed with efficient suits and…
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In a New York minute: chance encounters in the Big Apple – The Roger, The Breslin
Read more: In a New York minute: chance encounters in the Big Apple – The Roger, The Breslinby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, MCI and Vice President, Ovation Global DMC The “embarrassment” of choice “So where are you staying? they asked. “The Roger”, I replied They didn’t even try to stifle their laughter. “The Roger?” they repeated…
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Snow in Antwerp and what we learned at Site EMEA Forum 2013
Read more: Snow in Antwerp and what we learned at Site EMEA Forum 2013by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President Ovation Global DMC and Vice President of Industry Relations at MCI Snow in Astrid Square When snow falls and sticks it alters perspectives. It rounds off sharp edges, fills voids and cancels colour. For…
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Antwerp: Shine bright like a diamond Site EMEA Forum 2013
Read more: Antwerp: Shine bright like a diamond Site EMEA Forum 2013by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon…
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Leaving Las Vegas: Off the Strip at Red Rock Resort
Read more: Leaving Las Vegas: Off the Strip at Red Rock Resortby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President Ovation Global DMC Leaving Las Vegas I arrived into McCarran from Montreal magically gaining back 3 hours of my day in the process. The Air Canada flight touched down in bright sunshine and soon…
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Philadelphia: a sense of coming home
Read more: Philadelphia: a sense of coming homeby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI There was a sense of homecoming. When I thought about it I realised it stemmed from a unique alignment of time and place. The 100th year anniversary of the birth of…
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MadMen at the Rome Cavalieri
Read more: MadMen at the Rome Cavalieriby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Don and Betty at the Hilton Rome Most fans of Mad Men, the US TV series set in a Madison Ave Ad agency in the early 60s, will recall the Rome episode from programme’s 3rd…
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Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Brussels (and Le Meridien re-visited)
Read more: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Brussels (and Le Meridien re-visited)by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Blushing Belgians As a teenager in the 1970s I was part of an Irish delegation that attended an international arts and performance festival in Rome. Attracting young people from all over…
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