Posts Tagged ‘tourism’

The Sunday Times rave review for Kilberry Inn

Client News | Posted by Katie
Aug 10 2009

kilberry-roofYet again customers David & Clare at The Kilberry Inn have received a great review from The Sunday Times this weekend.  We know that the food is fabulous, the wine list delectable, the service perfect, the beds comfy and their website somewhere in between all of that, but it is great when they are awarded such high praise from such a well known newspaper.  To read the article in full you can go here and keep your eyes out for the Hairy Bikers who have also spent time there and will be on the TV soon with tales from Clare’s kitchen.

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VisitScotland | A star too far?

Business News, Client News | Posted by Katie
Aug 03 2009

stb-goldAs you know, we are neither an hotel or a guest house or a B&B however, many of our customers are and this latest ‘gold star’ addition to the VisitScotland rating system has put the accommodation cat amongst the paperwork pigeons.   

The main question being how, do visitors know what they are booking into with so many schemes on the go?  Some schemes are voluntary, some are most definitely not and what is the difference between a 4 star property and a 3 gold star property – is the 3 gold star one now better?   It took quite a bit of digging but I did eventually find the star grading information but I am still not quite sure how clear I am.

We are interested to hear your views as we have only heard negative comments so far and we are sure there are positive ones as well – aren’t there?  Not quite sure why everyone we speaks to seems to dislike VisitScotland, what we are sure of is that the majority of our accommodation customers are members and pay a lot of money to stay members, so VisitScotland must be doing something right.

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Gardening Services Aviemore : new website goes live

Client News | Posted by Katie
Jul 07 2009

gardener in AviemoreWe are pleased to say that a successful re-design of a long time customer’s website is now online.  Chris Helik, owner of GBC Scotland wanted a clean, simple to use, brochure website.  With a couple of well chosen images this just shows that simple doesn’t have to mean cheap and nasty looking.   Chris had been deliberating over having a new website as his old one had been online a long time and he was worried about the overlap between old and new.  We made a smooth transition between the 2 with no loss of service, email or any other complications and he is now delighted with his new site as are we.  Lets hope more business rolls in for Chris and his team of landscape contract gardeners in Aviemore.

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Accommodation in Glasgow Scotland – a random mix sometimes

Business News | Posted by Katie
Jul 07 2009

read-in-bed-pillowYou may or may not be aware but we took a holiday last week, I know I know a rare occasion or as some people think being self employed means we can be on holiday all the time… hmmm would be good but not at all possible!  Anyway, we stayed in the Holiday Inn Theatreland in Glasgow and tasted some good and not quite so good food on our travels as we are well known for our appetites.  With Gavin having 20+years in the hospitality/accommodation sector you can imagine that staying anywhere means a critique at some point during the stay – I tend to find it incredibly annoying except now I seem to have joined in.   So, I was thinking… are there any other budding reviewers out there?  What do you look for when you go away?  Reason I am interested?  Because we do so many websites and Internet marketing contracts for accommodation providers.  Oh and if anyone is going to Glasgow and you like a good curry we have to highly recommend the Wee Curry Shop.

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Outsider may be no more but the Insider is on its way..

Events in Aviemore | Posted by Katie
Jun 09 2009

With the sad demise of the Outsider Festival this year, it just shows the plucky nature of the locals if they can organise a festival where other big organising giants have failed…. read all about it here

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