Visitscotland

The Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, Richard Lochhead MSP, has announced the appointment of Stephen Leckie as the new chair of VisitScotland. Mr Leckie is CEO and executive chair of Crieff Hydro, Scotland’s oldest registered trading company. He is a long-time advocat

Dalata Hotel Group Plc, the largest hotel group in Ireland, today officially opens the Group’s first hotel in Scotland, creating 80 jobs locally. The four-star Maldron hotel is located on Renfrew St, in the heart of the city’s shopping, restaurant & theatre district.

More than £5.8 million in recovery funding from the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group (STERG) is to be spent improving infrastructure and creating jobs at a number of Scotland’s popular visitor destinations and nature hotspots.

Tourism organisations will be able to apply for Scottish Government funding to promote key visitor destinations in a responsible and sustainable way, helping the sector to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Administered by VisitScotland, the £3 million Destination and Sector Marketing Fund

Tourist sites in Scotland’s rural areas can now apply for a share of £3 million funding aimed at helping them meet the demand of growing visitor numbers.