New Board Announced
We have great pleasure in announcing the new Board line up , Liz Chambers as Chair, Angela McIntyre & Alan Keith as Vice-chairs and Fred Findlay as Treasurer, along with Duncan McConchie & Fiona Colley are joined by new members – Ian McAndrew, Kate Kerr, Emily Stair, Sandi McKinnon, Jim Campbell, Carol Baker, Derick Fraser and Gavin Graham. The new Board is busy formulating plans and making funding applications to take forward industry ambitions for Dumfries & Galloway.
Chair, Liz Chambers said “We have been delighted with the quality of applicants to join the Board and our panel had a very difficult task in deciding the final make-up. There is a real breadth of talent, coupled with enormous enthusiasm for the region and I am sure this will be reflected in future activities.” For more information on DD&G and the Board click here (www.destinationdg.co.uk).
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Spring into Summer campaign
As the good weather and events calendar gathers momentum, advertising in Glasgow & Newcastle supports the region’s new creatively inspired website – www.createscape.co.uk. Press visits, great feedback from the Sunday Mail last weekend, and competitions feature heavily within the campaign. To take part in promoting the region follow createscape on Twitter twitter.com/createscape. If you have a Facebook page please have a look at www.facebook.com and become a fan by hitting the ‘Like’ button at the top of the page.
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Congratulations to Gretna Green Group
Only weeks after Smiths hotel received three awards at the Scottish Hotel Awards, the World Famous Blacksmiths Shop attraction in Gretna Green is celebrating its latest award: UK Attraction of the Year 2010 at the Coach Tourism Awards. Let us share your good news by emailing us at goodnews@destinationdg.co.uk
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Visitor Attractions Group
A Visitor Attractions group has formed and met at The National Museum of Costume, Shambellie in mid June. Topics on the agenda were leaflet distribution, bedroom packs for visitors and distribution of the See and Do guide. The meeting was chaired by Wilma Finlay from Cream O Galloway and included representatives from VisitScotland as well as 30 + representatives from Visitor Attractions. It was an incredibly positive meeting with businesses showing a real appetite to work together to ensure a great visitor experience. For further information please contact duncan@lagganoutdoors.co.uk .
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South of Scotland Innovation Project
So far 300 businesses have benefited from help to grow or collaborate with other businesses or the academic research base in the Borders and Dumfries & Galloway. The South of Scotland Innovation project has launched a new e-zine and a refreshed website, for more info http://www.klinks.co.uk/knx/
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Caterer.com launches Scottish Hospitality Awards
Open to hospitality and tourism employers in Scotland, the new scheme is a celebration and acknowledgement of the top employers as judged by their staff. For further information contact Kathy.dyball@caterer.com
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