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Latest STERG meeting

Date of article: Thu 6 Aug 20

The latest STERG meeting was held this morning. The following areas were discussed: Industry issues – Response to new restrictions in Aberdeen and ongoing observations followi ...

iCentre Reopening Plans

Date of article: Thu 6 Aug 20

Via https://www.visitscotland.org/news/2020/icentre-reopening-plans As tourism continues to reopen across the country, here's an update on plans for reopening our iCentre network ...

Eat Out to Help Out Survey

Date of article: Tue 4 Aug 20

The 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme is now underway, supporting the hospitality industry by encouraging diners to eat out with a 50% discount during the month of August. Scottish Tou ...

On Fife The Advantage

Date of article: Mon 3 Aug 20

ONFife brings together some of Fife’s best-loved food and drink to celebrate summer outdoors with a new twice-weekly summer café and bar venture, The Advantage, at the Adam Smit ...

Updating Your VisitScotland Listing

Date of article: Mon 3 Aug 20

Step by step guidance on how to update your VisitScotland.com web listing Scotland is working its way through the route map to welcome visitors once again. And visitors are keen t ...

New £750k fund to support communities’ green recovery

Date of article: Mon 3 Aug 20

A new fund designed to support local regeneration and sustainable development around Scotland’s coast has today been launched by Crown Estate Scotland. The Sustainable Communiti ...

Update Your Listing on WelcometoFife.com

Date of article: Fri 31 Jul 20

Please remember to update any business listings you have on our consumer site, WelcometoFife.com. In the month of July, we have had over 112,000 page views which is up almost 70% ...

Eat Out to Help Out

Date of article: Fri 31 Jul 20

The Eat Out to Help Out Scheme offers a 50% discount, up to a maximum of £10 per person, to diners for food or non-alcoholic drinks. The scheme is available all day, every Monda ...

OnFife's Museums and Galleries take first step back to re-opening

Date of article: Fri 31 Jul 20

ONFife is delighted to announce that its ‘big three’ museums and galleries will be re-opening over the next few weeks. St Andrews Museum will be welcoming back visitors from t ...

Further funding for tourism

Date of article: Wed 29 Jul 20

Two new funding packages worth £15 million will support the tourism sector as it continues to feel the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A £14 million Hotel Recove ...

Fife augmented reality app hits record downloads

Date of article: Wed 29 Jul 20

The award-winning Fife app 'In the Footsteps of Kings', developed by Fife Tourism Partnership, has hit over 2000 downloads since it's launch last summer. The app brings history to ...

Fife - We're Good To Go

Date of article: Tue 28 Jul 20

VisitScotland have launched a regional "We're Good to Go" campaign through Facebook events. These have been created on their consumer Facebook page, and they're encouraging busi ...

Coronavirus Scottish Tourism Recovery Taskforce

Date of article: Mon 27 Jul 20

The Scottish Tourism Recovery Taskforce (STRT), led by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism and the Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills is responsible for s ...

DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP RESCHEDULED FOR 2021

Date of article: Mon 27 Jul 20

20th ANNIVERSARY ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 3, 2021     The 2020 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will not take place this au ...

Are you Good to Go yet?!

Date of article: Wed 22 Jul 20

In order to give confidence to your visitors, VisitScotland have worked with VisitEngland, Visit Wales and Tourism Northern Ireland to create a UK-wide industry standard and consum ...

#loveFifeagain

Date of article: Wed 22 Jul 20

As tourism businesses start to reopen, we can once again promote our beautiful region and ask people to #loveFifeagain. On Thursday 16th July we launched our recovery video 'Love ...

Zero Waste Scotland launches campaign to protect Scotland’s natural assets

Date of article: Wed 22 Jul 20

With Scotland opening its doors to the tourist season, Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new campaign highlighting the country’s natural beauty and wildlife and urging visitors ...

Content Sharing During COVID-19

Date of article: Tue 21 Jul 20

Via visitscotland.org In light of COVID-19, the most important thing was (and still is) everyone's health and safety. We always want to be able to share our beautiful country wit ...

Event Industry Advisory Group hold third meeting

Date of article: Tue 21 Jul 20

The Event Industry Advisory Group (EIAG) held its third meeting on 9 July as it continues its work to represent Scotland’s events industry in the development of a sustainable rec ...

iCentre Reopening Plans

Date of article: Tue 21 Jul 20

As tourism starts to reopen across the country, VisitScotland are delighted to tell you about their plans for reopening their iCentre network, which will take a phased approach t ...

