Tourism news archive
Tourism news and events archive from May 2008
| Inverness to host event with master marketing director Marketing guru Gerald Michaluk is to deliver a talk on the role of the marketing director in Inverness next week at the invitation of The Chartered Institute of Marketing in Scotland (CIM). | |
| Deadline looms for Scotland's top tourism awards Tourism businesses throughout the Highlands and Islands are being reminded that there is just a week to the entry deadline for the Scottish Thistle Awards, the biggest tourism awards of the year. | |
| Visitor information gap filled at Lews Castle A new heritage information display at the entrance to Lews Castle is the latest project to be completed under the Stornoway Townscape Heritage Initiative. The £21,000 project, assisted by the Heritage Lottery Fund, aims to fill a long-standing need for visitor information at the Castle. | |
| Scottish forests gear up for 2009 celebrations No excuses about lack of notice. Here’s a heads up on the World Mountain Bike Conference on Sustainability 2009 which is coming to Scotland in May next year. | |
| Doing your bit for tourism growth Tourism Framework for Change, the tourism industry’s blueprint for the future, has set a challenge to grow Scottish tourism by 50 per cent. The target date is 2015, but how can individual tourism businesses develop to help meet this ambition? | |
| 18th Skye Storytelling Festival returns to Glendale The Glendale Gathering and Skye Storytelling Festival 2008 returns to the northwestern corner of Skye this weekend for the eighteenth consecutive year. From Friday 23rd until Sunday 25th May inclusive, the Glendale estate will be brought to life with the ancient traditions of storytelling, with everything from sessions and workshops to walks and a ceilidh. | |
| Cairngorm hostel website launched The 19 independent hostels in the Cairngorms National Park now have a dedicated website offering a one-stop destination for hostel information and accommodation planning. | |
| HIE to lead Cairngorm mountain Ltd into a new future Plans to secure the sustainable future of the Cairngorm funicular railway can now get under way following agreement that ownership of its operating company CairnGorm Mountain Ltd will transfer to Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). | |
| Attractions see growth in Northern Isles visitors Shetland and Orkney both enjoyed substantial growth in visitor numbers in 2007 compared with 2006, the latest VisitScotland Scottish Visitor Attraction Monitor has revealed. | |
| Moray distillery opens new visitor centre Glen Grant Distillery in Rothes, producers of one of the biggest selling malt whiskies in the world, has officially opened their brand new visitor centre at the site. | |
| Wigwams in the wild north The Wild West is where you would normally expect to see wigwams, but a new take on the old design is making its mark throughout the north of Britain. | |
| Calling all businesses: Shetland’s first ever Festival of Nature needs you! Organisers of Shetland’s first ever Festival of Nature, to be piloted from 4th to 12th July 2008, are calling on local businesses to come on board and get involved by offering trips, tours, arts and crafts, and workshops to feature in an exciting programme of events planned for this summer. | |