Category: Destinations
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Bratislava Motor City – Driving new Incentive Travel experiences
Read more: Bratislava Motor City – Driving new Incentive Travel experiencesby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Detroit – the original Motor City Car manufacturing made Detroit, Michigan into the “Motor City” and that, in turn, thanks to Berry Gordy Jn., became “Motown”, maybe the…
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Montage Palmetto Bluff – inspiration for incentive travel professionals
Read more: Montage Palmetto Bluff – inspiration for incentive travel professionalsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Montage Palmetto Bluff – a hidden gem Palmetto Bluff has zero resonance for anyone living outside of the United States. I’d almost venture to say it means little…
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Close Encounters in Bali – how earthquakes ask big questions
Read more: Close Encounters in Bali – how earthquakes ask big questionsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Bali Negotiations It was Sunday evening. The concierge confirmed there was a Catholic mass nearby at 6pm but we declined his offer of a hotel taxi having decided…
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A new look at Malaysia for Incentive Travel
Read more: A new look at Malaysia for Incentive Travelby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE I was asked to deliver a workshop recently on “How Malaysia can build & sell compelling incentive travel experiences” and took advantage of my time there to explore…
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Lessons from Bali for Business Events Professionals
Read more: Lessons from Bali for Business Events Professionalsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE I’m in Bali at The Laguna, a Starwood / Luxury Collection property. As you can imagine, it’s pretty spectacular. It’s a 27 year old ocean front resort with…
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Bodrum – an incentive gem on the Aegean sea
Read more: Bodrum – an incentive gem on the Aegean seaby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Bodrum used to be called Halicarnassus, was the birthplace of Herodotus, the father of History and was home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world…
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Montenegro – how long will it be Europe’s best kept secret for meetings & incentives?
Read more: Montenegro – how long will it be Europe’s best kept secret for meetings & incentives?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Montenegro – first visit I first visited Montenegro back in 2005 on a day trip from Dubrovnik. We crossed the border from Croatia and slowly meandered around Boka …
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London for meetings & incentives – a tale of two cities?
Read more: London for meetings & incentives – a tale of two cities?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE April heat in London T.S. Eliot’s famous line that it’s “the cruelest month” might be the saying most associated with April but My Dad also had a great…
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Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands
Read more: Ireland’s Hidden Heartlandsby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua First published in 2013, I’m re-publishing this post to mark the launch of Fáilte Ireland’s exciting new tourism brand for the midlands – Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland…
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Why destinations need international chain hotels & InterContinental, Ljubljana
Read more: Why destinations need international chain hotels & InterContinental, Ljubljanaby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I’ve written previously about independent hotels and how they’re in the ascent these days. The pendulum has swung decisively to the left and, all of a sudden, we’re weary of homogeneity, sameness, one-size-fits-all…
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