Tag: Conferences
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From “Visit” to “This Is”: How Barcelona IS REWRITING the Rules of Urban Tourism
Read more: From “Visit” to “This Is”: How Barcelona IS REWRITING the Rules of Urban Tourismby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua Consulting Barcelona, Reputation and the DNA of Cities Mateu Hernández Maluquer, CEO of This Is Barcelona — the newly re-articulated identity of Turisme de Barcelona — has the kind of presence that makes you…
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How attending a conference doubles your chance of promotion
Read more: How attending a conference doubles your chance of promotionby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Harvard Research on Impact of a Conference I’ve been a subscriber to Harvard Business Review for many years now. It’s a great way to keep in touch with all the latest theories in…
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Salzburg – much more than the Sound of Music
Read more: Salzburg – much more than the Sound of Musicby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I felt sorry for our hosts. Two years working on an event to bring some of the most powerful Professional Conference Organisers in the world to your city and there’s a deluge that…
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DC tres cool – Washington DC for Conventions and Incentives
Read more: DC tres cool – Washington DC for Conventions and Incentivesby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The Challenge I gave Lyndsi Armenio of Destination DC half a day to prove for the purposes of this blog that Washington DC kicked ass as a conventions and incentives destination. “Show me…
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Malaga – authentic Andalucian charm for Meetings and Events
Read more: Malaga – authentic Andalucian charm for Meetings and Eventsby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua That I couldn’t locate a pub in downtown Malaga showing either Arsenal v Everton or Ireland v Italy was intensely frustrating. The first match was a quarter final cup clash against strong opposition…
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Athens, Greece: open for business meetings and events
Read more: Athens, Greece: open for business meetings and eventsby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President of Industry Relations, MCI and Vice President of Ovation Global DMC Athens Greece – wide open for business meetings Do a Google search for Athens and you’ll get more results for the town in…
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Donegal and Lough Eske Castle: up here it’s different
Read more: Donegal and Lough Eske Castle: up here it’s differentby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Up here it’s different! Pat Gallagher of the late lamented Goats Don’t Shave wrote a cracking song called “Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal”. The chorus goes like this: And if I…
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Day Dreaming at The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
Read more: Day Dreaming at The Gibson Hotel, Dublinby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI A wild gene in the corporate DNA On Friday last week the entire MCI Dublin office decamped to the rather dishy Gibson Hotel and spent most of the day dreaming. Dreaming…
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Philadelphia: a sense of coming home
Read more: Philadelphia: a sense of coming homeby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI There was a sense of homecoming. When I thought about it I realised it stemmed from a unique alignment of time and place. The 100th year anniversary of the birth of…
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Associations and PCOs – Final Thoughts from IAPCO13
Read more: Associations and PCOs – Final Thoughts from IAPCO13by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI The Three Musketeers That’s how the executive host committee of the hugely successful IAPCO Conference which took place in Dublin last week described themselves. It’s worth dissecting the image as, I…
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