Tag: Incentives
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MICE people at AIPCO14, Limerick
Read more: MICE people at AIPCO14, Limerickby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Passion and Energy in Limerick The Association of Irish Professional Organisers (AIPCO) made its annual assembly into a pan-MICE gathering this year and attracted almost 200 meetings and events professionals to Limerick, City…
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Malaga – authentic Andalucian charm for Meetings and Events
Read more: Malaga – authentic Andalucian charm for Meetings and Eventsby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua That I couldn’t locate a pub in downtown Malaga showing either Arsenal v Everton or Ireland v Italy was intensely frustrating. The first match was a quarter final cup clash against strong opposition…
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Milestones, Highlights and Lessons Learned: 20 years as a DMC
Read more: Milestones, Highlights and Lessons Learned: 20 years as a DMCby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolElla Fiche bliain ag fas 20 years ago this year Patrick Delaney and I started Delaney Marketing Consultants and launched ourselves as “Ireland’s leading DMC” to the understandable annoyance of our long established competitors.…
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5 Tips for Success at IMEX13, Las Vegas
Read more: 5 Tips for Success at IMEX13, Las Vegasby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI In a recent post I recalled, with some nostalgia, the halycon days of IT&ME a.k.a. The Motivation Show when the entire meetings and events industry decamped to Chicago every year in…
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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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Donegal and Lough Eske Castle: up here it’s different
Read more: Donegal and Lough Eske Castle: up here it’s differentby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Up here it’s different! Pat Gallagher of the late lamented Goats Don’t Shave wrote a cracking song called “Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal”. The chorus goes like this: And if I…
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Villa Kennedy: “rus in urbe” seclusion in Frankfurt
Read more: Villa Kennedy: “rus in urbe” seclusion in Frankfurtby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Industry Relations, MCI Defining the Destination Experience Destinations need hotels like Villa Kennedy. Hotels like Villa Kennedy lift the destination experience beyond the ordinary and alter outdated destination perceptions and lazy prejudices. When you…
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5 ways to ensure the success of your meeting or event
Read more: 5 ways to ensure the success of your meeting or eventby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Head in the Air Once you run the gauntlet of checking in, depositing bags, negotiating security and finally boarding, the time on board an aircraft can be good head time if only for…
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Naples – 5 things you should know
Read more: Naples – 5 things you should knowby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Naples and Ireland have many things in common none more so than the cast-iron connection, in both locations, between people and place. Ireland, as a destination, is largely defined in and…
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Italian Diary – a Week in Italy
Read more: Italian Diary – a Week in ItalyBy Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Florence – 18 April 2013 I’ve visited Rocco Forte hotels in Brussels, Berlin, Prague and St Petersburg but this was my first visit to a Rocco Forte property in Italy, the…
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