Category: Meeting Matters
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Site at 40 – Annual Conference, Orlando 2013
Read more: Site at 40 – Annual Conference, Orlando 2013by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Dreamy blue The sky is a hazy shade of light blue with a vague line of pale orange stretching across its horizon. Still and fresh, the air is pregnant with promise.…
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Live Events: Inspiration, Insight and Loud Laughs
Read more: Live Events: Inspiration, Insight and Loud Laughsby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Measuring what matters Tangible measures such as financial return can never properly calculate the total benefit you get from attending a well organised meetings industry event. This thought was already in…
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5 highlights from FICP13, Boston (and one from Barcelona)
Read more: 5 highlights from FICP13, Boston (and one from Barcelona)by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Fairmont Copley Plaza Amidst a full on, intense day of education and networking at FICP yesterday I managed to revisit the recently renovated Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. A legacy property dating…
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Please come to Boston – FICP13 kicks off
Read more: Please come to Boston – FICP13 kicks offby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC It’s all about the music Music seems to define many milestones in my life and the past couple of weeks has been dominated by the rather plaintive sounds of Dave Loggins’…
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An ICCA Virgin in Shanghai
Read more: An ICCA Virgin in Shanghaiby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC and Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI Distant Love For over 20 years I’ve had an arms length relationship with her. From afar, like a courtly lover, I could appreciate her unique…
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The Power of Live Events – 5 things that Web Summit did for Dublin
Read more: The Power of Live Events – 5 things that Web Summit did for Dublinby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI Nasty attack of FOMO At a certain point yesterday that dreaded FOMO syndrome took hold and I embarked on a mad dash around the various stages and pitching areas in a…
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IMEX13 – 5 reasons why IMEX is a great meetings industry exhibition
Read more: IMEX13 – 5 reasons why IMEX is a great meetings industry exhibitionby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC and Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI After 4 intense days of full-on immersion in meetings industry matters, IMEX13 has finally drawn to a conclusion. Reporting a 27% increase on IMEX12, the…
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IMEX13: early AM on The Strip in Las Vegas
Read more: IMEX13: early AM on The Strip in Las Vegasby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Early AM on The Strip Early morning is a good time in Las Vegas. The relentless ebb and flow of people along the Strip abates completely and you’re left with cleaners,…
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5 Tips for Success at IMEX13, Las Vegas
Read more: 5 Tips for Success at IMEX13, Las Vegasby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI In a recent post I recalled, with some nostalgia, the halycon days of IT&ME a.k.a. The Motivation Show when the entire meetings and events industry decamped to Chicago every year in…
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Meetings Elevated – Scaling new heights at Park City
Read more: Meetings Elevated – Scaling new heights at Park Cityby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Rocky Mountain High With height and shape, colour and texture, mountains have always intrigued me more than other natural resources like oceans or beaches. Mountains have personalities and can be friendly…
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