Tag: Rocco Forte Hotels
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IMEX Frankfurt – what happens before the doors opens
Read more: IMEX Frankfurt – what happens before the doors opensby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua From zero to hero When I departed Salzburg late on Saturday afternoon rain was general all over the city. It was also raining in my heart. I felt gouged by the €4.20 I…
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Shining White Nights in St Petersburg – Astoria 100
Read more: Shining White Nights in St Petersburg – Astoria 100by Padraic Giligan, Vice President Industry Relations, MCI Astoria 100 – A Grand and Lavish Affair I have a lot to say about St Petersburg but I’ll start with the party because, after all, that’s the reason I went…
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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 Hotels like Villa Kennedy lift the destination experience beyond the ordinary and alter outdated destination perceptions and lazy prejudices.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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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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Prague and the Road not Taken
Read more: Prague and the Road not Taken“Prague and the Road not Taken” by Padraic Gilligan If ever there was a place to follow Robert Frost’s advice and take “the road less travelled” it’s Prague. If you do you’ll discover an achingly beautiful city, natural and…
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