VisitScotland eUpdate - February 2008
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11/02/2008
Visitors to Aberdeen City and Shire are set to benefit from a new website about the region. More...11/02/2008
A new visitors guide for Aberdeen City and Shire has recently been published. More...11/02/2008
Both Eastern Airways and Flybe are increasing the frequency of flights from English destinations into Aberdeen from March. More...07/02/2008
An authentic reproduction Victorian railway carriage was craned into the Ballater Tourist Information Centre at the end of January, before a crowd of excited onlookers. More...11/02/2008
The first ever annual report from the Grampian Food Forum is now available. More...11/02/2008
13/02/2008
The festival is based in Kirriemuir, the gateway to the superb Angus Glens and birthplace of Peter Pan author JM Barrie. More...13/02/2008
The brand new Perthshire - Pure Golfing Pleasure golf guide is available for the first time. More...13/02/2008
A one day conference will be held on Friday 29 February, 10.30 am – 3.30pm at Perth Racecourse, Scone, by Perth. More...13/02/2008
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...13/02/2008
The Fife Network Office has received alerts from accommodation providers in the area about a scam targeting Fife and the rest of Scotland. More...13/02/2008
If you haven’t been along to Oban TIC recently, Friday 7 March is your chance to do your bit for charity—and do a bit of networking at the same time. More...13/02/2008
Visitors to Falkirk are now enjoying an enhanced tourist information service since the relocation of the town’s TIC to the Falkirk Wheel earlier this month with extended opening hours—and a town centre hotline in place at the Steeple. More...12/02/2008
VisitScotland Ayrshire & Arran will be promoting a romantic Scottish short break through Pigsback.com. The site offers great offers and rewards from favourite brands from a range of products including health & beauty, travel, music or shopping. More...12/02/2008
Find out how VisitScotland Ayrshire & Arran got on promoting sailing on the West Coast at the London Boat Show. More...12/02/2008
We have designed a promotion, Appetite for Ayrshire, focussing the wealth of high quality local produce and rich and diverse dining scene. More...12/02/2008
Steering group Golf Tourism Ayrshire has been looking at the priorities for Ayrshire Golf Tourism development. More...12/02/2008
It’s all change for the British Canoe Union Courses at Castle Semple in 2008 with Canoe and kayak coaches based at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park’s Castle Semple Activity Centre in Lochwinnoch gaining coaching awards. More...12/02/2008
Scots are being urged to reflect on the humanitarian values of Robert Burns by placing their nomination for The Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. More...12/02/2008
Four Gardens in Ayrshire are opening their gates to green fingered visitors over the next two months to celebrate the second ever Scottish Snowdrop Festival. More...12/02/2008
VisitScotland Borders is working hard to spread the word that the Scottish Borders is a must see, must visit destination through various local and national activities. Read on to see what marketing activity has been happening. More...12/02/2008
The Scottish Borders Tourism Partnership invites and welcomes everyone involved in tourism, across the whole of the Scottish Borders - and beyond – to network for success. More...12/02/2008
Seven Gardens in the Scottish Borders are opening their gates to green fingered visitors over the next two months to celebrate the second ever Scottish Snowdrop Festival. More...12/02/2008
Stay ahead of what’s happening in the Scottish Borders and you can pass on information to your visitors about events they can experience. There’s a cultural feast for the eyes, ears and taste buds! More...12/02/2008
The Melrose Sevens Rugby Football Club celebrates their 125th anniversary between 10–13 April, with an extended rugby tournament and local attractions and it's important to keep your availability up to date for this important event. More...12/02/2008
Third Year Print Design students at Heriot Watt were commissioned to develop a design for an ‘Our Scottish Borders Bag for Life’. The ‘Bag for Life’ project aims to change perceptions and habits by encouraging locals and visitors to use a reusable, recyclable bag when out shopping. More...12/02/2008
The Scottish Borders Tourism Partnership recently met on 6 February at the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells. More...13/02/2008
How quickly the season’s turnaround, it seems no time since we were closing down and we are already looking to open up again for the forthcoming season. Recent activity includes recruitment, TIC refurbs and planned moves... More...12/02/2008
Scottish Enterprise has commissioned two new reports to examine how best to attract more visitors to the Borders by promoting the region’s cycling and equestrian facilities. More...12/02/2008
VisitScotland Dumfries & Galloway are working hard to spread the word that Dumfries & Galloway is a must see, must visit destination through various local and national activities. More...12/02/2008
