Irish Hospitality Industry Professional Day, December 2020. A mighty successful event organised by the Institute, that pulled together over 1100 attendees from all over the country. Regrouping in this dire moment, a battered industry counts itself and searches for strategies and insights. With the attendance of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.
Valentina Doorly keynote speaker, watch the video
Uncertain in its timing, Irish tourism recovery has certain levers to rely upon: vast and unspoiled outdoors, caring hosts and the Biden effect.
Valentina Doorly says to the Irish Hospitality Industry professional Day
Dublin’s tourism needs a new dimension. One that would stand out as an international concept, one that will offer active experiences. One that will represent an all year around asset for the residents: the Bow & Arrow
Europe’s population pyramid is being turned on its head, as a billowing wave of silver-haired tourists mounts at the horizon. Be ready to update your take on third age profiling and holidaying formats.
So you have studiously managed to dodge all the recent news on climate change? Except now it’s time to start planning for ski resorts on Carranthuohill and cross-country ski destinations around Athlone, writes futurologist
A pointless gimmick or a useful tool for the tourism & hospitality industry? We vote for the latter. As Innovation is marketing.
It is a well-known though rarely talked-about fact that women make 80% of consumers’ decisions/choices – the tourism and hospitality industries are no exception – and yet this element rarely features in companies’ strategic and marketing thinking processes. It is time to acknowledge the power of gender marketing and its future potential
Experiential tourism is blossoming in the four corners of the globe, populating the holiday-making landscape with a multitude of diverse activities and unusual experiences – all with one common trait: the individual is the centrepiece, says futurologist Valentina Doorly.
The future is here, and more and more, the tourism industry will witness the emergence of computer-mediated enhancement of the holiday experience, where technologies become an intelligence layer between the visitor and the surrounding environment. The question, says futurologist Valentina Doorly, is how much you want to engage.
Overtourism is sieging the “first tier’ cities and destinations in Europe, a continent that, by now, receives the double of any other continent on the globe.
How long before we start capping access?
What the consequences for the industry?
Collaborative consumption and the access economy are the new normal, and disownership is a trend that’s set to continue, writes Valentina Doorly.
There seems to be no stopping to the magnetic pull of megacities. Yet, Valentina Doorly and Kyle Brown see a countertrend is taking shape.
When it comes to start-ups conquering an industry, Valentina Doorly says, like Highlander, there can be only one.
Singularity is near, writes Valentina Doorly, so now is the time to start talking about it.
Is it time to start rethinking the meaning of value, asks Valentina Doorly, and what will it mean for the future of capitalism?
If it is true that we are fast heading into a society of zero marginal cost, what will be the solution to protect the traditional economic structure based on “money as a measure of scarcity”, if not the set up of Monopolies?
An interview with Triodos, the biggest ethical bank in Europe, Bruxelles, February 2016. Can ethical money deliver equally good results and sound profits ? Who are the customers of ethical money and what are its principles ? How this meets the growing demand for ethics coming with the Millennials generations ?
We meet Triodos and open up its Balance sheet.
In 1990 the three biggest manufacturers in Detroit had a market capitalization of 36bn while employing 1,200 ml workers. . In 2014 the three leading companies in Silicon valley have a market capitalization of 1,09 trillion while employing 137,000 workers.
Imagine if, after centuries fighting each other to “own more” we will soon find ourselves in the reversed scenario of competing to “own less” Disownership is set to become a dominating feature of post digital age.
Managing territories is an exciting privilege. One that should be approached with humility and determination in order that a positive mark is left and one that should bring our community along to a stage of greater health and wealth. These are expressed in public amenities, flourishing business, services and enriching experiences for all.
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