Tourism news archive
Tourism news and events archive from October 2007
Taste awards | Taste of local food awards have ambitions for Scotland-wide take-up Producers from Skye and Lochalsh hope that an innovative Taste of Local Food Award scheme, that rewards businesses showing a high commitment to the use and promotion of local food, could be rolled out across Scotland. |
| North scoops four in Scottish Thistle Awards The Highlands and Islands have taken their fair share of the spoils at the Scottish Thistle Awards, with no less than four of the top prizes coming north. | |
| Top tourism award winner retires Winning the top Silver Thistle award in the Scottish Thistle Awards is a fitting end for Joan Campbell's thirty plus years in the tourism industry. For the Sutherland businesswoman has announced her retirement from running the Sheiling B&B near Thurso. | |
| Workshops on capturing an international market Internationalisation – growing overseas markets by setting high quality international standards – is the backdrop to a forthcoming series of workshops geared to boosting the international tourism market in the Highlands and Islands. | |
Good technology | Making the web work for you: e-business workshops Does your tourism website attract enough visitors? Are they the right kind of people? Does it translate into bookings and profits? Are you really confident your site is doing all it can for your business? |
Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards | Countdown to Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards The tourism companies shortlisted in the 2007 Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards are now counting down the days until the award ceremony on November 16. |
| Web success for tourism agency Visitorkney.com - the official tourism site for Orkney - has notched up its highest volume of web traffic ever this year. Site visitors have increased every month, consistently beating the user numbers recorded for the same period in 2006. | |
| Responding to change focus for conference The Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA), which represents the interests of the key visitor attractions sector in Scotland, will be holding its annual two-day Autumn Conference in Crieff from 6th – 7th November. | |
| HIE Lochaber boost for Royal National Mod 2007 The 104th Royal National Mod has received a boost of £35,000 from HIE Lochaber towards the eight day event. | |
| Innovative free training events for tourism businesses launched Tourism and retail businesses in Scotland are being offered the chance to attend an innovative free training event to help them improve the experience they give to customers. The autumn programme of theatrical Visitor Experience Workshops will kick off on 12th November for three weeks. These free workshops are designed to help front line staff understand how easy it can be to deliver a fulsome and authentic visitor experience, and boost local trade to boot. | |
Brian OHeadhra | Nòs Ùr - regional minority languages competition in Inverness The first west European minority languages song competition will be held in Inverness next year as part of four regional finals held across Europe. |
| Looking ahead to the past in Inverness This week Inverness will host the first annual meeting of Scotland's Rural Past, a five-year project to investigate and record Scotland's rural heritage. | |
| Northern Lights cafe and gallery is beacon of light for Unst Unst is to gain a lively café bistro and art gallery, thanks to the entrepreneurial skills of Jackie Hamilton and daughter Sian Hemingway and a drive to develop tourism in the UK's most northerly island. | |
| Poland to Inverness air service survey findings The conclusions of a survey on the potential demand for new air services between Inverness and Poland are being published today (Thursday 4 October). | |