Category: Meeting Matters
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IMEX Las Vegas – the Festivalisation of Exhibitions.
Read more: IMEX Las Vegas – the Festivalisation of Exhibitions.by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua In an early January post on Skift, Greg Oates talks about convergence as a key trend for the meetings industry for 2017 and, in particular, about the “festivalisation” of meetings and events as…
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It’s time to Connect17 …
Read more: It’s time to Connect17 …by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua September is back to school time across the Western hemisphere and, for former teachers like me, has a kind of “new beginnings” feel to it, the sense of a new year starting even…
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Event of the Future – it’s here and now
Read more: Event of the Future – it’s here and nowby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Event of the Future In February this year I was invited to moderate at a conference in New York. If a weekend in New York wasn’t sufficient to tempt me out of hibernation…
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Bored Meeting Venues? 5 inspiring venues in Dublin and London
Read more: Bored Meeting Venues? 5 inspiring venues in Dublin and Londonby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Marketing Ltd Inspiring venues – it starts at school! The learning environment in our schools all over the world has changed significantly over the decades with new thinking on how children learn impacting…
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AIPCO highlights radical changes for Associations and PCOs
Read more: AIPCO highlights radical changes for Associations and PCOsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua With the generous support of Fáilte Ireland, Ireland’s National Tourism Development Authority, the Association of Irish Professional Conference Organisers (AIPCO) has been running a pan-industry Business Tourism Conference each year for the past 5…
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The Meeting & Event of the Future by Livestream, Slido and Convene
Read more: The Meeting & Event of the Future by Livestream, Slido and Conveneby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Immersion, Connections, Conversations The Event of the Future was co-hosted last week in New York City by Livestream, Sli.do and Convene, three relatively new arrivals onto the meetings industry scene. Leaders from each…
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Tips from SITE for brilliant site inspections
Read more: Tips from SITE for brilliant site inspectionsby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua SITE in Ireland The leadership of the Society of Incentive Travel Excellence – better known as SITE – staged its annual Executive Summit in Ireland recently thanks to the support of Fáilte Ireland and drew…
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5 things you’ll learn at Exclusively Corporate at IMEX
Read more: 5 things you’ll learn at Exclusively Corporate at IMEXby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Exclusively Corporate at IMEX @Supergreybeard and I worked with our friends at IMEX on the previous 4 editions of Exclusively Corporate at IMEX and are now actively involved in the planning of the…
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Who are the leading DMOs on Social Media for Business Events?
Read more: Who are the leading DMOs on Social Media for Business Events?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Social Media – no brainer! Social Media is a no brainer for destination marketing organisers (DMOs). Folks visit destinations all over the globe and spontaneously post and boast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter…
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Best of 2016 for #eventprofs
Read more: Best of 2016 for #eventprofsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Mindfulness in 2016 People outside the meetings and events industry often ask me about my favourite destination or the best hotel I’ve ever stayed in or what good restaurants there are in Barcelona…
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