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The hospitality industry and its suppliers may need to “work hard” to reassure customers that a one-metre social distance is safe, according to recent surveys

The majority of people who put visits to the northern Highlands on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic will go ahead with their plans once lockdown restrictions are eased, according to a new survey

The Scottish Government has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to make the case for ongoing support for Scotland’s tourism and hospitality industries in order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the sectors

Profitability, staffing, consumer confidence, managing social distancing and restocking timescales, levels and costs are among the main reopening concerns for operators, according to a new poll

Guidance for hospitality businesses to reopen following the coronavirus closure is to be published “as soon as possible”, the Scottish Government has said

Scottish tourism minister Fergus Ewing has indicated that he hopes the tourism season in Scotland will open in July and wants to “retrieve as much of the [tourism] season that I can”

Trade groups have again urged the Scottish Government to ease planning and licensing requirements to enable operators to use outdoor areas as soon as lockdown measures are eased

Two thirds of tourism businesses on the North Coast 500 (NC500) route are set to reopen as soon as the go-ahead is given by the Scottish Government, according to a new report

The Scottish Government is expected to publish guidance for tourism and hospitality businesses, laying out the steps they will be required to take in order to reopen and resume trading

Following last week’s Scottish Government road map announcement holding out the prospect of outdoor drinking in phase two from mid-June, licensing lawyers have been inundated with an unprecedented flurry of trade enquiries