Angus & Dundee
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20/05/2008
The deadline for accommodation businesses signing up to the Marketing Opportunities for 2008/09 is 30 May.
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20/05/2008
EventScotland, Scotland’s national events agency, has announced that Dundee’s Fest ‘n’ Furious event has been successful in the latest round of its Regional Events Programme. More...
20/05/2008
The Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa is delighted be one of the first companies in Dundee to win the HealthyLiving accolade for Metro Brasserie & Bar. More...
17/03/2008
The third annual Perthshire tourism conference has been hailed a massive success with some 120 delegates attending the one day event. More...
17/03/2008
If you fancy a different way to spend your weekends, then how about this? The Highlander is a weekend of quad biking provided by Highland Offroad. More...
17/03/2008
Perth Theatre is to receive a £2m makeover as part of a project to boost cultural facilities in the town. More...
17/03/2008
Blair Castle Trekking Centre is offering tourism operators in Perthshire a special discount for their staff to come trekking on weekdays from 25 March until 28 June 2008. More...
17/03/2008
The festival is based in Kirriemuir, the gateway to the superb Angus Glens and birthplace of Peter Pan author JM Barrie. More...
17/03/2008
Downloadable guides for your guests and staff to keep updated on what's on are available from www.visitscotland.org. More...
19/02/2008
The festival is based in Kirriemuir, the gateway to the superb Angus Glens and birthplace of Peter Pan author JM Barrie. More...
19/02/2008
The brand new Perthshire - Pure Golfing Pleasure golf guide is available for the first time. More...
19/02/2008
A one day conference will be held on Friday 29 February, 10.30 am – 3.30pm at Perth Racecourse, Scone, by Perth. More...
19/02/2008
This year Scotland celebrates Tartan Day with a week long programme of events from Saturday, 29th March to Saturday, 6th April, commemorating the very best of Scotland and the Scots, both at home and away. More...
19/02/2008
The Fife Network Office has received alerts from accommodation providers in the area about a scam targeting Fife and the rest of Scotland. More...
19/02/2008
In response to industry feedback a series of What's On listings have been produced by VisitScotland's network staff. More...
21/01/2008
Quality will be at the forefront of the first VisitScotland Perthshire and Angus & Dundee networking event of 2008. More...
21/01/2008
A one day conference will be held on Friday 29 February, 10.30 am – 3.30pm at Perth Racecourse, Scone, By Perth. The event will give businesses the opportunity to hear from experts in the tourism industry and put their questions to the various speakers from throughout the day. More...
21/01/2008
Following a successful lottery bid and public TV vote in December 2007, Perth will receive £1.25 million from the People’s Lottery Giveaway towards the Sustrans Connect2 bridge over the River Tay. More...
21/01/2008
Fortingall Hotel, in the beautiful Arts and Crafts village of Fortingall at the foot of Glen Lyon, is delighted to announce this week that it has obtained the top ‘Gold’ award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme, becoming only the second hotel in Perthshire to achieve such status, the first being Gleneagles. More...
21/01/2008
Perthshire, Angus & Dundee Accommodation Guides; Perthshire Visitor Guides; and Angus & Dundee Visitor Guides are now in circulation. This is the first time the two areas have combined the accommodation guides and will enable VisitScotland to expand the target market of potential visitors to both Perthshire and Angus & Dundee. More...
18/12/2007
Are you interested in receiving expert advice, free of charge, on your rights and responsibilities under the new fire safety law? More...
18/12/2007
The Croftweit and St Ninian’s self catering apartments in Crieff have become the first self catering properties in Perthshire to go live with the visitscotland.com Web in a Box product. More...
18/12/2007
Piperdam Golf & Leisure resort is set to more than double in size as The Blacklaw Hill is purchased. More...
18/12/2007
Park House Bed & Breakfast has claimed its place as one of the top B&Bs in Angus, and indeed Scotland, with the revelation of a VisitScotland five star award. More...
