Moray Tourism Destination Development.

Press and Journal 9 Nov 09 Moray MP Angus Robertson last night said he was “mystified” by Virgin Galactic’s claims that British laws must be changed before Moray can be considered as Europe’s international space station base. The company plans to offer space tourism flights to the paying public within five years and Lossiemouth’s RAF [...]

I was present at the unveiling of the world record breaking, largest whisky bottle in the world by Angus Robertson MP at the Clockhouse restaurant in Tomintoul. Mike Drury of the already world famous Whisky Castle in Tomintoul and Dru McPherson of the Clockhouse restaurant came up with the idea, checked with the organisation and [...]

THE Oscar-winning studio behind some of the world’s best-known animated films is poised to deliver a major boost to Scotland’s tourist industry. Disney-owned Pixar, responsible for ground-breaking hits like Toy Story, Wall-E and Finding Nemo, has revealed that one of its next features will be set in the Highlands. See full article in Press and [...]

Lesley Ann Parker of the Moray Chamber of Commerce forwarded us this notification: Hello Members EARLY BIRD SPECIAL OFFER FOR ANNUAL DINNER – 18TH SEPTEMBER 2009 For your chance to win a night stay in a Superior Room in the Mansfield Hotel on the evening of the 6th Annual Corporate Dinner please send in your [...]

Updating the forum to a new easier to use and more secure platform.  Check it out here: http://moray-tourism.info/forum/ Under development……

Picked up on Twitter today: The latest version of Scotland’s national tourism website has just gone live – check it out: www.visitscotland.com VisitScotland is interested in your feedback, see poll here.

We also had a chat on the phone with a representative of TripAdvisor. Love them or hate them, it is a website that a lot of people use to make a decision on where to stay or not to stay. We’ve invited them to come up to Moray in the autumn when we’re planning a [...]

Today we had meeting with Dale Winchester, who is a member of the advisory board and behind the plans of a big development at Coleburn distillery which you might have read about in the local newspapers. We’ve seen the plans for this iconic new hotel and event venue which certainly has the potential to boost [...]

We received a newsletter from Tourism Intelligence Scotland with some good info and tips on how our visitors are reacting to the current economic downturn which you can downloaded here. Haven spoken to several tourism businesses over the past few weeks it seems that most of them are having a very good year so far [...]

Last week we went to Lossiemouth to speak to Tony Rook and Bernard Annekin of the Lossiemouth Business Association. Good meeting and we now have a better idea of what the main issues and opportunities in Lossiemouth are. Very impressed with the map and brochure they have produced to help visitors to the area. A similar [...]