Tag: Brand
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Arthur’s Day: not a black and white issue
Read more: Arthur’s Day: not a black and white issueby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI A Black and White Issue? The furore around Arthur’s Day now stretches from domestic dining tables to the snugs of public houses, from office canteens to staff rooms in schools, from…
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Vienna Reviewed and New Luxury at Ritz Carlton
Read more: Vienna Reviewed and New Luxury at Ritz Carltonby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Looking after No 1 Mercer Consulting, the consulting firm, conducts an annual survey which ranks cities according to a range of criteria. Vienna is in top position. Simon Anholt also publishes…
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The Nature/Nurture debate and Brands: lessons from Paris
Read more: The Nature/Nurture debate and Brands: lessons from Parisby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI and Vice President, Destination Services, Ovation Global DMC Paris has featured, like bookends, at either end of my travel schedule in 2012. On both occasions, in January and November, the city…
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Creating sustainable competitive advantage: lessons from the schoolyard
Read more: Creating sustainable competitive advantage: lessons from the schoolyardby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations MCI and Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Remembering the Days of the Old Schoolyard I was always good at rote learning. I found it easy in school to memorise quotations from Shakespeare,…
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Copenhagen: from hostile Vikings to hospitable design kings
Read more: Copenhagen: from hostile Vikings to hospitable design kingsby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations MCI How things change in 1000 years The Danes have come a long way. From marauding, cultureless philistines who raped and pillaged all over Northern Europe to laid back, uber-cool independent types with…
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Shanghai Surprises (Part 3) – Marriott, Fairmont and Peninsula
Read more: Shanghai Surprises (Part 3) – Marriott, Fairmont and Peninsulaby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations, MCI Shanghai and Las Vegas When you visit Shanghai sooner or later you think of Las Vegas. They have much in common. The pace of development is one thing. The scale of the…
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Care in the air: my on-going saga with Delta Airlines
Read more: Care in the air: my on-going saga with Delta AirlinesI posted on my Delta Airlines experience on Tuesday last and on Wednesday, upon my return to the office, there was a letter from Delta in my pigeon hole. My first communication had been copied to the nice people…
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How do you market a destination? Lessons from Memphis
Read more: How do you market a destination? Lessons from Memphisby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Tourism-Review.Com recently ran a piece by David Whitley (http://www.grumpytraveller.com) entitled “A Destination Marketing Dilemma: How do you sell a city like Sheffield?” It’s a well written, mildly strident rant about what he calls…
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