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Tourism
Scotland sees itself as a content creator and curator for tourists, not an information provider anymore.
Dawit Habtemariam | 3 weeks ago
News Blog
Destinations should aim to reassure travelers that they’re having a positive impact, by actively promoting sustainable tourism. That was the message from VisitScotland CEO Malcolm Roughead, speaking at the Skift Sustainable Tourism Summit on Wednesday. He said that VisitScotland seeks to make visitors aware of the environment, encouraging them “to be part of the solution,…
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
Hotels
It's hard to look at Ennismore's chic new Gleneagles Townhouse, which puts equal weight on its members club as its hotel, without drawing a connection to how many travel brands have been testing the subscription model.
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago
Coronavirus
This is not the holiday season anyone inside or outside the travel industry was looking forward to. The new two-day time out for international visitors is a tap to the breaks on inbound travel, but will likely lead to further restrictions for both inbound and outbound travel as well.
Costas Pitas, Reuters | 2 years ago
Boris Johnson and his peers have dithered for months to develop a competent policy at points of arrival. Now that things are worse than they've ever been in the UK we finally have some action.
Sarah Young and William Schomberg, Reuters | 3 years ago
Online Travel
Countries lack a playbook in coping with the pandemic's effect on tourism, but Scotland is one to watch when it comes to its new effort to boost its travel tech sector.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago
Business Travel
With one of the biggest names in UK travel exiting the market, there's space for other travel firms to pick up some of the travel demand. It's not going to be easy with plenty of Brexit uncertainty in the market as well as lots of competition.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago
European visitors make up a small part of Scotland's tourism pie — but they are still an important part. Like other big geopolitical changes, Brexit offers up plenty of uncertainty, which often isn't great for tourism.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago
This conference planner sums it up best: “So many times an organization comes into a city, invades it for a few days, and then leaves. For us, we relied on the universities, pulling their knowledge and access to people, to create what we hope is a long-lasting conversation about the future of cities between us and the people of Glasgow.”
SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago
Travel Leaders Group is clearly playing a scale game, and although Barrhead Travel might be an old-fashioned travel business, at least it still makes money.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago