Category: Viewpoints
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Irish boutique hotels on Trip Advisor’s Top 25 – lessons in on-line marketing
Read more: Irish boutique hotels on Trip Advisor’s Top 25 – lessons in on-line marketingby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI Group As a Irish born meetings professional I was obviously thrilled that 3 Irish properties were included in the recent Trip Advisor Travellers’ Choice Top 25 Hotels in the World. 17…
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Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron?
Read more: Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron?Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron? by Padraic Gilligan Allegedly, when asked for his favourite oxymoron Irishman, global entrepreneur and former international rugby player, Tony O’Reilly, said “Great Britain”. But it may be regarded as crass and unfair to…
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Great Music from 2011 – a very personal selection
Read more: Great Music from 2011 – a very personal selectionBy Padraic Gilligan, Vice President Industry Relations, MCI New music in 2011 has been as good as it has ever been with new bands releasing great debuts and old bands reaching new heights. These are my favourite releases from…
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It’s not about the money, money, money? Leveraging employee engagement and emotional connections for success
Read more: It’s not about the money, money, money? Leveraging employee engagement and emotional connections for success“It’s not about the money, money, money” Leveraging employee engagement and emotional conections for success by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI In the November issue of Pharmaceutical Market Europe, Nick Eve, CEO of UK based communications agency,…
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Sweet Home Alabama?
Read more: Sweet Home Alabama?“Sweet Home Alabama?” By Padraic Gilligan, Managing Director, Ovation Global DMC and Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI The much reported story of the German corporate executive who was arrested and jailed in Alabama for not having the required documentation on…
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40 years of growth: the art and science of the DMC
Read more: 40 years of growth: the art and science of the DMCBy Padraic Gilligan, Managing Director, Ovation Global DMC [First published in Kongres Magazine, December 2011] According to a recent exchange on Linkedin the term “DMC” or “Destination Management Company” was coined by either Tom Risbecker, Gunter Roleff or Phil…
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Do you know weird and wonderful people? Key Attributes for DMC success.
Read more: Do you know weird and wonderful people? Key Attributes for DMC success.The late, great Jack Franchek once told me that success as a DMC was all about cultivating relationships with weird people. And Jack being Jack exaggerated that contention to the nth degree: “Unless you’ve got a whole bunch of outcasts…
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Hero or Villain? The true identity of the DMC!
Read more: Hero or Villain? The true identity of the DMC!At an industry function recently I found myself seated between two agency executives. I spent a fascinating and frightening evening listening to war stories about their experiences with DMCs around the world. In roughly half of the stories the…
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