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Articles tagged “scotland”

Tourism

Scotland tourism says its been hit hard by economic recession and air tax

Scotland's situation is similar to the rest of Europe, but it's compounded by the fact that it hasn't hosted a major event or have warm weather beaches to fall back on even when times are tough.

Skift | 11 years ago

Scotland tourism says its been hit hard by economic recession and air tax

Tourism

Donald Trump’s Scottish resort one step closer to windmill-packed seascape

As an alternative, perhaps Mr. Trump can capture and store the hot air he generates, potentially meeting the energy needs of all of the UK.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Donald Trump’s Scottish resort one step closer to windmill-packed seascape

Hotels

British tennis star Andy Murray decides to go into the hotel business

Andy Murray, the number one British tennis player has opted to buy the hotel in Scotland where his brother Jamie, a Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, got married in 2010.

Pritha Sarkar, Reuters | 11 years ago

British tennis star Andy Murray decides to go into the hotel business

Tourism

Scotland takes on Shakespeare to turn Macbeth into tourist draw

With the exception of the silly use of QR codes, the campaign is a very creative way to lure visitors to a place they may not otherwise consider by piquing their interest with a bit of controversy.

Billy Briggs, The Guardian | 11 years ago

Scotland takes on Shakespeare to turn Macbeth into tourist draw

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Visit Scotland creates meme of cardigan-clad Shetland ponies for new ad campaign

Turkish Airlines pimps out famous athletes, Air New Zealand sets up its pervy puppet with Lohan, Norway plays off Edvard Munch’s Scream, and so go travel companies’ viral ad attempts.

Skift | 11 years ago

Visit Scotland creates meme of cardigan-clad Shetland ponies for new ad campaign

Airlines

World’s shortest flight of about 47 seconds set to launch between Scottish islands

The regional Scottish airline Loganair signed a three-year contract to operate this puddle jump just as Singapore Airlines finalizes plan to drop the world’s longest flight between Singapore and Los Angeles.

Soo Kim, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

World’s shortest flight of about 47 seconds set to launch between Scottish islands

Online Travel

Scottish rail line ScotRail announces plans to roll out Wi-Fi on 59 trains in 2013

Business travelers are coming to expect Wi-Fi on all transportation providers, but during the roll-out stage on both trains and planes it’s still a guessing game whether you’ll be able to connect.

Skift | 11 years ago

Scottish rail line ScotRail announces plans to roll out Wi-Fi on 59 trains in 2013

Tourism

Scotland, the latest new European country to be carved out?

Tourism is likely to be one of the biggest economy drivers of the new country of Scotland, if it happens.

Maria Golovnina, Reuters | 12 years ago

Media and PR

A Scottish guesthouse owner sues TripAdvisor over business lost from a bad review

There will always be bad hotels and there will always be terrible guests. If TripAdvisor could easily advise readers of the former and weed out the latter they'd make customers happy and have the killer travel website everyone dreams about.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Skyscanner: The unhyped Scottish startup that took off

Nice to see an OTA build outside of the U.S. bubble.

Skift | 12 years ago