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Scotland Hour 2013: A Month By Month Guide

Scottish travel and tourism Twitter chat #scotlandhour takes place on the last Wednesday of each month, 9-10pm GMT. Read more

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Scotland Hour: How To Get Involved

Scotland Hour is a monthly Twitter travel and tourism chat which takes place on the last Wednesday of every month, from 9-10pm GMT. Read more

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St. Mary’s Market Edinburgh Gears Up For Christmas

We came across St. Mary’s Market in Edinburgh, (directly outside St. Mary’s Cathedral next to John Lewis and across from the Omni Centre) a couple of months ago although it’s been running weekly since the Spring. It’s a community market place, a traditional market with a community focus. Read more

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Scotland Hour at Social Media Week Glasgow 2012

Scotland Hour took part in Social Media Week Glasgow on Wednesday 26th September, in a session called, “How To Grow Your Idea Online”. Read more

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The EU Cookie Law in Travel, Tourism & Hospitality: How the Cookies Crumbled

What’s a cookie and why should you care? Essentially, it’s a form of website tracking, be it monitoring browsing behavior, purchasing patterns or your activity on the wider web.
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Scotch Whisky Experience

Scotch Whisky Experience Adds Flavour to Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012

Edinburgh’s 5 Star, award-winning Visitor Attraction The Scotch Whisky Experience is to become an Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue for the first time this year. Read more

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Love Loch Lomond Podcasts Transport Listeners to Bonnie Banks

Destination Organisation Love Loch Lomond has teamed up with media producer Paul Saunders to produce a series of five 20-minute audio guide podcasts to capture a real flavour of the destination, including features and interviews, focusing on some of the most interesting things to see and do in and around Loch Lomond.  Read more

Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery Generates Funds with New Technology

Glasgow Museums have embraced the mobile technology sector to produce an audio guided tour App for the iPhone for Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, which launched on Tuesday 26th June.  The new App has gone on sale on iTunes, to be shortly followed by an Android version.  Read more

National Tourism Strategy Launched by Scottish Tourism Alliance

The Tourism Industry Leadership Group has developed a new strategy, launched in Edinburgh on Tuesday 19th June, with the key message, “Quality is Key to Success”.  A collaborative effort from right across Scotland’s tourism industry, the strategy claims to have quality, value for money and exceeding customer expectations at its core.

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Scotch Whisky Experience New £1 Million Shop Offers Perfect Blend of Innovation & Interaction

We got a real taste of innovation plus plenty of warm and friendly hospitality on Tuesday evening at the launch of the new £1 million shop at Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience. Read more