Tag: Business Tourism
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Greece – is there a better time to visit?
Read more: Greece – is there a better time to visit?by Padraic Gilligan Athens The Aer Lingus flight to Athens had just over 100 on board, light for the beginning of June. We departed mid afternoon from Dublin and in just over 3.5 hours were descending into the heavily…
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The Ubiquity of Kenny G (and great education at The IRF Invitational)
Read more: The Ubiquity of Kenny G (and great education at The IRF Invitational)by Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations, MCI I’m sitting at Gate B4 at San Antonio International Airport, waiting for my flight with American Airlines back to Chicago and onwards home to Dublin. I’m surrounded by the anodyne, bland and…
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Florence – City of Art and Artisans
Read more: Florence – City of Art and ArtisansMatteo Renzi has been called the Barack Obama of Florence. He’s the young mayor of Florence who 3 years ago made the courageous decision to ban motorised traffic around the historic centre of the city. The net result of…
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24 Hours in Rome – Gran Melia Villa Agrippina, Roma
Read more: 24 Hours in Rome – Gran Melia Villa Agrippina, Romaby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua [This is part 2 of a two part post on Rome – it dates from 2012] 17:15 The sweeping views over Rome from Piazzale Garibaldi are breathtaking. Strangely, it’s a part of the…
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Ovation Trophy 2012 – the Prologue
Read more: Ovation Trophy 2012 – the Prologue“Yesterday evening I arrived at Lucerne, and put up at the best inn there, the Schweitzerhof” [Count Leo Tolstoy, “Lucerne”] I looked around the Cirrus as we pulled away from the dock opposite The Schweizerhof, one of our host…
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Killarney, Destinations, Hybrid, Delta
Read more: Killarney, Destinations, Hybrid, DeltaWalking in Killarney For 10 years now the Gilligans have spent Easter at the Killarney Park Hotel. This year was no exception but for two things: one, no Gilligan child had an excuse to absent herself from the dreaded…
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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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Care in the Air. Customer service at Delta Airlines?
Read more: Care in the Air. Customer service at Delta Airlines?I’m seething with rage at Delta Airlines. When I needed an airline to be “human” and to understood a painful personal situation I was treated appallingly with extreme disrespect. When I then spent considerable time documenting this experience for…
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