Tag: Meetings and Events
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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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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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2nd Ovation Trophy 2013 – The Prologue
Read more: 2nd Ovation Trophy 2013 – The Prologueby Padraic Gilligan, VP, Ovation Global DMC If Carlsberg did travel … The Swiss flight from Paris to Zurich boarded on time, took off on time and landed slightly ahead of schedule. It was packed with efficient suits and…
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London Calling: M&IT Awards, CONFEX and the Irish back at ExCel
Read more: London Calling: M&IT Awards, CONFEX and the Irish back at ExCelby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President MCI and Vice President, Ovation Global DMC Ole, Ole, Ole London’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, ExCeL, is etched in the hearts of most Irish people. For a period last summer it often appeared that…
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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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Destination Branding a la Montreal – More Tales of ADMEI
Read more: Destination Branding a la Montreal – More Tales of ADMEIby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC It’s not what I say about my brand, it’s what you say about it. The first session at most industry events features a word of welcome from the destination’s official authorities…
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MadMen at the Rome Cavalieri
Read more: MadMen at the Rome Cavalieriby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Don and Betty at the Hilton Rome Most fans of Mad Men, the US TV series set in a Madison Ave Ad agency in the early 60s, will recall the Rome episode from programme’s 3rd…
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5 Principles for Success in Destination Management
Read more: 5 Principles for Success in Destination Managementby Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC In 1662 Irishman Robert Boyle made a scientific discovery that eventually allowed us to voyage to the bottom of the sea; 8 years later the exact same discovery was made by…
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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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