Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley

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What everyone’s wearing this Bewinter

18/12/2006
If your idea of the perfect Christmas gift is cartoon socks and a three-pack of guest soaps, get yourself down to The Lighthouse in Glasgow for a swift re-education in the art of the stylish gift.   More...

Mackintosh spends 2006 in the glossies

18/12/2006
Roll over Heidi Klum and Kate Moss. The face of 2006 in the European glossies is one Charles Rennie Mackintosh...   More...

Events in December and January

18/12/2006
A selection of highlight events in the coming weeks.   More...

Dine Around back to boost Glasgow's restaurants

28/11/2006
VisitScotland and Glasgow Restaurateurs Association are teaming up again for the city’s first winter Dine Around promotion during Celtic Connections in January.   More...

Boost your business by logging onto VisitScotland's City Breaks website

28/11/2006
VisitScotland's City Breaks site has just undergone a makeover and businesses are being invited to get a piece of the action.   More...

Now it’s Glasgow TIC-ketmaster!

28/11/2006
Glasgow TIC has just become Scotland’s tenth retail outlet for global event ticketing giant Ticketmaster.   More...

Raise your business' profile and get your name in the media

28/11/2006
In response to high demand, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is offering one of its most popular workshops for a fourth time.    More...

Edinburgh: much more than just salt and sauce…

28/11/2006
“Edinburgh? Oh yes, it’s 45 miles away. And it’s got a castle... And tattoos... and a lovely big street with shops and stuff on it... and that’s all I can think of. Sorry.” How knowledgable about the capital are YOUR staff?   More...

Business tourism workshops

28/11/2006
Following last week’s sell-out Business Tourism Conference in Glasgow, Scottish Enterprise presents a further series of business tourism workshops.   More...

Events in November and December

28/11/2006
A selection of highlight events near you in the coming weeks.   More...

How much do you know about Ancestral Tourism?

28/11/2006
Ancestral tourism is big business for Scotland. But how much do you know about what your visitors need, and what VisitScotland is already doing for them?   More...

Do you have ‘Twin City People’?

23/10/2006
How much do your staff really know about the other end of the M8?   More...

Renfrewshire Area Tourism Partnership Formed

23/10/2006
A representative group has just been formed bringing together interests from the private and public sector to further the growth and development of tourism in Renfrewshire.   More...

Service, trends and PR in focus at Business Tourism Conference

23/10/2006
Customer service, PR and trends are the focus of the parallel sessions at this year’s Business Tourism Conference at Glasgow’s Radisson SAS Hotel next month.   More...

Key Events for November and December - are they in your diary?

23/10/2006
A selection of key events taking place in Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley in the coming weeks.   More...

New tourist site draws families to Lanarkshire

26/09/2006
Lanarkshire looks set for one of its busiest ever autumn tourist seasons, as a new web site is launched promoting the area as a prime destination for families.   More...

Deadlines imminent for local 2007 print

26/09/2006
If you haven’t yet signed up for either of next year’s two main Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley consumer print items, you’ll need to make contact with one of the Glasgow-based Business Relationship Managers in the coming week.   More...

Glasgow city breaks push with Guardian online

26/09/2006
Glasgow is promoted as the ideal city for shopping, nightlife and the arts in VisitScotland’s latest push on short breaks for Scotland’s six cities this autumn, developed in partnership with the Guardian newspaper’s online magazine.   More...

Glasgow and Paisley lead new farmers’ markets quality scheme

26/09/2006
Established farmers’ markets in Paisley and Glasgow’s Queen’s Park are among the first to join a brand new quality assurance scheme for the markets launched by VisitScotland and Eat Scotland earlier this month during Scottish Food Fortnight.   More...

Events in October & November

26/09/2006
A selection of some of the larger events taking place in Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley in the coming weeks.   More...

Children Welcome workshop

26/09/2006
This is tomorrow’s market today and doing it well can be profitable. This one-day workshop is aimed at all tourism businesses that accept children, from B&Bs and hotels to visitor attractions and restaurants.   More...

