Category: Viewpoints
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Sharing Economy + Meetings Industry = Turkeys voting for Christmas?
Read more: Sharing Economy + Meetings Industry = Turkeys voting for Christmas?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Back again in Frankfurt We were back in Frankfurt again for IMEX16, the 14th edition of an exhibition that constantly pushes itself outside of its comfort zone while remaining rooted to the understanding…
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DMC: arrogant, insecure, paranoid?
Read more: DMC: arrogant, insecure, paranoid?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The world of the Destination Management Company or DMC has been under-going a radical change over the past 10 years. I wanted to say “kaleidoscopic” change but, on reflection, much of this change has not been pretty,…
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Celebrating Ireland 1916
Read more: Celebrating Ireland 1916by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua 1966 I was five years old in April 1966 when Ireland celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. I can still see in the entrance hall of my school the framed copy of…
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5 pieces of good advice – a gift for eventprofs
Read more: 5 pieces of good advice – a gift for eventprofsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I recently received a beautiful gift. It’s a turntable or what used to be called a record player. It allows me, now and again, to dust down my precious vinyl from the 70s.…
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The Sharing Economy and The Meetings Industry
Read more: The Sharing Economy and The Meetings Industryby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Sharing Economy? I think the term “Sharing Economy” to categorise the activity of the likes of Uber and Airbnb is actually a misnomer. If I “share” something the implication is that I do so…
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Talking incentive travel with the Mayor of Ljubljana
Read more: Talking incentive travel with the Mayor of Ljubljanaby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua A week in Europe’s Green Capital 2016 @Supergreybeard and I have just reached the end of a deeply satisfying week in Slovenia. Over the past 5 days we attended the SITE Incentive Summit…
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Consultants: Shysters or Saviours?
Read more: Consultants: Shysters or Saviours?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua “Those we can, do …” Throughout Delaney Marketing and Ovation Group years it never occurred to @Supergreybeard or me to hire a consultant. I think we saw consultants as confidence tricksters or shysters,…
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Tunes to rock your soul – my 2015 selection
Read more: Tunes to rock your soul – my 2015 selectionby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Spotify continues to impact hugely on how we access music these days. This year I found it massively difficult to select the albums that might merit a spot on my Top 10 for 2015…
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Dancing at the Fountain: Book Review
Read more: Dancing at the Fountain: Book Reviewby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Back in the K Club again It was great to be back at the K Club. Neither @Supergreybeard nor I could recall precisely the last time we were there but it was definitely during…
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Destination Dublin
Read more: Destination Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua This week the SoolNua team attended a highly impressive, compelling presentation organised by Ireland’s national tourism development authority, Fáilte Ireland. Aimed at the movers and shakers in leisure and business tourism in the greater…
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