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In the mid-1990s, an outside counsel hired to represent Marriott International was doing an excellent job.
Bill Marriott, then CEO of the eponymous company, was impressed by the lawyer s style and capabilities. That s one sharp guy, he told a senior Marriott executive at the time, and he expressed a desire to bring him in-house.
Soon, the attorney, Arne Sorenson, was the company s associate general counsel, and a short time later, a senior vice president for business development, handling mergers and acquisitions. He was to go on to become CFO, COO and, in 2012, CEO. One of Bill Marriott s greatest abilities is to hire people different from himself, the senior Marriott executive told me.
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Ireland has been named the Best Destination in Europe for the seventh year in a row at the 2020 Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards.
In being named the 2020 Travel Weekly Readers Choice for the Best Destination in Europe, Ireland has beat out England, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain.
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Niall Gibbons, the Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland, said he and his team were delighted that Ireland has been singled out for the seventh year in a row. At the end of what has been a devastating year for travel and tourism, this accolade is some positive news. Our thoughts are with all those people engaged in hospitality at this time, Gibbons said, adding, While we face immense uncertainty right now, hope is on the horizon in the form of vaccines.