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MICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#13: 'MICE Conversations' - Caroline Phelan, VisitBritain Meetings and Incentive Senior Manager Europe'MICE Conversations'. In this episode, we talk with Caroline Phelan, VisitBritain Meetings and Incentive Senior Manager Europe (Paris). VisitBritain (www.visitbritain.org) is the national tourism agency, a nondepartmental public body, funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), responsible for promoting Britain worldwide and developing its visitor economy. VisitBritain's mission is to grow the value of inbound tourism to Britain, working with a wide range of partners in both the UK and overseas. Through their global reach, the agency aims to increase visitor spend to all parts of Britain and improve Britain’s ranking in th...2021-10-2321 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#12: 'MICE Conversations' - Ciaran Delaney, CEO/Founder hubli.com and MeetingsBooker'MICE Conversations'. In this episode we talk with Ciaran Delaney, founder and CEO of hubli and MeetingsBooker. Today, Tuesday 7th September 2021, MeetingsBooker has rebranded as hubli. Find out more on https://www.hubli.com. hubli empowers organisations to give teams space to succeed. Employees can access 185,000 spaces on-demand with in-built controls on spend, safety and sustainability. Meetingsbooker.com has evolved to now include group stays, workspaces and enterprise management platform.More about hubli, MeetingsBooker and Ciaran Delaney.https://www.hubli.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciarandel/https://www.meetingsbooker.com/Recorded...2021-09-0720 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#11: 'MICE Conversations' - Roger Dow, President & CEO, U.S. Travel Association'MICE Conversations'. In this episode I talk with Roger Dow, President & CEO, U.S. Travel Association, the Washington, D.C. - based organization representing all segments of travel in America. U.S. Travel’s mission is to increase travel to and within the United States. Prior to joining U.S. Travel in 2005, Dow spent 34 years at Marriott International, rising to senior vice president of global and field sales. More about Roger Dow and the U.S. Travel Association.https://www.ustravel.org/profile/roger-dowhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerdow/https://twitter.com/USTravel2021-07-1623 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#10: 'MICE Conversations' - Nicholas Alleyne, CEO Blu Isles DMC Barbados'MICE Conversations'. In this episode I talk with Nicholas Alleyne, CEO of Blu Isles DMC Barbados. Nicholas is also Chair of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism MICE Product Committee. More about Nicholas Alleyne and Blu Isles DMC Barbados.https://bluisles.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-alleyne-94b664/https://corporate.visitbarbados.org/priority-events/Recorded Friday 18th June 2021.This pocast is also available as a video, on the TravelMedia.ie YouTube channel.https://youtu.be/G1np5t7lPPwTopics and questions, timeline or video chapters. 00:00 - Int...2021-07-0120 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#9: 'MICE Conversations' - FITUR Madrid 2021#9: 'MICE Conversations' - FITUR Madrid, May 2021. In this episode I attend FITUR Madrid, the first major travel trade event to place in Europe since the pandemic. FITUR 2021 took place at IFEMA Madrid, May 19-23rd 2021. Interviewed are IFEMA's Director General Eduardo Lopez Puertas and Juan Daniel Nunez, Editor of Smart Travel News.Useful links for FITUR and Smart Travel News.https://www.ifema.es/en/fitur https://www.ifema.es/portal-transparencia/informacion-institucional-organizativa/eduardo-lopez-puertas-bitaubehttps://www.smarttravel.newsThis vidoe and podcast was recorded May 19th 2021, at FITUR in Madrid. This po...2021-06-2207 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#8: 'MICE Conversations' - Pádraic Gilligan, SoolNua and SITE Global'MICE Conversations'. In this episode I talk with Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner at SoolNua and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at SITE Global. SoolNua is a Dublin-based specialist in business events, advising destinations, DMOs, hotels, agencies and associations. Many people will know Pádraic from his days at Ovation on MCI. More about Pádraic Gilligan, SoolNua and SITE Global.https://twitter.com/Padraicinohttps://soolnua.com/about-us/https://www.linkedin.com/in/padraicgilligan/https://padraicino.com/https://www.siteglobal.com/blog/meet-p-draic-gilligan,-site-chief-marketing-officerResearch mentioned in this episode:http...2021-05-2346 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#7: 'MICE Conversations' - Rannveig Snorradottir, Obeo Travel DMC Iceland and Namibia'MICE Conversations'. In this episode we talk with Rannveig Snorradottir, Managing Director, Obeo Travel DMC, who is based between Iceland and Namibia. Obeo Travel is a DMC for both Namibia and Iceland. Prior to establishing Obeo Travel DMC 13 years ago Rannveig worked for Qatar Airways in Norway and also Tumlare DMC in London. Rannveig