18/12/2007
Former Miss Scotland Asiling Friel brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to the area recently in a bid to bring visitors to the area this winter and encourage them to explore all things white over the coming months. More...
19/11/2007
Easter Dunfallandy Country House Bed & Breakfast has emphasised the exceptional quality of Perthshire accommodation providers by joining an elite band of world class accommodation providers with five star status. More...
19/11/2007
The people and businesses of Perth and Kinross can start voting on 26th November to make a new foot and cycle bridge over the River Tay a reality. More...
19/11/2007
Award-winning Apex Hotels continues to stay ahead of the hospitality ‘eco’ game with Scotland’s first green spa. More...
19/11/2007
Perthshire will be at the forefront of the illustrious adventure tourism market with the launch of a brand new initiative for the area.
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19/11/2007
A number of open evenings are set to take place in November and December in where businesses will be given the opportunity to learn more about how to increase their accommodation bookings from local and national TICs. More...
19/11/2007
Perthshire TIC staff in Aberfeldy and Crieff have come up with the novel idea of doing their bit for local care homes at Christmas.
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19/11/2007
E business, your business, everyone’s business
VisitScotland Perthshire, Angus & Dundee will be hosting another of the successful networking events in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise Tayside this time looking at the opportunities that exist around E business.
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19/11/2007
On Monday the 10th of December (2- 5pm) at the Salutation Hotel in Perth a free and informal workshop to help businesses understand the nuts and bolts of the Green Tourism Business scheme will be held. More...
23/10/2007
Wednesday 24th October 2007 2-4pm, Angus Archives, Restenneth Priory, Forfar
As more and more people become interested in researching their family roots, ancestral tourism promises new and exciting year-round commercial opportunities whatever your size and type of business. More...
23/10/2007
For a list of forthcoming Angus & Dundee network events please read on... More...
23/10/2007
Scotland’s wide variety of high quality natural ingredients are being used to entice food loving visitors to Scotland. More...
23/10/2007
Winter can be a beautiful time to visit Scotland. The “white” campaign has been created to encourage consumers to experience many of the “White things to do” during a break in Scotland in the winter as well as taking advantage of the great accommodation offers that we have to offer. More...
23/10/2007
Scotland’s wide variety of high quality natural ingredients are being used to entice food loving visitors to Scotland. With an average of 21% of all tourist expenditure in Scotland spent on food and drink, this is an important sector for Scottish tourism. More...
17/09/2007
The third in a series of ambassadorial launches has officially taken place with the announcement of David Valentine as the Angus & Dundee Area Tourism Partnership (ATP) China ambassador. More...
17/09/2007
The Carnoustie Open has been praised from golf fans around the world but none more so than the Angus & Dundee Area Tourism Partnership golf ambassador, Stuart French. More...
27/08/2007
Web In A Box (WIAB) - the exciting new e-commerce product enabling accommodation providers to set up and manage their own website and to handle automatic online bookings via their own website - is still available for providers to participate in. More...
27/08/2007
Tourist Board Training has unveiled their autumn/winter programme of courses designed to encourage businesses and staff to find out more about specialist visitors to a business or area. More...
27/08/2007
For 10 months, the new accommodation booking system extranet has been in use; the system which is used to update your availability on a frequent basis. To ensure the system works to its maximum effect, providers must update their availability regularly.
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23/07/2007
Dundee Access group has now launched a website, which contains a wealth of information about the disabled-friendly facilities in Dundee, including hotels, restaurants, shops, places of interest, entertainment, toilets, parking spaces and much more. More...
23/07/2007
As part of a royal tour to Dundee, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh dropped into Sensation, Dundee’s award winning science centre and popular four-star visitor attraction. More...
23/07/2007
Tourism agencies in Angus & Dundee have announced dates for the area’s inaugural ‘Roots Festival’.
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23/07/2007
Budding photographers among this summer’s visitors to Dundee are being invited to share their shots of the city online—to attract new visitors on short breaks. More...
