Category: Viewpoints
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Real hospitality: It’s all about culture and values
Read more: Real hospitality: It’s all about culture and valuesby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Debits and Credits I attended an event in my hometown recently that resonated perfectly with an on-going preoccupation of mine (and that of @Supergreybeard) and that’s workplace culture. I guess we’re at that…
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5 things I learned at IMEX America
Read more: 5 things I learned at IMEX Americaby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua When it’s gets dark, that’s when Vegas comes to life This year the Business Events industry convened in Las Vegas for IMEX under the heavy cloud of a violent atrocity in which over…
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Influencer Marketing in the Meetings & Events Industry
Read more: Influencer Marketing in the Meetings & Events Industryby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Earlier this week the excellent Irina Trofimovskaya aka The MICE Blog posted a long-form, thoughtful piece on Influencer Marketing in the MICE Industry. Towards the end of a well reasoned article she sets…
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Welcome the era of Tactile Reassurance
Read more: Welcome the era of Tactile Reassuranceby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Monocle I’ve had a subscription to Monocle magazine for some years now. It arrives every month falling through my letterbox with a significant thud for Monocle is not your average magazine. It’s what…
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What I learned about sales as a 14 year old
Read more: What I learned about sales as a 14 year oldby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua When I was 14 my Dad used his contacts to get me a part time job. It was in a Deli / Liquor Store, or, as we say in Ireland, an Off-Licence. I…
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Will small cities rise on ICCA rankings in the future?
Read more: Will small cities rise on ICCA rankings in the future?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, Small Cities Simon Kuper published an interesting piece in last weekend’s Financial Times magazine (10 / 11 June 2017) that has resonance for the Destination Marketing sector. Entitled “Small cities, big ideas” Kuper’s article…
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DMO or DDMMO – What’s next for Destination Marketing Organisations?
Read more: DMO or DDMMO – What’s next for Destination Marketing Organisations?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Changes Recent posts on this site have highlighted the seismic changes across the Meetings and Events Industry with reference to the agency or intermediary sector and, particularly, Destination Management Companies (DMCs). However, the…
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PCOs and DMCs: is there room for two agencies on the supply chain?
Read more: PCOs and DMCs: is there room for two agencies on the supply chain?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Following months of relative calm, fractious chatter regarding the value of Destination Management Companies / Consultants (DMCs) has rendered the waters of our industry choppy and turbulent again. This chatter has followed the…
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6 reasons why I hate Millennials
Read more: 6 reasons why I hate Millennialsby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I hate millennials but I especially hate millennial eventprofs. I hate everything about them. If I had my way the meetings and events industry would impose an outright ban on anyone born after…
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Luxury & Incentive Travel – together forever like love & marriage?
Read more: Luxury & Incentive Travel – together forever like love & marriage?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Incentive travel, chief amongst the four elements that comprise MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, events) has traditionally been synonymous with luxury. This has been the case for decades. It stemmed from a shared word…
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