28 July – 28 August Art Festival Edinburgh Art Festival is the UK’s largest annual celebration of visual art. The festival offers the chance to experience the best contemporary Scottish artists in the context of exhibitions of the most important international artists and movements of the 20th Century and historical periods. For more information Edinburgh Art Festival 4 – 27 August Edinburgh Military […]
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Resource: ETAG Business Opportunity Guide: City of Culture, All Year, Every Year
Posted on 17 September 2015
One of Edinburgh’s key strengths is the year round cultural offering proved by the city’s theatres, performing arts venues, museums and galleries. With over 70 cultural venues in Edinburgh, tourism and culture have a strong partnership. However many cultural tourists do not think of themselves in this way. They choose to visit a destination based […]
Business Briefing: Edinburgh’s Cultural Audiences
18 September 2015, 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Edinburgh is well and truly spoilt for choice when it comes to all things culture, and I don’t just mean the Festivals! We have an amazing array of venues across the city delivering outstanding cultural experiences all year round. But are you really making the most of ‘what’s on’ in the city to grow your […]
Article: Edinburgh Cultural Venues Impact Report
Posted on 28 April 2015
Edinburgh’s Cultural Venues Impact Report 6Nov14 This new report highlights the importance of Edinburgh’s main cultural and performing arts venues in delivering a year-round cultural offer which is the envy of many destinations across Europe and indeed the world. As well as delivering a direct economic impact to the City and Scotland, our cultural venues […]
Article: City of Literature Tourism Innovation Fund
Posted on 29 January 2015
Back by popular demand is the 2nd round of the City of Literature Tourism Innovation Fund! Have you considered how you can best exploit Edinburgh’s unique literary heritage and vibrant literary scene? Help your visitors follow in the footsteps of the likes of JK Rowling or Rebus. Tell them about the literary guides, maps, tours, literary events […]
Article: Literary Tourism – How you can get involved!
Posted on 26 January 2015
Back by popular demand is the 2nd round of the City of Literature Innovation Fund! Have you considered how you can best exploit Edinburgh’s unique literary heritage and vibrant literary scene? Help your visitors follow in the footsteps of the likes of JK Rowling or Rebus. Tell them about the literary guides, maps, tours, literary events and […]
Article: VisitBritain Edinburgh Film
Posted on 20 October 2014
Have a look at the new VisitBritain film focused on Edinburgh! The film went live went live over the weekend and is part of the Show Me BRITAIN range of films made by VisitBritain. The film features the Edinburgh Fringe, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Yacht Britannia and the Scotch Whisky […]
Tourism Innovation Workshop: World Heritage
10 March 2015, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Come along to this workshop to help identify and develop your World Heritage product! This workshop is aimed at helping you harness the opportunity to develop, deliver and promote new visitor experiences focused on Edinburgh’s World Heritage status! It will help you with ideas on how to grow your market and increase your bottom line! […]
ETAG Conference 2015
30 January 2015, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Building on Success #ETAG2015 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 8.30 Registration and Networking Breakfast 9.15 Introduction – Nick Finnigan, Executive Manager, Edinburgh Castle 9.25 ETAG – Welcome – Robin Worsnop, Chair of ETAG 9.35 Towards 2020 – Marc Crothall, Chief Executive, Scottish Tourism Alliance 10.00 Edinburgh Airport – Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive, Edinburgh Airport 10.30 Break – Refreshments and Networking 11.15 Ten Minute Talks […]
Article: How can you make the most of our Heritage and History?
Posted on 8 October 2014
68% of visitors are drawn to Edinburgh by it’s history and 93% of visitors enjoy simply walking the city streets – are you making the most of the Edinburgh’s Heritage and History? World Heritage status is a quality indicator that can be used to market to visitors all around the world. However it is important to […]