23/07/2007
The Summer Top 10 campaign is a joint initiative between VisitScotland and Highland Spring which builds on previous successful joint activities. Communicating "many things to see and do" throughout Scotland, the activity encourages visitors to browse and explore many tangible Scottish activities and create their own itinerary. More...
18/06/2007
Dundee has a new opportunity to attract visitors to the city from the end of May with the announcement of new direct flights from Birmingham and Belfast. More...
18/06/2007
Tourism agencies in Angus & Dundee have announced dates for the area’s inaugural ‘Roots Festival’. The week-long festival, which will take place from 6th – 13th September 2008, will provide a focus for people whose ancestors came from Angus & Dundee to visit the area to find out more about their ancestral homeland whilst at the same time forging new friendships with like-minded people from across the globe. More...
18/06/2007
Tourist Board Training is organising a series of niche market workshops, which are also linked to VisitScotland Quality Assurance Welcome Schemes. More...
23/05/2007
Dine around East of Scotland was a joint initiative between the Sector Development Department and the Fife, Perthshire and Angus & Dundee network offices. Building on the successes of previous Dine Around promotions, the aim was to introduce the concept to a new area of the country and engage with the restaurant community and local foodies. More...
23/05/2007
Festival urges those abroad to come home to their ancestral roots More...
23/04/2007
The 2007 UK final of the International Pairs will be held at Carnoustie.
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23/04/2007
Businesses in Angus & Dundee are being advised to update their availability ahead of the Open in Carnoustie in order to maximise the number of customers over what is expected to be a busy period. More...
23/04/2007
A number of golf journalists will be in Angus & Dundee over the next month for a taster of what competitors in the International Pairs competition will face in the UK final this year. More...
23/04/2007
Visitors with an interest in the outdoors and a concern for the environment have been considered by VisitScotland in the development of the Walkers and Cyclists Welcome schemes. It recognises the special efforts made by operators to provide for such visitors and to help them choose suitable accommodation. More...
23/04/2007
An insight into tourism customers was the theme for the most recent VisitScotland and Scottish Enterprise Tayside networking event. More...
19/03/2007
Fairtrade Fortnight has been running since 26 February. The theme of this year’s is Change Today, Choose Fairtrade. More...
19/03/2007
The award winning Angus Glens Walking Festival (AGWF) has launched its 2007 programme, offering 24 spectacular guided walks over four days from 31 May to 3 June 2007. More...
19/03/2007
You are cordially invited to a seminar from Robert Sproul-Cran of Tartan TV & Gillian Harrower of Tayroots.com. More...
19/03/2007
Business leaders and senior academic staff from across Tayside have welcomed the opening of the newly refurbished West Park Conference Centre at a special charity dinner. More...
19/03/2007
VisitScotland Angus & Dundee, Perthshire and Scottish Enterprise Tayside invite you to Discovery Point, Dundee to an insightful Network Event. More...
19/02/2007
Whether you're a customer facing business or a supplier of products or services to the industry this morning meeting will help you to focus on profitable growth and should not be missed. More...
19/02/2007
Great value £15 fixed-price dining offers are available in Angus & Dundee, the Kingdom of Fife and Perthshire from 19 February to 30 March as VisitScotland launches the Dine Around East of Scotland promotion. More...
19/02/2007
VisitScotland and Scottish Enterprise Tayside invite you to the third in our series of popular network events.
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19/02/2007
Dundee, with its setting on the banks of the River Tay, has been described by actor and raconteur Stephen Fry as 'ludicrously ideal'. More...
19/02/2007
The Old Vicarage Bed & Breakfast in Arbroath has become the first B&B establishment in the area to be awarded the prestigious five star status by VisitScotland in over 10 years. More...
22/01/2007
For the latest update of networking events taking place in the Tayside area please read on.
