Tag: DMC
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Dare to Design: Rethinking the real meaning of the darecation
Read more: Dare to Design: Rethinking the real meaning of the darecationby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua Consulting I hate “bleisure”. I have no problem whatsoever with what it describes — the blending of business and leisure elements in a single trip — but the sound of the word, and the…
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5 KEY QUESTIONS FOR 2026 for INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS
Read more: 5 KEY QUESTIONS FOR 2026 for INCENTIVE TRAVEL PROFESSIONALSby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua Consulting | Head of Research & Consultancy, SITE In 1915 Nobel prize winning poet, W. B. Yeats published his poem “Ego Dominus Tuus” opening with these lines: I sought a theme and sought for…
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Competition in Incentive Travel: Don’t be the person who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing
Read more: Competition in Incentive Travel: Don’t be the person who knows the price of everything but the value of nothingby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua | Research & Consultancy, SITE In his famous play Lady Windemere’s Fan, Irish playwright Oscar Wilde defines a cynic as a man who “knows the price of everything and the value of nothing”. Wilde’s…
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The DMC sector in 2019 – a new value proposition?
Read more: The DMC sector in 2019 – a new value proposition?by Pádraic Gilligan, Chief Marketing Officer, SITE & Managing Partner, SoolNua DMCs in the 1990s When you’re deeply immersed in a particular silo or business sector, that’s really all you see. During the early years of Delaney Marketing when…
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PCOs and DMCs: is there room for two agencies on the supply chain?
Read more: PCOs and DMCs: is there room for two agencies on the supply chain?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Following months of relative calm, fractious chatter regarding the value of Destination Management Companies / Consultants (DMCs) has rendered the waters of our industry choppy and turbulent again. This chatter has followed the…
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The DMC conundrum – will it ever be solved?
Read more: The DMC conundrum – will it ever be solved?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua My good DMC friend Fran Rickenbach has been pursuing me for some time now. I won’t deny that this frightens the daylights out of me. Those who know Fran know why. She’s a…
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DMC: arrogant, insecure, paranoid?
Read more: DMC: arrogant, insecure, paranoid?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The world of the Destination Management Company or DMC has been under-going a radical change over the past 10 years. I wanted to say “kaleidoscopic” change but, on reflection, much of this change has not been pretty,…
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2015: a MICE year in review
Read more: 2015: a MICE year in reviewby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua It was a long way to go for a couple of days but the trip to the truly motivational Resort at Squaw Creek was worth it for many reasons. The opportunity to spend…
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How to run a brilliant fam trip – lessons from Ireland
Read more: How to run a brilliant fam trip – lessons from Irelandby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua A recent survey of meeting planners by Development Counsellors International (DCI) on destination selection highlights some very interesting trends. Somewhat counter-intuitively, social media is regarded as unimportant while email is ranked as the favoured channel…
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Brands as Visitor Attractions – Teeling launches in Dublin
Read more: Brands as Visitor Attractions – Teeling launches in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua On Products and Brands When Arthur Guinness brewed his famous stout for the first time back in 1759 little did he know that 256 years later 1m people would flock to his factory…
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