Seven nods for Glasgow on Thistles shortlist

29/08/2006
Glasgow businesses have put in one of their best ever showings in the shortlist for this year’s tourism ‘Oscars’, The Scottish Thistle Awards, in the nominations announced by VisitScotland.   More...

Wildlife tourism workshop

29/08/2006
Events to help you guide visitors to wildlife and natural heritage resources in your local area.    More...

Flyglobespan announces Glasgow-Boston route

29/08/2006
Flyglobespan has announced it is to launch a new daily service between Glasgow and Boston from May 2007.   More...

Events in September

29/08/2006
A selection of events in Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley in the coming weeks.   More...

Summer short breaks push for Glasgow

24/07/2006
Kelvingrove, the Mackintosh Festival and shopping are the key messages in VisitScotland’s latest marketing push for Glasgow, in the form of a four-item mailer issued in June to 25,000 UK consumers.   More...

£100 million expansion plan for St Enoch

24/07/2006
A £100 million programme of improvements to Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre could be underway within three months, if new plans backed by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce are approved by the City Council.   More...

Green light for arena boosts Games bid

24/07/2006
Glasgow City Council has given the green light for the £62 million Scotland’s National Arena to be built at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, further strengthening the city’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014.   More...

New mappe in ye olde TIC shoppe

24/07/2006
Visitors to Glasgow tourist information centre can now have a new perspective on the city thanks to a new free map highlighting the key medieval sites.   More...

Events in August

24/07/2006
These are just a few of the key events in the area in the coming weeks.   More...

New bid to bring Solheim Cup back to Loch Lomond

27/06/2006
Ladies golf tournament The Solheim Cup could return to the shores of Loch Lomond in 2011, if a new bid by Scottish partners is successful.   More...

Beardmore wins hotel award

27/06/2006
Clydebank’s Beardmore Hotel has been named Scottish Conference Hotel of the Year for the second year in a row.   More...

Events in Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley - June and July 2006

27/06/2006
Some of the big events happening in Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley in the coming weeks.   More...

Mackintosh Festival offers free coach tours for frontline staff

27/06/2006
Organisers of this year’s Mackintosh Festival are offering free familiarisation coach tours of Glasgow, designed to give frontline staff in tourism businesses an introduction to the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.   More...

Farewell to tourism stalwart Lesley Kelso

27/06/2006
Lesley Kelso, one of the most familiar faces in tourism locally, is leaving VisitScotland this month to pursue a different side of the industry, running her own guest house and tearoom on the Fife coast.   More...

Glasgow retailers to pilot late-night opening

27/06/2006
Glasgow could be about to advance still further up the league tables of European shopping destinations, if a pilot on late night shopping five days a week is successful.   More...

VisitScotland welcomes withdrawal of glass ban

27/06/2006
VisitScotland has welcomed the announcement by Glasgow’s licensing board that their plans for a blanket ban on glass in all licensed premises by January 2007 have been abandoned.    More...

Book now! Deadlines Imminent for 2007 Marketing Opportunities

24/05/2006
Opportunities to advertise in several VisitScotland 2006/2007 publications are about to close, and there’s just a few days left to contact your local Relationship Manager and sign up.   More...

‘The Right Staff’ Workshops

24/05/2006
Monday 12 June 2006
Holiday Inn Theatreland, Glasgow
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New Arrivals for GLA

24/05/2006
Glasgow’s Leading Attractions, the city’s successful consortium of visitor attractions, has just issued their new voucher booklet for the 2006/7 season, with a new mix of value-added offers and discounts for attractions, shops, cafés and tours.   More...

Two New Day Tour Operators for Glasgow

24/05/2006
The choice of day tours from Glasgow has seen a great expansion in recent weeks with the introduction of two new operators from the city’s George Square.   More...

Area Director Lesley Craig Steps Down

24/05/2006
Lesley Craig, VisitScotland’s Area Director for Glasgow has announced that she is stepping down from her post to spend more time with her family.   More...

Glasgow & Clyde Valley events

24/05/2006
For information on events ranging from festivals to music concerts, read on...   More...