Tag: Incentive Travel
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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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The real Acronym that might Reshape Incentive Travel is Hiding in Plain Sight
Read more: The real Acronym that might Reshape Incentive Travel is Hiding in Plain Sightby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua Consulting & Head of Research & Consultancy, SITE A Different Kind of Disruption Let’s talk about acronyms. Not the one you’re thinking of, though God knows we’ve talked about that enough. Every conference panel,…
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Ambling Around London on a Saturday in Mid-November
Read more: Ambling Around London on a Saturday in Mid-Novemberby Pádraic Gilligan, co-founder, SoolNua Consulting Ambling around London on a Saturday in mid-November, I’m struck again by the odd, lingering consequences of Covid and climate change. We northern Europeans have lost the run of ourselves entirely, sipping expensive…
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Beyond the Beach: Finding the soul of the Algarve at Viceroy Ombria
Read more: Beyond the Beach: Finding the soul of the Algarve at Viceroy Ombriaby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua | Head of Consultancy & Research, SITE For decades now, the Algarve has been a magnet for sun-starved Northern Europeans seeking blue skies, sand, and golf courses where it doesn’t rain all the time.…
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From Frontier to Forefront: APAC’s Ascent in the World of Incentive Travel
Read more: From Frontier to Forefront: APAC’s Ascent in the World of Incentive Travelby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua | Head of Research & Consultancy, SITE My great friend and SITE colleague in China, Raymond Qian, invited me to speak at a recent ITB China event about the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and…
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More Than a Meeting: SITE Classic in Maui and Incentive Travel with Purpose
Read more: More Than a Meeting: SITE Classic in Maui and Incentive Travel with Purposeby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua Consulting | Head of Research & Consultancy, SITE SITE returned to Hawai‘i in August 2025 after a long hiatus, bringing its annual flagship event, SITE Classic, to the sacred shores of Maui. Hosted at…
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So Ryanair are now offering incentives?
Read more: So Ryanair are now offering incentives?By Pádraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua & Research | Consultancy, SITE Michael O’Leary, never one to shy away from controversy, took to the airwaves recently to defend a Ryanair policy that pays ground staff a minuscule €1.50 bonus every time…
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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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Head in the Sand or Steady at the Helm? Business in an Age of Uncertainty
Read more: Head in the Sand or Steady at the Helm? Business in an Age of Uncertaintyby Pádraic Gilligan, Research & Consultancy, SITE and C–founder, SoolNua We’ve reached the midpoint of the year and one thing is clear: we’re no clearer as to what lies ahead for our world at large, the world of business,…
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Slow (Incentive) Travel in Western Canada
Read more: Slow (Incentive) Travel in Western Canadaby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua & Research and Consultancy, SITE Recently Jenn Attersall of Destination Canada and I spent a week in Western Canada with eight corporate buyers of incentive travel. Starting in Calgary, we wound our way west…
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