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Discover Monthly Scottish Twitter Travel Chat Scotlandhour

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The Scottish Twitter travel and tourism chat Scotlandhour was founded in early 2011 by tweeter, avid traveller and proud Glaswegian Dougie Baird.

As well as spawning multiple “hour” chats on Twitter across the world, our monthly #scotlandhour chat has also had some interesting developments of its own including:

  • Being the subject of a motion and debate by MSP’s and the Tourism Minister in the Scottish Parliament
  • Being showcased at Social Media Week Glasgow and to tourism audiences in San Francisco and Iceland
  • Teaming up with #Blogmanay to celebrate Hogmanay in Scotland
  • Joining Twitter forces with the Scottish Government to celebrate St. Andrew’s Day and Robert Burns Day

The Scotlandhour core team has also experienced some changes, with new additions Glen Moyer, and Vivian Maeda joining Dougie Baird, Aileen Lamb, Lesley Judge, Mark Calpin, Fiona Drane and Sam Weston.

How does Scotlandhour work and what is it for? It’s a Twitter travel chat, dedicated exclusively to all things Scottish, and it takes place on the last Wednesday of each month, from 9-10pm GMT/BST. Each month there is a travel theme, and we crowd-source the questions which people can offer via our Twitter feed or Facebook page.

We also invite volunteer co-hosts to help us with the chat on a monthly basis, so for example if our chat is about heritage or food and drink, we’ll look for relevant organisations or those with links to those subjects.

The 6 chat questions are published on the Scotlandhour website one week before the end of the month chat, to let people prepare their answers, images and more.

To take part, prepare your answers, join in the chat, and make sure you tag your answers with #scotlandhour.

Check out the tab of themes and guest co-hosting tips if you’re interested in helping us out.

Follow us on Twitter, check out the Scotlandhour website and join us the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm.

Scotlandhour February 2015: Events and Festivals

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This month’s Scottish tourism and travel chat #scotlandhour celebrates Events and Festivals on Wednesday 25th February, from 9-10pm.

The questions for the February 2015 chat are:

Q1: If you were to recommend one festival to visitors, what would it be & why #ScotlandHour

Q2: What three things are essential for any trip to a festival in Scotland #ScotlandHour

Q3: Which is your favourite small festival & why #ScotlandHour

Q4: What makes Scotland’s festivals the best in the world #ScotlandHour

Q5: What festival have you enjoyed whilst abroad, and what can Scottish festivals learn from it #ScotlandHour

Q6: Share your best Scottish festivals photos #ScotlandHour

As 2015 is the Year of Food & Drink, ideas for food festivals and events or which festival serves the best types of food and drink are welcome.

The #scotlandhour team looks forward to tweeting with you on Wednesday 25th February, from 9-10pm.

Remember to add A1, A2 etc before your answers when you tweet and don’t forget the hashtag!

Find more information at www.scotlandhour.com or tweet @scotlandhour

ETAG Hosts Social Media Slam

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Improve your Digital Reach at the ETAG Social Media Slam on Thursday 26 February.

Edinburgh Tourism Action Group (ETAG) is hosting a new “Social Media Slam” on Thursday 26 February where event attendees (in teams of 12, one for each month of the year) will create an Edinburgh Social and Digital Media Calendar.

The objective: to introduce businesses to others with whom they share business synergy and help increase their brand reach.

It’s set to be an entertaining session, led by the ETAG Technology presenters, where the teams will brainstorm monthly marketing campaigns, and share an Edinburgh Events Calendar along with input from Marketing Edinburgh and VisitScotland.

If you’re keen to learn about the power of the hashtag and create a marketing calendar (available to all businesses) this is a good way to start.

ETAG’s aim for 2015 is to support one another in content creation, digital reach and return on investment from social and digital marketing.

Find out more on the ETAG website.

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Scotland Hour 2014: A Month by Month Guide

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Scottish travel and tourism Twitter chat #scotlandhour – join in on last Wednesday of every month, from 9pm – 10pm GMT. Read more

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Smart Talking with ASVA (Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions)

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Smart Talking chats to Eva McDiarmid, Chief Executive of ASVA, the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, ahead of next week’s Scottish tourism Twitter chat #scotlandhour which celebrates Scotland’s visitor attractions and museums. Read more

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Scotland Hour July 2013: National and Regional Parks

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Join us for Scottish tourism and travel Twitter chat #scotlandhour on Wednesday 31st July, from 9-10pm BST.

To celebrate National Parks Week, the July 2013 theme for #scotlandhour is ‘National and Regional Parks’.

Scotland Hour Questions for Wednesday 31st July 2013, 9-10pm BST:

Q1 – Recommend your favourite Scottish park – & tell us why
Q2 – Share your most amazing photo taken in a Scottish park
Q3 – Tell us about great park ranger services you’ve experienced
Q4 – Share news about events coming up in your local park
Q5 – Ideas for great places to stay around National & Regional parks
Q6 – Recommend a useful App or digital source when visiting parks in Scotland

The #scotlandhour team is delighted that our colleagues at Visit Scotland are also supporting our Twitter chat on The Distillery Blog.

We’re excited that Scotland Hour is launching a brand new website soon, so please keep in touch for updates.

Interested in hosting a monthly #scotlandhour? We’re looking for great regional hosts around Scotland – please tweet any of the #scotlandhour team or email info@smart-tourism.co.uk

Want to contribute or suggest a question for each month’s chat? Post them on the Scotlandhour Facebook page or Tweet any of the #scotlandhour hosts @lesleyjudge @susanmcnaughton @aileenlamb @bairdtravels @HIEHamilton @fionadrane via Twitter using the hashtag.

Help us grow the #scotlandhour community: if you are a tourism organisation or business why not include the monthly #scotlandhour themes in your Events calendar or newsletter to share with others?

Tips and Info:

Check out the set #scotlandhour questions in advance, prepare your ideas and responses prior to taking part in the monthly chat.

Check out the 2013 Calendar themes, many based on Visit Scotland Year of Natural Scotland themes.

How to participate in #Scotlandhour – read “How To Get Involved“ or why not share examples of how you use #Scotlandhour with us?

Tweet, chat, participate in #scotlandhour, share travel tips and be inspired, enjoy and engage in your passion for Scotland.

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Scotland Hour April 2013: Scotland’s Festivals

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Join us for the Scottish tourism and travel Twitter chat #scotlandhour on Wednesday 24th April 2013 from 9-10pm GMT. Read more

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New Format for Scottish Tourism Twitter Chat #Scotlandhour

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The #ScotlandHour team is now following a new format for Scotlandhour from February 2013.   Read more

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Scotland Hour 2013: A Month By Month Guide

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