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22/01/2007
Local authorities in Angus and the City of Dundee have joined forces in a bid to attract tourists from across the world to come to the area and walk in the footsteps of their ancestors. More...
18/12/2006
A familiar face dropped into Dundee tourist information centre yesterday to pick up copies of the latest Angus and Dundee accommodation and essential guide. More...
28/11/2006
VisitScotland Angus & Dundee and Perthshire Offices have held their first networking events of the season in a joint event to help businesses in Tayside prolong their season. More...
28/11/2006
VisitScotland Angus & Dundee has appointed a new Business Relationship Manager to replace the departing Dennis McFarlane. More...
28/11/2006
VisitScotland Angus & Dundee has been awarded a Silver award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme. More...
23/10/2006
For more information on dates and locations for forthcoming network events, please read on. More...
23/10/2006
VisitScotland is set to re-launch their revamped citybreaks website to promote awareness of Scotland’s six cities as the ideal holiday destination with an investment of £185,000.
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23/10/2006
VisitScotland Angus & Dundee is still looking to attract providers for temporary accommodation during the Open next year. More...
26/09/2006
For more information on a growing number of fraudulent enquiries to accommodation providers please read this important information. More...
26/09/2006
For more information on up and coming network events in your local area please read on. More...
26/09/2006
The Dundee public are being asked to do their bit to help take the city's heritage into the future. More...
26/09/2006
Fest'n'Furious is back with an exhilarating mix of the music and song of Scotland with some Irish, English and the odd bit of Western European thrown in for extra flavour. More...
26/09/2006
The Angus & Dundee Ancestral Tourism Forum is holding a workshop on Wednesday 25th October 2006, focusing on the development of a ‘Roots Festival’ to be piloted in 2008. More...
29/08/2006
For further information on the developments of the Dine Around scheme in the East of Scotland please read on. More...
29/08/2006
There has been a hive of activity with a number of new Welcome Schemes developed for businesses. Read on for more information on these schemes, targeting golfers, film crews and so on. More...
29/08/2006
Tourist Board Training has organised two one day workshops for Tuesday 7th or Thursday 16th November at the Overgate Learning Centre, Dundee. More...
24/07/2006
Angus & Dundee Area Tourism Partnership has allocated a total of £120,000 to five tourism projects over the next two years. More...
24/07/2006
Local authorities in Angus and the City of Dundee have joined forces in a bid to attract tourists from across the world to come to the area and walk in the footsteps of their ancestors. More...
24/07/2006
Eating out is a key component of any trip and food and drink activities currently account for 22% of total tourist spend in Scotland. Given the importance of this sector, VisitScotland is embarking on a number of initiatives so that food and drink is recognised as a distinct and entirely positive part of the Scottish tourism product. More...
27/06/2006
The 2006 Open Championship taking place at Hoylake, Royal Liverpool will be the home for VisitScotland Angus & Dundee staff promoting accommodation ahead of the Carnoustie Open 2007. More...
27/06/2006
Peter Lederer, VisitScotland chairman, has kicked off the first ever tourism conference for staff from all 124 VisitScotland Tourist Information Centres (TICs) since the integration of all Area Tourist Boards. More...
24/05/2006
Golf will be high on the agenda for VisitScotland Angus & Dundee with the forthcoming Open Championship returning to Carnoustie.
Local residents will be encouraged to pick up a registration form from any of the Tourist Information Centres in the Angus & Dundee area. Quality will be paramount to the success of the initiative with the VisitScotland quality assurance team ensuring temporary accommodation is of a high standard.
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24/05/2006
Sam Torrance has visited Carnoustie, the home of the Open Championship 2007, to raise awareness of the 2006 VisitScotland Sam Torrance Cup. More...
24/05/2006
THE health benefits of a day out in the hills are being highlighted as part of this year’s Angus Glens Walking Festival.
The popular event is supported by Angus Council and new for 2006, will be the partnership involvement of NHS Tayside, emphasising the important health benefits of walking as a form of exercise.
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