Tag: MICE
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The Language of Business
Read more: The Language of BusinessThe Language of Business by Padraic Gilligan, Managing Director, Ovation Global DMC Hilton has recently launched a really interesting app connected with its Garden Inn product. Called Bizwords it’s a combination game / educational resource pivoting around the acronyms…
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5 key ingredients for a successful incentive travel programme
Read more: 5 key ingredients for a successful incentive travel programmeFive Key Ingredients for a Successful Incentive Travel Programme Padraic Gilligan, Managing Director, Ovation Global DMC For the past five days I assisted my colleagues at Ovation Switzerland in the operation of an incentive travel programme for a US…
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5 Steps from a Reluctant Networker for Networking Success
Read more: 5 Steps from a Reluctant Networker for Networking SuccessBy Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua [First published by MICE Exchange] 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…
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“Flash Mobs in Bangkok: is this Thailand?”
Read more: “Flash Mobs in Bangkok: is this Thailand?”“Flash mobs in Bangkok: is this Thailand ?” by Padraic Gilligan, Managing Director, MCI Dublin and VP Ovation Global DMC I thought I was in the middle of a Flash Mob. It was evening rush hour and I had…
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Budapest is knocking on heaven’s door
Read more: Budapest is knocking on heaven’s door“Budapest is knocking on heaven’s door” by Padraic Gilligan When the long haired buskers in the underpass are playing complex counterpoints by Bartok and Bernstein rather than “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan then you know you’re in…
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Incentive Houses and DMCs: a marriage made in heaven?
Read more: Incentive Houses and DMCs: a marriage made in heaven?For the past couple of years The Site Foundation has been conducting annual research on topics of current interest to The Meetings and Events Industry. This research released as “The Site Index” has been extraordinarily useful to the industry…
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Rooms with a View – private venues in Florence
Read more: Rooms with a View – private venues in FlorenceRooms with a View – private venues in Florence by Padraic Gilligan Italian cities, in general, don’t carry their illustrious past as a burden that prevents them from getting on with 21st century living. The past is integrated into…
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Hero or Villain? What is the true identity of the DMC?
Read more: Hero or Villain? What is the true identity of the DMC?At an industry function recently I found myself seated between two agency executives. I spent a fascinating and frightening evening listening to war stories about their experiences with DMCs around the world. In roughly half of the stories the…
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The all-new Las Vegas
Read more: The all-new Las VegasMy abiding memory of Las Vegas rotates around Moon Civetz’s company, Maverick Aviation Group. It was during the last Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) Invitational in 1995 when the IRF was still the Site Foundation and I was on the…
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All Aboard the Marrakech Express (‘cos the Times they are a changin’)
Read more: All Aboard the Marrakech Express (‘cos the Times they are a changin’)All Aboard the Marrakech Express (‘cos the times they are a changin’)* *with a nod to some great 60s tunes! [First published on the excellent, lively, vibrant and way-cool travel portal http://www.zipsetgo.com/] In 1962 – almost 50 years ago…
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