Tag: Business Tourism
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Words with Meetings Industry Friends: Rhonda, Joan and Andrea.
Read more: Words with Meetings Industry Friends: Rhonda, Joan and Andrea.By Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations MCI It started with Rhonda Marko. Pretty quickly Joan Eisenstodt joined in and, more recently, Andrea Michaels. All strong and powerful women. All true icons of the meetings industry. I’m unsure whether they…
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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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Walking the Camino de Santiago – 5 Reasons why you should do it
Read more: Walking the Camino de Santiago – 5 Reasons why you should do itby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua When I saw “The Way”, Martin Sheen’s recent movie, directed by his son Emilio Estevez, I knew I wanted to walk the Camino de Santiago. For over 1000 years pilgrims have walked “the…
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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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Shanghai Surprises (Part 2) – how it all ended
Read more: Shanghai Surprises (Part 2) – how it all endedby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations, MCI How it Ended My Shanghai sojourn started with a marvellous meal. This is how it ended. The ballroom of the Kerry Hotel looked stunning with accent lighting and clever up-lit props –…
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Shanghai Surprises (Part 1) – when people come together, magic happens!
Read more: Shanghai Surprises (Part 1) – when people come together, magic happens!by Padraic Gilligan, VP, MCI Group The Dangling Conversation It was an unlikely gathering. An Irishman, a Singaporean, a super elegant Indian lady and a very pretty Chinese girl. The dinner had been spectacular. Mixed appetisers – baked crab…
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Moira Hearn (1949 – 2012): A Personal Tribute
Read more: Moira Hearn (1949 – 2012): A Personal Tributeby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,…
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“Berlin: coolest city on the planet?” At Site EMEA Forum 2012
Read more: “Berlin: coolest city on the planet?” At Site EMEA Forum 2012Site EMEA Forum 2012 The last 4 weeks or so have had me all over Berlin – Potsdamer Platz, Unter den Linden, Pariser Platz – but it hasn’t been as exhausting as may seem: Berlin was the key setting…
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