Mackay Hannah are hosting a conference entitled “Scottish Tourism: Going for growth” in Edinburgh on 29 January 2008.

The Scottish Government, VisitScotland and tourism industry partners have outlined an ambition to grow the value of tourism in Scotland by 50% within 10 years.

The strategy framework for this has been set in the recent Scottish Government publication The Next Decade – A TOURISM FRAMEWORK for CHANGE.

This One Day Conference will consider how the Scottish Government, VisitScotland and tourism stakeholders can deliver the ambitious tourism growth target over the next 10 years.

Topics included in the conference -:

• Ministerial Address by Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism
• VisitScotland 10 year Vision – Peter Lederer, Chair, VisitScotland
• Stakeholder’s Views – Tourist & Business Community
• Transport Operators Strategies
• Visit Scotland IT Strategy

Who Should Attend -:

• VisitScotland staff and board members
• Area tourism partnership staff and partners
• Local authority elected members and officers
• Scottish Enterprise and Highland & Islands Enterprise
• Scottish Executive civil servants
• MSP’s, MP’s and MEP’s
• Tourism operators and practitioners
• Transport industry operators
• Chambers of Commerce, the CBI and the IOD
• Marketing agencies and staff
• Visitor attraction operators

The programme is not yet finalised, but is very close to its final form. If you have any other queries, please feel free to contact Allan Dunn on adunn@mackayhannah.com