A major national campaign was recently launched at Kirkdale in Dumfries & Galloway. More...12/02/2008
VisitScotland has teamed up with Cream o’ Galloway and the Cally Palace Hotel to promote the whiter side of Dumfries & Galloway and encourage visitors to experience the many ‘white’ things to see and do throughout the area. More...12/02/2008
Stay ahead of what’s happening in Dumfries & Galloway and you can pass on information to your visitors about events they can experience. There’s a cultural feast for the eyes, ears and taste buds! More...12/02/2008
The Dumfries & Galloway Area Tourism Partnership (ATP) would like to invite you to the annual Tourism Industry Conference on Wednesday 27 February, at Easterbrook Hall, Crichton Campus, Dumfries. More...12/02/2008
Accommodation providers and operators of other tourist attractions in the region are warmly invited to visit on Monday 17 March to see what's new this year and to taste the new range of beef, venison and veggie burgers with a choice of 9 fantastic toppings. More...12/02/2008
The Sulwath Connections, Southern Upland Way and the Centre for Research into Regional Development have organised a FREE “Developing a Nature Tourism Attraction” seminar and workshop and invite you to come along... More...14/02/2008
The deadline for promote your business in the new Lothian leaflets for 2008-10 is fast approaching. More...12/02/2008
Events and attractions across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being promoted to European holidaymakers in a new online seasonal calendar to help inspire them to visit the region throughout the year. More...12/02/2008
Edinburgh has been nominated to take a place on the first every World edition of Board game Monopoly. More...12/02/2008
Are you involved in tourism, in the Borders or Lothians? Then the 4 March is the day for you. More...12/02/2008
The largest chimpanzee enclosure in the world will open in March 2008 at Edinburgh Zoo, one of Europe’s leading centres of animal conservation and Scotland’s major animal attraction. More...12/02/2008
A restaurant in West Lothian has joined the elite list of Scottish eateries to be awarded a Michelin star. More...12/02/2008
The charitable trust that cares for The Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh has unveiled plans to bring the ship’s Royal Deck back into use. More...12/02/2008
Lothian and Borders Police have set up a campaign to help motorbikers stay safe on the roads this summer. More...14/02/2008
The official new Edinburgh City Region website, www.edinburgh–inspiringcapital.com was launched on the 8th February. More...13/02/2008
Fife’s tourism businesses are to come together this month for an industry conference at Balbirnie House Hotel in Markinch. More...13/02/2008
The University of St Andrews McIntosh Hall has joined New Hall and David Russell Apartments and come on board with VisitScotland. More...13/02/2008
The Torrance championship golf course at Fairmont St Andrews is to benefit from an extensive capital investment infusion in 2008 enhancing its status as one of Scotland’s top courses. More...13/02/2008
North East Fife has tasted success in the Scottish Restaurant Awards at the EICC in Edinburgh. More...13/02/2008
The Anstruther Fish Bar has scooped the staff training and development award at the recent Fish and Chip Shop of the Year competition, run by industry body Seafish More...13/02/2008
A new visitor attraction in Fife will give budding golfers the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie without stepping foot on a golf course. More...14/02/2008
Businesses from Glasgow have the opportunity to attend a Networking Evening at the award-winning Hotel Du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens on 28 February. More...14/02/2008
The stunning new cinema advert that will be luring UK visitors to Scotland for the 2008 season has just been launched, and Scottish audiences will get to see it for the first time on a big screen only at this month’s Glasgow Film Festival, which runs until 24 February. More...14/02/2008
A delegation of Scottish tourism businesses led by VisitScotland Glasgow has just returned from trade mission to Reykjavik at Icelandair’s Mid-Atlantic Seminar. More...14/02/2008
There’s still time for rising stars in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s tourism industry to sign up for the first event in the ‘innovation eg’ talent search project, starting with an ideas exchange event on Monday 25 February at the Glasgow Science Centre. More...13/02/2008
VisitScotland's www.ski-scotland.com website which attracted in excess of 400,000 visits in January 2008 alone now carries the option to take a snow condition XML feed which can be integrated into your own websites. More...13/02/2008
Local visitor guides have been distributed across the Highlands over the last month. More...14/02/2008
Highland Tourist Information Centres are starting preparations for opening their doors to welcome visitors from Easter onwards. More...13/02/2008
A £200,000 public access and interpretation project along the Caledonian Canal and Great Glen Way came to fruition in January, as forty nine information and interpretation panels are installed as part of “The Great Glen Ways Initiative”. More...13/02/2008
