Marc Crothall May has been a “stop/start” of a month in terms of forward movement, with so much being thrown up in the air and a great deal hanging in the balance. The Scottish Parliamentary Elections, Glasgow and Moray being held back in Level Three while on the cusp of reopening, the brief appearance of sunshine followed by an almost biblical deluge of rain (every day…) and, more recently, the anxious conversations across Scotland’s tourism industry around the Cabinet reshuffle as we waited to hear news of where tourism would sit, and with whom. For many years, the STA team and me, our board and sectoral member council, have worked tirelessly to raise the profile of tourism and ensure that all political parties have the best possible understanding of its importance as one of Scotland’s main economic drivers; not only what tourism does, but what it can do.
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Courier Business Briefing: Tourism and hospitality recovery
Tricorn Capital owner and V&A Dundee chair Tim Allan.
The challenges and recovery of the tourism and hospitality sector will be the focus of a Courier Business Briefing event next month.
The virtual briefing on June 23 will hear from local experts who will describe the impact of Covid-19 first hand.
It is held in association with Johnston Carmichael and supported by Tricorn Capital.
Local experts taking part
Stephen Leckie, Lord Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross and chief executive of Crieff Hydro.
He has previously described some of the tough decisions he was forced to make last year, including taking on £6 million of debt and making redundancies.