Hotel stock in Aberdeen boosted
Aberdeen is to have more hotel rooms available in the next three years with three branded hotels under construction in the city.
The framework for two new hotels close to Aberdeen Airport has been completed, marked by a ‘topping out’ event last week.
Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza Aberdeen Airport are due to be opened in June and September 2015 respectively. The former will have 193 rooms while the latter will have 165, with both including meeting space and restaurants.
Another hotel chain, Marriott International, has also announced a new opening in the city. Its extended stay brand Residence Inn by Marriott will open on the new Marischal Square development in the city centre by summer 2017. Read more here.
CairnGorm shows off resort updates
Scotland’s CairnGorm ski resort opened for its ski winter season this weekend with refurbished facilities.
New operators Natural Retreats has already spent some of its £6.2 million investment into the resort with a new retail and restaurant offerings at its main Day Lodge hub.
Upgrades have also been made to ski lifts with two new lifts to be introduced during this summer, while signage has also been improved.
The Scottish resort has also refined instructor qualifications and passes will only be issued to those with proof.
Scotland takes centre at Heathrow
Four new GREAT images have been unveiled at Heathrow Airport to promote Scotland to international passengers.
Images of the country will be shown across the airport’s five terminals in the next five months with themes of food, countryside and heritage.
Heathrow has promoted various parts of the UK this year including Yorkshire during the Tour de France and parts of the south west immediately after they were impacted by flooding.
Denise Hill, head of international marketing at VisitScotland said: “Our Meet the Scots campaign has proved highly successful in reaching out to new visitors in markets right across the globe. The Scots lend a truly authentic human warmth to the campaign and we are delighted that they will now be taking their story to passengers at Heathrow, inspiring them to find out more about out the beauty of Scotland during 2015, the Year of Food and Drink.”
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