A Hollywood director says he can’t wait to return to Scotland after filming scenes from a new blockbuster movie based on the Loch Ness Monster in the Highlands and Argyll. More...14/02/2008
We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce your new local Business Relationship Manager for the Skye and Wester Ross area. More...13/02/2008
Barra has hit the big screen in a new cinema advert, which aims to attract more English visitors to Scotland. More...13/02/2008
This year House of Beauly are expanding their annual Celtic Festival to celebrate Celtic history and folklore from around Britain, (Scotland, Cornwall and Wales), Ireland and France through ancient and modern cultural links. More...13/02/2008
You are invited to attend this first ever conference especially designed for the Bed & Breakfast sector which will be held on Thursday 6th March 2008 at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness. More...13/02/2008
James Kennedy of VisitScotland.com is hosting a number of open meetings throughout the Hebrides for tourism businesses. More...13/02/2008
Orkney was on show to over 50,000 people in London earlier this month More...11/02/2008
A new feature on the VisitOrkney website is proving popular amongst tourism businesses. More...11/02/2008
VisitOrkney has teamed up with the Royal National Institute of Blind people to create an audio visitor guide. More...11/02/2008
The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness has been recognised with a place in the finals for the Art Fund Prize. More...12/02/2008
There's still a chance to catch Up Helly Aa in Shetland More...12/02/2008
Read on for a taster of what's on for visitors in Shetland this month More...12/02/2008
The recently re-opened Shetland Museum has been recognised in a prestigious national Arts prize. More...14/02/2008
New content on visitscotland.org includes newly published research on our international visitors and the survey results on the 2007 Walking campaign. More...18/02/2008
Visitors to Scotland tell us about their holiday experiences. Find out what visitors from Scotland and the rest of the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Canada think about Scotland. More...19/02/2008
Get involved by attending and by taking part in an online technology survey for Tourism Innovation Day 2008 at Hampden Park, Glasgow showcasing the best and latest in technology applicable to the tourism sector. More...15/02/2008
Tourist Board Training are running online courses aimed at allowing businesses to make the most of opportunities that Homecoming Scotland will bring. More...14/02/2008
With a week to go until the funding application deadline, the Homecoming Scotland team is delighted with the interest Scotland’s event organisers have shown in the £1 million Themed Events Programme. More...14/02/2008
China Now in Scotland is part of CHINA NOW - the largest festival of Chinese culture ever in the UK - launches in February 2008, with a series of high-profile events to mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year. More...14/02/2008
The Scottish Guest House and Bed & Breakfast Association (GHABBA) is mounting a drive to attract new members. More...14/02/2008
VisitScotland teamed up with the USA’s no.1 single malt Scotch whisky to promote the home of golf. More...14/02/2008
The celebs were out in force last month, when VisitScotland and partner VOGUE.com threw a fabulous party at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge to celebrate Burns Night… with a stylishly Glaswegian twist. More...15/02/2008
People 1st, employers and providers in Scotland are working hard to create and maintain qualifications to meet the needs of the industry and offer an opportunity to influence that learning provision, as part of the current review. More...18/02/2008
The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group recently exhibited to raise the profile of Scotland as a hunting and fishing destination. More...18/02/2008
We are challenging those of you whose usual habitat is in an office in front of a screen to roll up your sleeves and go back to the front line shoulder to shoulder with front of house staff. It's a great opportunity to place yourself at the sharp end of your businesses experiencing customer reactions first hand. More...15/02/2008
In response to industry feedback a series of What's On listings have been produced by VisitScotland's network staff. More...15/02/2008
The Business Tourism Unit recently completed two visits abroad, to North America and India. More...15/02/2008
HIE is supporting this event which will involve presentations and case studies from the Green Tourism Business Scheme and the Tourism Innovation Group as well as an opportunity to explore the sustainable tourism initiatives in place at the Lovat Arms. More...19/02/2008
The Radisson SAS Hotel, Edinburgh has triumphed in the WRAP Waste Reduction Challenge. More...13/02/2008
KIT-OUT the Park and Scottish Environmental Technology Network (SETN) are hosting a free environmental event on 12 March at Gartmore House near Aberfoyle aimed at small and medium-sized businesses in the tourism industry. More... | 
