Moray Tourism Destination Development.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last night we attended the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards at the Drumossie, Inverness where the best in Tourism was celebrated and it was great to see a few Moray Businesses being short-listed for the prestigious Tourism Awards. First Minister Rt Hon Alex Salmond opened the proceedings with a passionate speech on the importance of excellence in Tourism and [...]

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 [...]