Category: Destinations
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Jameson Distillery Bow St re-opens – A Star is Born
Read more: Jameson Distillery Bow St re-opens – A Star is Bornby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Things to do in Dublin The constellation of “things to do” in Dublin has been rapidly expanding in the past few years. When I worked as an Italian speaking tour guide in the…
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48 Hours in Northern Ireland: an unforgettable incentive experience
Read more: 48 Hours in Northern Ireland: an unforgettable incentive experienceby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Day One: 07:35 – The Enterprise Train to Northern Ireland I’m sitting in first class on the Enterprise Train that travels several times daily between Dublin and Belfast. I’ve just enjoyed a wonderful…
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Business Tourism on Ireland’s Ancient East
Read more: Business Tourism on Ireland’s Ancient Eastby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Seismic change in Ireland’s Tourism Product and Promotion During the thirty years of my involvement with incoming tourism there has been a seismic shift in Ireland’s tourism product and the way it’s promoted. In…
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Bratislava – Surprisingly Close, Exceptionally Smart
Read more: Bratislava – Surprisingly Close, Exceptionally Smartby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Following a couple of decades bringing meetings, incentives and events to destinations, @SuperGreyBeard and I are now working with these destinations, helping them identify and communicate what makes them different. To do this successfully we have to…
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10 must-do activities in Vancouver
Read more: 10 must-do activities in Vancouverby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I’ve had Vancouver on my mind for years now, like Hoagy Carmichael with Georgia or James Taylor with Carolina. It’s been lodged there in the deep recesses as the home or adopted home of so many…
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Vancouver: is there a better city for Business Events?
Read more: Vancouver: is there a better city for Business Events?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua It’s hard to describe Vancouver without referencing San Francisco: two cities with paradisiacal natural surroundings, on the water, both with iconic bridges, both heavily Asian, both redolent of supreme west coast cool.…
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10 must do activities for a Summer in Dublin
Read more: 10 must do activities for a Summer in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Visitor numbers to Dublin have increased year on year by 16% in 2016 which means our message is getting out there and folks are anxious to catch a breath of fresh air, Dublin-style. Thankfully…
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Stories – what makes a destination truly unique
Read more: Stories – what makes a destination truly uniqueby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Telling Stories In many languages the words for history and story are the same. Telling stories is intrinsically connected with the past, with relating how people, events and circumstances from times gone by have fashioned,…
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Prague – off the beaten track
Read more: Prague – off the beaten trackby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Prague – off the beaten track Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference If ever there was…
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The sunny side of the Alps and 6 more things to love about Slovenia
Read more: The sunny side of the Alps and 6 more things to love about Sloveniaby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua One week later and I’m still buzzing from a week in Slovenia. @Supergreybeard and I visited the country for two reasons: firstly, to attend the board meetings of the Foundation of the Society for…
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