Bowhouse Link Open Collection Day

Date of article: Tue 21 Jul 20

The East Neuk of Fife’s innovative food and drink hub Bowhouse will be hosting the Bowhouse Link Open Collection Day on Saturday 8th of August. During lockdown the Bowhouse Lin ...

#loveFifeagain

Date of article: Thu 16 Jul 20

As tourism businesses start to reopen, we can once again promote our beautiful region and ask people to #loveFifeagain. Today (Thurs 16th July)  we're launching our recovery vid ...

ONFife brings together Fife’s finest for summer celebration of kingdom’s food and drink in new café & bar

Date of article: Wed 15 Jul 20

ONFife is bringing together some of Fife’s best-loved food and drink to celebrate summer outdoors with an exciting new twice-weekly café and bar at the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkc ...

Test and Protect: multi-sector guidance on collection of customer and visitor contact details

Date of article: Wed 15 Jul 20

Guidance to support customer and visitor data gathering for businesses and other establishments to assist contact tracing as part of NHS Scotland's Test and Protect system is avail ...

Take Five for Tourism

Date of article: Wed 15 Jul 20

We each have a role to play in the recovery of the country’s valuable tourism industry, and VisitScotland are calling for people across Scotland to support the sector as it pre ...

Welcoming Back Scottish Tourism

Date of article: Wed 15 Jul 20

VisitScotland has today (15 July) launched a £3 million marketing campaign with an emotive film welcoming back Scottish tourism and reminding us what a beautiful country we have r ...

Updated Assets for Retail, Hospitality and Tourism

Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20

For bars and restaurants opening up, The Scottish Government have created a poster which we have uploaded to gov.scot: A3 version here and A4 version here There are addition ...

EAST NEUK PREPARES TO RE-OPEN TO VISITORS - SAFELY

Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20

Visit East Neuk (VEN), the local tourism association which promotes one of Scotland’s most popular destinations – the East Neuk of Fife - is seeking to reassure local residents ...

Are you Good to Go yet?!

Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20

In order to give confidence to your visitors, VisitScotland have worked with VisitEngland, Visit Wales and Tourism Northern Ireland to create a UK-wide industry standard and consum ...

Fife flavour to BBC cookery programme

Date of article: Tue 14 Jul 20

Fife will be the focus for this week’s episode of The Great Food Guys on the BBC Scotland channel. The series sees Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond celebrate the fantastic range of ...

Historic Environment Scotland reveals re-opening plans

Date of article: Mon 13 Jul 20

As Scotland’s biggest operator of visitor attractions, with over 300 properties in its care, HES is adopting a phased approach to reopen 70% of its free to access and ticketed pr ...

Businesses across Scotland can now sign up to the #EatOutToHelpOut scheme

Date of article: Mon 13 Jul 20

Register your establishment for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme. You can use the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to offer a discount to diners and encourage them to eat at your restaura ...

Scottish Government Announce New £38m Support Package for For Innovative Early Stage Businesses

Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20

A comprehensive package of support for innovative early stage businesses whose routes to investment and growth have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) has been announced by Ec ...

New Scottish Government Assets for Retail, Hospitality and Tourism

Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20

The Scottish Government have released new assets for retail, hospitality and tourism sectors.  A poster for bars and restarurants opening up has been uploaded: A3 version here  ...

Condensed Creative Launch Poster Art Shop to Promote Tourism Industry

Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20

Dunfermline based design and branding agency, Condensed Creative, is excited to announce the launch of Poster Creative, an online shop selling original, high quality poster art cel ...

Public toilets to re-open

Date of article: Fri 10 Jul 20

Great news for visitors as public toilets start opening from Friday 10 July, Public toilets were temporarily closed in line with Scottish Government Covid 19 guidance. Before re ...

ONFife Libraries are coming back!

Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20

Not that we've been gone during lockdown - we've been busy providing great content online and keeping in touch with customers - but we're now delighted to be on the way towards get ...

New licensing hotline launches to support Scotland’s tourism businesses in run up to reopen date

Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20

The Scottish Tourism Alliance, the representative body for Scotland’s tourism businesses, has partnered UK law firm TLT to provide a new, free support line for its members as Sco ...

Are you planning to reopen?

Date of article: Thu 9 Jul 20

From Scottish Tourism Alliance: We’re watching all the latest reports of businesses with outdoor catering facilities opening this week and loving seeing these images of people b ...