was born in Iceland but grew up in Namibia. More about Rannveig Snorradottir and Obeo Travel.https://www.linkedin.com/in/rannveig-snorradottir-90962220/http://www.obeo-travel.com/This interview was recorded Monday April 19th 2021.This pocast is also av...2021-05-0724 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#6: 'MICE Conversations' - Karen Yue, Group Editor, TTG Asia Media#6: 'MICE Conversations'. In this episode we talk with Karen Yue, Group Editor, TTG Asia Media in Singapore. Karen overseas 20 editors and writers across Asia-Pacific region. Karen is personally involved in TTG Asia, TTG Associations and the award winning. TTG MICE. Karen also produces the company’s annual Asian MICE Cruise Conference in Bangkok, which debuted in 2018 and was held for the second time in 2019.More about Karen Yue and TTG Asia Media.https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenyuesf/https://www.ttgasia.com/author/yuekaren/https://www.ttgasia.com/https://www.ttgasiamedia.com/ttg_tr...2021-05-0519 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#5: MICE Conversations - Chris Nolan, John Burke, venuesworld.com#5: MICE Conversations. In this episode we talk with Chris Nolan and John Burke from venuesworld.com in Dublin, Ireland. venuesworld.com was founded in 2008 by Chris Nolan and John F. Burke. Their HQ is in Dublin with local offices around the world. Their mission is to help their clients deliver seamlessly executed events of the highest standard. They operate more than 1,000 corporate events and conferences annually for clients in various industries and regions.More about Chris, John and venuesworld.com.https://venuesworld.com/about-us/https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-burke-23242117/https://www.linkedin.com...2021-05-0423 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#4: MICE Conversations - Sergio Maccanti, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau#4: MICE Conversations - Sergio Maccanti, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau. Sergio has been with the Gran Canaria Convention Bureau since 2007. Prior to that he was with the Gran Canaria Tourist Board, at the Milan office. About Sergio Maccanti, MICE Manager, Gran Canaria Convention Bureau. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-maccanti-a05588157/https://www.grancanariacb.com/informacion-sobre-el-personal/https://www.grancanariacb.com/palacios-de-congresos/Interview recorded Monday 19th April 2021.Topics and questions, timeline or video chapters.00:00 - Intro00:56 - What has life been like in the Canaries during the lockdown?06:20 - The Canari...2021-05-0222 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#3: MICE Conversations - Tom Otley, Editor, Business Traveller magazine UKEpisode #3. 'MICE Conversations'. Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie, in conversation with Tom Otely, Editor of Business Traveller magazine UK. About Tom Otley, Editor, Business Traveller magazine UK.https://twitter.com/tomotleyhttps://www.facebook.com/BusinessTraveller/https://www.businesstraveller.com/https://www.youtube.com/user/businesstravellerukhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/business-traveller/Interview recorded Monday 29th March 2021. Disclaimer. Business Traveller magazine is a client of TravelMedia.ie. TravelMedia.ie manage the Business Traveller YouTube channel.Topics and questions, timeline or video chapters.00:00 - Intro00:47 - How has t...2021-04-2927 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#2: MICE Conversations - Ken Lyons, KL Communications IrelandEpisode #2. 'MICE Conversations'. Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie, in conversation with Ken Lyons, Director at KL Communications in Dublin, Ireland. Ken Lyons sits on the Board of SITE International. Ken currently works as an independent advisor to the MICE industry in Ireland and internationally. Prior to his current role Ken worked at some of Ireland's best known hotels including The Westbury, The Marker and the Ritz-Carlton, Powercourt. Interview recorded Friday 19th March 2021.About Ken Lyons, Director, KL Communications, Ireland.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethlyons/https://www.klc.ieTopics and questions, timeline or vid...2021-04-2628 minMICE Conversations: a podcast for the Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Events industry#1: MICE Conversations - Marie Lawlor, Ovation Ireland DMCEpisode #1. 'MICE Conversations'. Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie, in conversation with Marie Lawlor, Director of Sales & Marketing at Ovation Ireland DMC. Interview recorded Monday 15th March 2021.About Marie Lawlor, and Ovation Ireland DMChttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-lawlor-cis-citp-6b255a11/https://ovationdmc.com/meet-ovation-ireland-dmc-team-arthur-marie/https://ovationdmc.com/destinations/ireland/Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:00 - How are you? How is work life at Ovation Ireland?03:01 - Post pandemic, will we all rush back to the office or will the future be hybrid?04:48 - Incentive travel. How will it open up? Micro...2021-04-2515 min