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GO WHERE

GO WHERE is a new taxi service aimed specifically at mountain bikers wanting to explore Scotland. The service is based in Innerleithen in the Scottish...Read more


Hotel offers night school

The global recession has made things tougher in virtually every industry, but it comes as a particularly sharp blow to those that were already highly...Read more


Hotel style holiday sub-lets

A new varioation of house-swapping and sub-letting is UK-based Onefinestay who focuses its efforts on what it calls the "unhotel"-specifically, a place to stay with...Read more


Tourism site recruits expats

Tourism agencies have become innovators in the arts of promotion-witness last year's job contest spotlighting the Great Barrier Reef Islands, for example-but lately we've seen...Read more


TIG in the news

Tourism firms could get £30,000 to develop new ideas

The Hearld reports that Tourism firms could get £30,000 each to develop new ideas under a £1m funding plan announced yesterday at Tourism Innovation Day...Read more


Thistle Awards

The winners of the 2009 Scottish Thistle Awards are:  Gavin EllisSilver Thistle Cruise Loch Lomond, Tarbet, for The West Highland Way Rambler CruiseInnovation Rabbie's Trail Burners,...Read more


Tourism Events

ATTA Summit

VisitScotland in partnership with the Cairngorms National Park and Macdonald Aviemore Resort is delighted to host the 2010 Adventure Travel Trade Association's World Summit in...Read more