Tag: Events
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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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“Confront the Brutal Facts (Yet Never Lose Faith)”
Read more: “Confront the Brutal Facts (Yet Never Lose Faith)”by Pádraic Gilligan, Research & Consultancy, SITE & Co-Founder, SoolNua I travelled to Athens recently to speak at a gathering of meeting and incentive travel professionals, organised by Hosts Global, one of our industry’s foremost and leading DMC consortia.…
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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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MICE in Cork – growing potential for Ireland’s 2nd city
Read more: MICE in Cork – growing potential for Ireland’s 2nd cityby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua For 50 years Avis, the car rental company, used “We try harder” as its tagline. It was a piece of brilliant disruptive marketing, fashioned under the leadership of CEO Robert Townsend, aimed at…
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6 Networking Tips for IMEX Success
Read more: 6 Networking Tips for IMEX Successby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua You pause at the door but then decide on another trip to the restroom. You’ve been at the entrance to the ballroom twice before but, each time, found compelling reasons not to go in. First…
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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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MICE in Belfast – but in a good way!
Read more: MICE in Belfast – but in a good way!by Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Destination MICE Despite changing demographics and new generational preferences the filter for destination selection still pivots around crucial infrastructural categories like hotel, formal and informal venues and unique destination experiences. I recently re-visited…
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How books help sell destinations
Read more: How books help sell destinationsby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Way down South Way back in the late nineties I completed a programme in Tourism Marketing at Boston College. During the programme they flew us for a weekend to Savannah, Georgia…
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Cycling the Ring of Kerry – 180km in a day
Read more: Cycling the Ring of Kerry – 180km in a dayby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Cycling the Ring of Kerry – sometime after 04:00 A thin frame of bright light leaks out in the gap between the heavy drapes and the wall of the room. You reach for…
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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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