Victory claimed in VisitScotland website
25 February 2008
Grassroots tourism businesses in Scotland have claimed a victory in a long-running campaign Read more.
Visit Scotland To Scrap Website
24 February 2008
VISIT SCOTLAND is to close its tourism website after chalking up millions of pounds in losses.Read more.
Website relaunch a ‘triumph’ for grassroots
24 February 2008
LAST WEEK'S U-turn by VisitScotland.com, which is to relaunch an information-led tourism website in April, is a triumph... Read more.
Tourist website has to be worth a visit
23 February 2008
UP UNTIL a few years ago, a website was seen as an adjunct, a marginally useful sideline to the main selling and marketing operations of commercial organisations.Read more.
CONCERNS VOICED OVER TIC CLOSURES
16 November 2007
The Scottish Government has refused to intervene and prevent the closure of tourist information centres in areas that depend on visitors.Read more.
Hoteliers in website demand to minister
17 November 2007
SCOTTISH hoteliers want a parliamentary debate on their demands to bring the tourism website VisitScotland.com under public control. Read more.
MSPs to hold troubled tourism industry to account
5 November 2007
A NEW inquiry into the prospects for the multi-billion-pound Scottish tourism industry is to be launched this week. Read more.
Spinning the web to the tourist trade
3 November 2007
VisitScotland.com's chief is confident the site will soon be profitable - he's just not sure when, he tells Nathalie Thomas. Read more.
'The move by the SNP turns the clock back'
23 October 2007
IT is understandable that the city council has serious reservations over the Government's proposals to once again restructure VisitScotland's activities in Scotland Read more.
VisitScotland overhaul 'will damage Capital'
23 October 2007
A NEW shake-up of Scotland's main tourism agency will risk damaging the Capital's money-spinning industry, city leaders have warned. Read more.
Tourist chiefs widen net
21 October 2007
Scottish tourism chiefs are offering IT experts £300,000, over three years, to get the country to the top of internet searches. Read more.
Tourism backs the Mather approach
28 August
TOURISM leaders yesterday hailed a "very refreshing" new approach towards the industry from the Scottish government, after the first major tourism growth strategy meeting since the May 2007 election Read more.
Scott to study eTourism links
27 August 2007
Tavish Scott, has pledged to use committee time to examine the relationship between the state body VisitScotland and eTourism Ltd Read more.
Tourism think tank backed
17 August 2007
TOURISM is worth an estimated £100 million to the Moray economy and the potential to develop it further will come under the microscope of a new local authority steering group Read more.
Cosiness and animosity in the tourism trade
5 August
WHAT could have inspired Marion Oates, business development manager at Scottish Borders Council, to be so sniffy Read more.
BTB site 'could confuse visitors'
3 August 2007
A NEW tourism website for the Borders region, which claims to have attracted 4,000 visitors in its first month of operation Read more.
New VisitScotland site faces south
1 August 2007
A NEW website aimed at boosting the number of visitors to Scotland from the rest of the UK has been launched Read more.
Agency attacked for lack of promotion overseas
July 16
AS THE Scottish Open comes to a conclusion at Loch Lomond, the country's top golf tourism bodies have taken a swing at VisitScotland Read more.
Why we must put needs of tourists ahead of shareholders by ALAN KEITH
July 23 2007
AS THE SNP Executive prepares to inject new energy into Scotland's underperforming tourism sector, Read more.
SNP keen to free tourist industry's hostages
July 26 2007
YOU have to hand it to the SNP, they are fearless in offering hostages to fortune. Read more.
Dunion slams VisitScotland on dot-com deal
June 22
SCOTLAND'S information commissioner, Kevin Dunion, has delivered a spectacular blow to the credibility of the national tourism agency, VisitScotland,Read more.
We can't expect VS.com to be free
July 1
THE ongoing controversy about VisitScotland.com (VS.com), the public-private website bitterly criticised in some parts of the industry, particularly the B&B sector, is doing Scottish tourism no favours. Read More.
Hotel website launches debut regional arm
July 4
McLean, who has been invited to brief tourism minister Jim Mather on HotelReview's business model, said that there was a "gap in the market" for a site that allowed visitors to "navigate between hotel websites". Read More .
Time to close Scotland's cyber gateway?
June 14
IT IS the first impression of Scotland for millions of potential visitors. But visitscotland.com, the beleaguered website struggling to fulfil its role as the global gatewayRead more.
Making the grade: why guests should set standard in tourism
June 14 2007
On Monday, Elizabeth McMeekin argued that a democratic rating system should be applied in Scotland's service industries. Here are some of your responses Read More.
Hotels find the blog is mightier than the star rating
June 10 2007
SCOTS travellers now rate online views of fellow tourists above hotel star ratings, according to a new survey. Read More.
Tourism website blamed for sale of five-star B&B
May 25 2007
THE country's main tourism body — VisitScotland — has been blamed for forcing the sale of a luxury bed and breakfast business. Read more.
Overcoming barriers to business
May 25 2007
I believe the new SNP government needs to have a radical look at VisitScotland.com and give local initiatives much more direct access to enquiries. Read more.
Welcome to Scotland
April 26 2007
Scotland's tourism industry would undergo a massive change if the SNP gained power, Alex Salmond said yesterday. Read More.
Greater Powers for VS
April 24
VISITSCOTLAND, the national tourism agency, should be radically strengthened Read more.
Vision for tourism
April 18 2007
Letter to the Editor from Gary McLean, CEO, HotelReviewScotland.com. Read More.
Doubts over hitting Scots tourism target
April 18 2007
Philip Riddle, the body's chief executive, said the goal was likely to be "a stretch" Read More.
STF
March 17 2007
Alan Rankine, STF chief warns VisitScotland of loss of confidence by tourism businesses Read More.
Profile of Alan Keith
Jan 13 2007
"Every industry needs an agent provocateur. There is no doubt he is brilliant". A profile of Alan Keith in the Scotsman Read More.
Councils Cut Cash
Jan 18 2007
Perth and Kinross Council has become the third Tayside authority to cut funding for Scotland's tourism agency. Read More.
Top B&B's
Jan 18 2007
The article fails to mention that most of the Scottish B&B's that won the awards are not members of Visitscotland! Read More.
FSB
Jan 2007
FSB urged VisitScotland to consider compulsory registration to weed out sub-standard accommodation on offer to tourists Read More.