Glasgow Music City Tours

Glasgow Music City Tours Launching July 2015

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These boots are made for walking….

Glasgow Music City Tours is a new tour company which offers guided walks of the city’s music venues, past and present.

Launching to the public in July 2015, the company’s tour schedule begins with four bespoke tours of the Merchant City. Part of the Merchant City Festival, all four events will culminate with a unique show from a different musical artist in Mono Café Bar.

The company is owned and run by Fiona Shepherd, Alison Stroak and Jonathan Trew. All three have extensive experience of music journalism or publishing in Scotland and see the tours as a unique opportunity to promote Glasgow’s vibrant music scene and its fascinating heritage as a music city.

The company’s knowledgeable tour guides are musicians, DJs and writers who are well placed to bring alive the stories of the legendary performers who have stayed, played and made music in the UK’s only UNESCO City of Music.

From August, the company will run two weekly tours, each lasting approximately 1.5-2 hours:

Glasgow’s Music Mile tells the tale of city centre venues from the Concert Hall to King Tut’s, via the former site of the Apollo. The tour ends at King Tut’s where guests will have the opportunity to take selfies on the stage. Takes place on Saturday afternoons.

Merchant City Music: Past and Present explores the iconic venues of the Merchant City and East End from Britannia Panopticon Music Hall to Barrowland Ballroom. Takes place on Friday afternoons.

Glasgow Music City Tours will be running press trips for both tours in July. See below for dates.

‘Glasgow is a music city through and through,’ said Jonathan Trew, director of Glasgow Music City Tours. ‘The city hosts an average of 130 different music events every week and Glasgow’s audiences and venues are famous for their passion and atmosphere.

‘Whether you remember seeing David Bowie at The Apollo, Paolo Nutini at King Tut’s or are looking forward to Texas at The Hydro, Glasgow Music City Tours offers an entertaining exploration of the places, people and performances, which have shaped the city’s musical landscape.’

Information:

Glasgow’s Music Mile press tour is on Saturday 18th July, starting at noon.

The Merchant City Music tour is on Tuesday 21st July at 2pm. Contact the team if you would like to come along.

Merchant City Festival tours: Sunday 26th, Thursday 30th, Friday 31st July and Sunday 2nd August.

www.glasgowmusiccitytours.com

Twitter: @GlasMusicTour

For more info or interviews:  Jonathan Trew M: 07803 204 563

jonathan@glasgowmusiccitytours.com

ESFW Canapes at Travel Massive Edinburgh

Luxury Travel, Cool Canapes, Castle Views: Travel Massive Edinburgh May 2015

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The May 2015 Travel Massive Edinburgh event kicked off in style on Thursday 28th, at the offices of sponsors 80 Days, An Occupancy Marketing Company.

Arrival at Travel Massive Edinburgh! Photo by Katalin Som.

Travel Massive Edinburgh! (Photo: Katalin Som)

Guests from the Edinburgh travel community enjoyed drinks and stunning views from our venue across to Edinburgh Castle – even a rainbow appeared, enhancing the postcard-perfect backdrop.

Look at those views! Photo by Natalie Allera.

Edinburgh Castle views! (Photo: Natalie Allera)

After a warm welcome to guests from Edinburgh Chapter Leader Katy Duncan, our 10 minute talks kicked off with Mark Forrester, Managing Director of 80 Days, An Occupancy Marketing Company, and our venue sponsor for the evening, on the state of luxury travel in the UK.

MD Mark Forrester kicking off the talks.

80 Days/Occupancy Marketing MD Mark Forrester kicking off the talks. (Photo: 80 Days, An Occupancy Marketing Company)

Guests learned that a typical online purchase journey in travel takes 24 days and 21.6 visits to 9.4 sites (from Google via Occupancy) and that search queries in the luxury travel category (UK) grew by 8% in the first quarter.

We were fortunate to have Edinburgh School of Food and Wine sponsor some beautiful canapés for our guests to enjoy during the evening – guests enjoyed Marinated Bocconcini watermelon, smoked salmon with pickled cucumber, quail egg with celery stick, and roast cinnamon pear en croute  – all stunning.

esfw canapes at travel massive edinburgh

Delicious canapes from Edinburgh School of Food and Wine. (Photo: Kim Kjaerside).

The school’s founder, Ian Pirrie, gave an interesting talk about the school, its development and activities and how it works with others in the industry.

Ian Pirrie from Edinburgh School of Food and Wine.

Ian Pirrie from Edinburgh School of Food and Wine.

As for the delicious canapés, the only sharing that was involved seemed to be in photo and in Tweet form – they certainly made an impact on our guests – thank you again, Ian and ESFW!

Our final speaker, Natalie Allera, Marketing Manager for The Bonham Hotel Edinburgh and Starwood Capital/Hayley Principal Hotels, updated the travel community on recent developments for the hotel group in Edinburgh and Glasgow, meaning that a new group of hotels has been formed, comprising The Bonham, The George Hotel and The Roxburghe Hotel in Edinburgh, together with Blythswood Square and The Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

Marketing Manager Natalie Allera of The Bonham Hotel with prize winner Eva Sturm

Marketing Manager Natalie Allera of The Bonham Hotel with prize winner Eva Sturm of TravelResponsibly

Natalie kindly sponsored a tasty prize of dinner for two at The Bonham Hotel Edinburgh and she was delighted to congratulate the prize winner, Eva Sturm (@trvlresponsibly) of New Edinburgh Tours (@neweditours) who won the prize in our Twitter contest, using the hashtag #bonhamlux.

Thanks again from Katy, Julie and Lesley at Travel Massive Edinburgh to all of our very generous sponsors, 80 Days, An Occupancy Marketing Company, for offering us a brilliant venue, great atmosphere, drinks and more, to the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine for memorable canapés and to The Bonham Hotel Edinburgh for a great prize – our guests agreed that they all made our May event special.

networking at travelmassive edinburgh may 2015

Enjoying Travel Massive Edinburgh May 2015 at the lovely Occupancy offices.

Thank you also to the Travel Massive community in Edinburgh who have been incredibly supportive, attending our events, offering suggestions and ideas for future events and coming up with great offers of sponsorship. We are really enjoying building on this as well as seeing people connect and network, and it’s encouraging to see new faces at each event.

Edinburgh festivals & events banter at Travel Massive Edinburgh

Edinburgh festivals & events banter at Travel Massive Edinburgh

We look forward to engaging with the Edinburgh travel community at more #TravelMassive #Edinburgh events planned for this summer – the next event is scheduled for August.

Find out more about Travel Massive at www.travelmassive.com

Register in the Travel Massive Edinburgh chapter

Tweet the chapter leaders: @katyonthego @lesleyjudge @zurika – or email editravelmassive@gmail.com