Tag: Hotels
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Are hotels in the business of hospitality or just in the business?
Read more: Are hotels in the business of hospitality or just in the business?by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The Hospitality Model v the Transactional Model @Supergreybread and I had a fascinating conversation with a legacy hotelier recently who shared this interesting story with us. Consultants were brought in to analyse and categorise the…
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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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Chicago: a night on the town and Hyatt revisited
Read more: Chicago: a night on the town and Hyatt revisitedby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Mythologising our memories For over two decades meetings and events professionals congregated in Chicago in late September / early October to attend the IT&ME show. It remained IT&ME for many of…
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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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California dreaming
Read more: California dreamingby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Learning, Connecting, Being Inspired In his seminal book Meeting Architecture, Maarten Vanneste identifies education, networking and motivation as the 3 pillars around which successful meeting outcomes are based. Thus we go…
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Information, Inspiration and Vision: what happened at FICP Day 3 and 4
Read more: Information, Inspiration and Vision: what happened at FICP Day 3 and 4by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Roger Dow: From Life Guard to Life Saver Roger Dow’s presentation to FICP on Tuesday AM was informative, inspiring and visionary and highlighted just how lucky the meetings and events industry…
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FICP Live in LA – Day 1
Read more: FICP Live in LA – Day 1by Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC “LAs fine and the sun shines most of the time …” The approach by air into Los Angeles takes you over miles and miles of urban sprawl leaving you wondering whether…
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From The Venetian to Via Veneto: the importance of authenticity in the destination experience
Read more: From The Venetian to Via Veneto: the importance of authenticity in the destination experienceby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President of Industry Relations, MCI and Vice President Ovation Global DMC The Venetian, Las Vegas Last Thursday I over-nighted at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Built in the mid 90s and opened in 1999 it…
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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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