Tourism news archive
Tourism news and events archive from June 2006
| Reports signal way ahead for north rail services The conclusions of two reports on enhancing rail services in the north of Scotland are being presented to key rail policy makers in Edinburgh today (Tuesday 27 June). | |
| Springboard to a career in tourism VisitScotland and Springboard Scotland have launched a new initiative to encourage young people to follow a career in tourism and provide Scotland’s tourism industry, worth an estimated £4 billion annually, with an appropriately skilled workforce. | |
| Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2006 - call for entries The prestigious Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards, sponsored by Scottish Provincial Press and the Royal Bank of Scotland, are the annual celebration and recognition of the best of the industry and, this year, the event will focus on those important values that give the Highlands and Islands their true sense of place for visitors from around the world. | |
| Durness prepares for mountains of chocolate A haven of temptation for chocoholics has opened in the Sutherland village of Durness, where a local resident has launched a luxury chocolate manufacturing business called Cocoa Mountain. | |
| New lease of life for Royal Hotel in Ullapool Major improvements are currently underway at a large hotel in Ullapool which will in turn create several new full-time jobs. | |
| Highland women poised to launch own firms after winning £500 each in business idea contest Mother of five Gillian Wilson from Avoch, Ross-shire, and 21-year-old Gemma Bateman, from Shinness, near Lairg, Sutherland, scooped the top prizes in a contest run by Inverness College UHI with £2,000 of prize funding provided by Highlands and Islands Enterprise. | |
| Printer-friendly pages Rarely, if ever, will a web page print out in any useable fashion. For one, most printers are set by default to portrait, not landscape, which, strangely enough, is how a sheet of A4 paper fits neatly onto a computer screen. | |