The Scottish Thistle Awards were created to showcase tourism business excellence and quality.
There are 11 award categories, open to all types of tourism businesses. This year’s finalists have now been announced, and the winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and gala dinner on Friday 24th October at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).
BAA, operators of seven UK airports, have been told that they should sell either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport. In addition, the Competition Commission has recommended the sale of two of BAA’s three London aiports. Read more…
UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural organisation, is to bestow Glasgow with the award, City of Music. The designation is only the third in Europe. Read more…
Glasgow MSP Pauline McNeill proposed Parliamentary recognition of Glasgow’s achievement, including of the successful bid’s supporters.
Edinburgh has already been awarded UNESCO’s first City of Literature award.
The East of Scotland life sciences community is to have a support network modelled on the their Western counterparts’ Nexxus model. The project was promoted and supported by the Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration initiative, amongst others. Read more…
Complete wireless internet connectivity on Glasgow-Edinburgh trains looks set to take a step closer to reality. Scottish Ministers are expected to ask train operator, First Scotrail, to undertake a detailed study. Read more…
Travellers on this route may also be able to benefit from new ’smartcard’ ticketing technology in a few years time. Read more…
Glasgow and Edinburgh employed 42% of those 2003/04 graduates who found work in Scotland. Jobs in both cities were much more likely to be in the private sector (59%), compared with 42% in the rest of Scotland. HESA First Destination Survey