| Tourism Minister awards local businesses five star recognition Tourism Minister Jim Mather saw some of the best tourism businesses in the Outer Hebrides at first hand on a visit to the islands this week. | |
| Green is the colour Turning a tourism business green is not as difficult as we may suppose, and will now be made a whole lot easier thanks to a new Scottish tourism initiative to encourage more operators to embrace sustainability. | |
| Entry deadline nears for Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards Tourism businesses across the Highlands and Islands have until Friday (August 29) to get their entries in for the region’s largest and most prestigious hospitality and tourism industry awards. | |
| Delegates applaud e-tourism workshops The e-tourism workshops held throughout the Highlands and Islands recently have been voted an overwhelming success by those in the know: the people who attended. | |
| Thistle Awards finalists show calibre of Highlands tourism The Highlands have launched a formidable raid on the 2008 Scottish Thistle Awards, cornering the Innovation category with finalists and contesting a diversity of other award categories too. | |
| Glenlivet Visitor Centre celebrates a decade of excellence Staff at The Glenlivet Distillery Visitor Centre are celebrating a decade of excellence after being awarded a top visitor attraction award for the fifth time in row. | |

