Tag: DMC
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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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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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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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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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