Archive for October, 2006
Glasgow and Edinburgh UK favourites
Monday, October 9th, 2006Glasgow and Edinburgh have taken the top spots in another travel survey of UK cities.
The 2006 Guardian Travel Awards rated Edinburgh the top UK city for the seventh year running, with Glasgow taking second spot for the fifth time in the same period. Read more…
Last month, Glasgow and Edinburgh saw off competition from London, Newcastle and Leeds amongst others in the prestigious Conde Nast Traveller Readers Travel Awards for 2006. Read more…
Another recent report revealed that the cities have seen a huge increase in tourists from Scandinavia. Read more…
Inspired to visit the UK’s top two cities? Then read more in this recent Guardian travel feature or see VisitScotland’s new city breaks website.
Cities see more Scandinavians
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Glasgow and Edinburgh have seen an upsurge in the number of Scandinavian tourists. Read more…
The new figures follow on from the two cities being voted the UK’s best destinations. Read more…
Edinburgh business backs collaboration
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Edinburgh’s Business Association has endorsed Glasgow and Edinburgh’s collaboration at a meeting attended by Glasgow City Council leader , Steven Purcell, along with his Edinburgh counterpart, Rev. Ewan Aitken, and Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration Director, Laura Gordon. Read more…
City swap for key staff
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Frontline staff working with tourists and visitors in Glasgow and Edinburgh are to “swap cities” in order to learn about the other and improve the quality of advice and information they can pass on. Read more...
