Moray Tourism Destination Development.

After the great success of the previous WolfTrek events, the Wild Day Out organisation is holding it’s 3rd WolfTrek Challenge on the weekend of 7&8th August. For those that have not heard of it, It’s a 24 hour walking challenge from Dallas Dhu Distillery to Cairngorm Mountain which had about 300 participants last year. For [...]

Wild things! is a local environmental education charity providing the opportunity for young people and adults in Moray, Grampian and the Highlands to experience the wild and beautiful places of natural beauty on our doorstep. The charity was originally founded in 2003, by Jennie Martin and has since gone from strength to strength, enabling over [...]

Press release Cullen and Deskford will have their very own world-wide presence – as from Saturday 17th July – www.discovercullen.com – a collaborative project between the Cullen & Deskford Community Council and the Cullen Voluntary Tourist Initiative. Professor Ashley Mowat, Chair of the Cullen & Deskford Community Council commented: “This is a fantastic development for [...]

DATE: Monday 26 July  VENUE: The Signature Room Baxters Highland Village, Fochabers  TIME: 2.30 for 3pm  COST: £6.00 Members/£7.50 Friends The Moray Chamber “Afternoon Tea” event will give you a unique networking experience in Baxters Highland Village. The hot Topic for July is “How Business Gateway Can Benefit your Business”, and Craig Robertson will discuss [...]

Delighted to learn that after the VisitScotland Growth Fund Open Day we organised last February, the The Artists’ Trail and Tomintoul and Glenlivet Highland Holidays have put in a successful bid. Congratulations! We have also made use of this great opportunity for Moray Tourism Development and have secured a Growth Fund Grant of £20,000 from [...]

From coffee mornings to major events, we like to feature all these and more on the new Moray Tourism web site. In the meantime please add your events to the GreaterSpeyside database here. Events listed here will be shared with the Northern Scot, VisitScotland and many more online resources.

Another great newsletter from Tourism Intellegence Scotland came out yesterday which is a must read for all businesses who want to get ahead and stay competitive. It is designed to be practical, useful and timely, with ideas and tips to provide you with a snapshot of some of the relevant issues in the tourism industry [...]

At this event you can learn more about Green Tourism in Moray (by which we mean sustainable and/or nature based tourism) and hear from other local businesses offering eco-friendly and nature based tourism experiences, or who provide services for this market. This is a great opportunity to meet like minded businesses and establish links for [...]

From the Northern Scot: Keith Tourism Action Group has set up a network of six Visitor Information Points (VIP) around the town. They focus on key subjects of local interests and visitor attractions and local businesses specialising in these areas. The six VIPs are: Railway heritage – Keith Dufftown Railway. Scots language and Robert Burns [...]

The Malt Whisky Trail has been featured in the latest VisitScotland ezine newsletter which was send to 132.000 newsletter subscribers from all over the world. This links to the Perfect Day website and through to the accommodation engine. Click image to see the newsletter