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City sees uplift

V&A museum draws more train travellers to Dundee

V&A Dundee and Discovery
Discovering Dundee: more travellers have headed to the city since V&A opened (pic: Terry Murden)   ScotRail has seen a 14% uplift in travel to Dundee since the V&A museumRead More

Location visitors rise

Outlander author honoured for drawing ‘set-jetters’

Outlander
The television series has brought thousands of visitors to Scotland   Outlander author Diana Gabaldon will be honoured tonight as a new VisitScotland research paper reveals the impact of herRead More

As new January record set...

200-bed ‘glazed’ hotel planned for Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh airport
Another hotel is planned for Edinburgh Airport, providing 200 beds and conference facilities adjacent to Ingliston Road. Applicant for the Aviator Hotel Flowpearl said its plans fit into the wider Royal Highland CentreRead More

Budget talk dominates conference

Council cuts plan has ’embarrassed’ us says marketing chief

John Donnelly
John Donnelly: ‘gathering could not have taken place at a worse time’   Edinburgh City Council has been accused of ’embarrassing’ its tourism subsidiary as top European destination leaders gather inRead More

Conversion of House of Fraser store

Diageo confirms Johnnie Walker plan for Princes Street

Johnnie Walker Experience
New experience: the former House of Fraser store will be restored and transformed   Diageo has confirmed plans to transform the former House of Fraser store in Edinburgh into aRead More

Budget plan opposed

Academics urge rethink on Marketing Edinburgh cuts

Brian Corcoran,Turing Festval
Brian Corcoran: ‘great support’ (pic: Terry Murden)   More than 75 Edinburgh academics and researchers have condemned Edinburgh City Council’s proposal to slash the budget for Marketing Edinburgh. Representatives fromRead More

Budget rethink call

UK tourism group urges council to drop marketing cuts

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
Marketing Edinburgh is walking a tightrope ahead of a budget meeting (pic: Terry Murden)   A UK tourism trade association has urged Edinburgh City Council to rethink plans for deep cutsRead More

Fallout over marketing budget

Tourism chief attacks spending priorities amid cuts row

Robin Worsnop
Robin Worsnop: inconsistencies (pic: Terry Murden)   An Edinburgh tourism chief today questioned public spending priorities in Scotland which is pouring millions into subsidising a struggling airport while cuts wereRead More

Warning of damage to city

Outrage over plans to slash Marketing Edinburgh budget

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
Cuts could undermine the city’s world status, say opponents (pic: Terry Murden)   Edinburgh City councillors are being warned of lasting damage to the city if they slash its marketingRead More

Shuts down for months

Safety concerns put Cairngorm funicular out of action

Cairngorm Funicular
Structural issues have concerned the owner of the railway   The Cairngorm mountain funicular will remain closed throughout the summer and possibly longer as concerns rose about the safety ofRead More