Highland group expects majority of tourists to return
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
Coronavirus: Scottish Government calls on Westminster to extend support for tourism and hospitality until...
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 and consumer confidence among main reopening concerns
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
Coronavirus: Reopening guidance published ‘as soon as possible’
Guidance for hospitality businesses to reopen following the coronavirus closure is to be published “as soon as possible”, the Scottish Government has said
Coronavirus: Ewing hopes tourism season will open in July
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”
Coronavirus: Renewed calls to ease outdoor area regulations
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
North Coast 500 survey signals ‘staycation boom’
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
Coronavirus: Scottish Government to publish hospitality guidance
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
Coronavirus: Scottish Government must relax outdoor and distance rules to give trade a fighting...
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
Coronavirus: trade looks to life after lockdown
A series of industry-led protocols on how businesses across the hospitality sector might operate post-lockdown is to be put to the UK and Scottish governments amid concerns that trading under strict social distancing restrictions will not be viable for many
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