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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

News from AncestralScotland.com Scotland is to stage a second year of Homecoming in 2014, it has been confirmed. The event will coincide with the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup, as well as the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. The 2009 year-long event marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns [...]

Date for in the diary: 19 May 2010 As this will be the date for the next Moray Tourism event. From feedback following the Launch event held at Glenfiddich we know that most of you wanted more time to network to make valuable connections. Place: Elgin Time: 10:30-3:30 More details to follow…..

Latest news: **Very latest news: Event is going ahead, drive with care, roads are ok-ish**** *** Event now fully booked……. *** For people who can’t make it, the event will be recorded and available for download! Moray Tourism Development are delighted to invite you to their launch event, which will take place on Wednesday 24 February at [...]

Marion and myself went to the above event on Wednesday the 25th of November in Inverness. Interesting day with some good speakers. Interesting talks from Graeme Ambrose of the Loch Ness DMO, Marina Huggett of the Dove visitor feedback project, Nicole Wallace of the LEADER project and Ian Mitchell on the Scotland Rural Development Programme. [...]

Please click link here to access Moray’s Tourism Development survey. Thank you for your help!

Moray Council and the newly established Moray Tourism Development Group have teamed up to offer a series of interactive workshops to help the Moray Tourism industry with growing their business by connecting with their online customers. A first series of workshops aimed at helping businesses with their online presence took place on Monday 23rd and [...]

Chamber lunch at the Dowans Hotel, Aberlour, Wednesday 18 November start 12 noon. It is hard to believe that it is a year since we last had a chamber lunch at the Dowans! General Manager Kevin Staines will be our host in this hotel which captures the very heart and spirit of Speyside. Simon Burns, [...]