Tag: Destination Management Company
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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 – Part 1
Read more: 24 Hours in Rome – Part 1by Padraic Gilligan, VP, Industry Relations, MCI and VP, Ovation Global DMC At break of dawn 04:55 Alarm goes off. To avoid subconscious and ill-advised use of the snooze facility it has been placed far from the bed. It’s…
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Coming Home – Revisiting Ireland’s Incentive Icons: Killarney Park, Europe, Dromoland, Adare
Read more: Coming Home – Revisiting Ireland’s Incentive Icons: Killarney Park, Europe, Dromoland, Adareby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua I’ve greatly enjoyed the opportunity over the past 4 weeks to re-acquaint myself with Ireland as an incentive destination. A combination of familiarisation trips and live programmes brought me, in quick succession, to…
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Memphis: Destination King
Read more: Memphis: Destination Kingby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolElla “I’m going to Graceland” So, like millions before us, we headed to Graceland. For me it was like participating on the Santiago di Compostella Camino or visiting Our Lady’s Shine at Lourdes. Snatches…
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Walking in Memphis – Tales from the ADME Annual Conference
Read more: Walking in Memphis – Tales from the ADME Annual Conferenceby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Ovation Global DMC We arrived early in Memphis having managed to blag our way onto an earlier flight and avoid payment of the $50 dollar fee which Delta said they’d charge but then , for…
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Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron?
Read more: Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron?Global DMCs – a beautiful oxymoron? by Padraic Gilligan Allegedly, when asked for his favourite oxymoron Irishman, global entrepreneur and former international rugby player, Tony O’Reilly, said “Great Britain”. But it may be regarded as crass and unfair to…
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Paris for Meetings and Events: Not down and certainly not out
Read more: Paris for Meetings and Events: Not down and certainly not outPadraic Gilligan, VP Ovation Global DMC and VP Industry Relations, MCI Behind me a guitar was being tuned. The tuner then addressed the crowd and launched into the Rod Stewart version of “Sailing”. He was truly terrible and gave…
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