Moray Tourism Destination Development.

Submitted by the business via the “Add new event” form Wednesday 21 July 2010 at 7.00pm This is an opportunity for business people to come and try Aquaplay Scotland’s inflatable kayaks on the River Spey at Tamdhu Station, Knockando. We provide personal and team development training, safe handling, risk assessment courses, outings and parties for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Latest: We’ve been in touch with a member of the Speyside Business Alliance and will be liaising with them on the best way forward. We’ll keep you posted…. Noticed on STV news there is a meeting at Glenfiddich distillery on the Dorenell windfarm development. We’re hoping to get more info soon….. In the meantime have [...]

Plans to establish a new industry-led organisation to enhance tourism in Dumfries and Galloway have won support in principle from the local authority. However, a detailed report is to be prepared on financing the destination development organisation (DDO). A key question is the potential impact on funding for Visitscotland which has secured a £210,000 payment [...]

Just noticed this news article via the Pride & Passion newsletter: Could your village do with a bit of a development boost; some sort of ‘big idea’, with funding and manpower for people to get behind? Is there a community business or tourism project that could transform the place if only there was the wherewithal [...]

Tourists from the Continent are reported to be taking holidays earlier than usual and there has been a notable increase in visitors from Asian countries, in particular India, thanks to a 50-second clip in a Bollywood film and the growing popularity of whisky in the sub-continent…… See full article in Press and Journal. What’s your story? [...]

Unfortunately we weren’t aware of this event in London earlier and we’re sorry to hear that Moray Council decided last minute not to go. We’re looking for more info on this as we feel this would have been a good opportunity for Moray to make connections and keep in touch with the Virgin organisation. More to [...]

We now have a real opportunity to develop Moray Tourism over the next couple of years and we’re keen to connect with all individuals, organisations and businesses that would like to be involved with the Moray Tourism development. Let us know about your events, meetings or drop us a line if we can help you [...]

We were invited to join around 40 other leaders from Scottish tourism industry organisations to discuss and agree the priorities for action following the STF review of the Tourism Framework for Change. This day was exclusively for private sector industry to: re-connect with the growth and development ambitions for Scottish tourism and be inspired to [...]