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Spiny Spider Crabs Make a Splash at St Andrews Aquarium

Date of article: Wed 25 Mar 15

St Andrews Aquarium has announced the arrival of some eight legged additions to its growing aquarium family by welcoming a group of spider crabs to the Fife visitor attraction.The ...

Helping Local Business Thrive With Digital Tourism Information

Date of article: Tue 17 Mar 15

When visitors arrive at their destination, whether it be at their Hotel or an attraction or the train station, they actively look for ‘visitor information’; but how do they go ...

Morton of Pitmilly Pick Up Tourism Award

Date of article: Thu 26 Mar 15

Congratulations to Morton of Pitmilly, who picked up the Tourism Award (sponsored by Forth Ports) at the Fife Business Awards 2015 ceremony in Glenrothes.The award ceremony took p ...

St Andrews Aquarium Unveils 360 Degree Clownfish Viewing Tank

Date of article: Mon 30 Mar 15

A large group of clownfish have swam into St Andrews Aquarium to take up residence in the Fife visitor attraction's brand new, state of the art dome tank. The tank, custom made for ...

Stacey from Chillilicious Scoops Best Young Business Person of the Year Award

Date of article: Tue 31 Mar 15

Congratulations to Stacey Galfskiy from Chillilicious Farm Shop for winning Best Young Business Person of the Year at the Radio Tay awards on Friday evening at the Malmaison in Du ...

Fife Tourism Partnership ramps up interactive information

Date of article: Mon 30 Mar 15

The Fife Tourism Partnership is ramping up its interactive information in locations across Fife to help visitors make the most of their stay. By May the Partnership intend to have ...

Chillilicious Easter Chocolate Giveaway

Date of article: Wed 1 Apr 15

Scotland's first ever chilli farm is giving away FREE chocolate dipped marshmallows and chillies in order to raise funds for St Andrews based charity, Worldwide Cancer Research.Whe ...

Fife Ambassadors raise a glass to the Kingdom of Fife

Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 15

Fife Ambassadors Doug Clement of Kingsbarns Distillery, chef and food writer Christopher Trotter, auto racing driver Gordon Shedden of Knockhill Racing Circuit and Nicola Holland, ...

East Neuk LTA 'Get to Know You' Night

Date of article: Fri 10 Apr 15

East Neuk Local Tourist Association are holding our annual 'Get to Know You' night on 16th April at Kellie Castle.The theme for the evening is Fife food and the evening will includ ...

Opportunity for Outlander promotion in Germany

Date of article: Wed 15 Apr 15

Outlander will be launching in Germany at the end of May.In a continuation of VisitScotland's promotion of the Outlander series, they will be running an extensive campaign in Germa ...

Promoting accessible tourism in Fife

Date of article: Wed 8 Apr 15

As the tourism season swings into action, a call has gone out to remind Fife tourism businesses not just to be accessible to disabled visitors, but to tell people they are. The rem ...

Fife goes on show at international tourism event

Date of article: Thu 9 Apr 15

Fife tourism businesses head to Aberdeen this month to wow international travel companies at the Visit Scotland Expo. They are showcasing Fife's attractions, local food and drink a ...

St Andrews Tourism Showcase 2015

Date of article: Thu 16 Apr 15

The second annual St Andrews Tourism Showcase will be held on Friday 29th May, in St Andrews Town Hall.The Showcase is a great chance to come along and find out about what's on off ...

Aidan Ground from Federation of Small Businesses

Date of article: Mon 20 Apr 15

InVite Business Networking group at their April event had a guest speaker, Aidan Grounds from the Federation of Small Businesses, (FSB), to tell them about the markets and atmosphe ...

Cupar town - What's On Event Listings for May

Date of article: Sat 18 Apr 15

The Cupar town 'What's On' event listing for May is currently being compiled. If you have event information you would like included - please get in touch. [email protected] ...

ADS Interactive

Date of article: Tue 21 Apr 15

There are many articles, such as the ones above which provide a running commentary on the on-going closures of visitor information centres (VICs), banks and post offices and retail ...

Tourism Intelligence - Business Survey

Date of article: Mon 27 Apr 15

Scottish Enterprise has recently commissioned a review of tourism intelligence provision across Scotland. The review is being conducted by SQW. The summary and dissemination of inf ...

Positive signals for Fife Tourism

Date of article: Mon 27 Apr 15

Following a busy VisitScotland international EXPO in Aberdeen last week the signals are very positive for Fife tourism. That's according to the Fife Tourism Partnership, which host ...

Special Year of Food and Drink Dinner - Fife College - Thursday 14th May

Date of article: Mon 27 Apr 15

Food from Fife 'Year of Food and Drink' Dinner  A successful collaboration between Food from Fife and Fife College is about to serve up another real treat for foodies. To help mar ...

2015 Open Championship: Fife Businesses Promotional Offers. Deadline 1st May

Date of article: Fri 20 Feb 15

Deadline, 1st MayThe Fife Tourism Partnership are looking to collate a list of their registered Fife businesses who are interested in providing discounts or offers which we can in ...

The St Andrews Night Market

Date of article: Thu 30 Apr 15

The Night Market is returning to Balgove Larder, St Andrews for a second season with themes for each of the markets.There are still spaces available so if your business would like ...

Fife Looking Forward to Another Busy Cruise Season

Date of article: Thu 30 Apr 15

Fife will welcome its first cruise ship of the year with the arrival of Voyager on 4th May.2015 is going to be another busy year with 31 ships calling at Rosyth bringing around 30, ...

Fife Business Events Workshop

Date of article: Fri 1 May 15

VisitScotland Business Events and Fife Council would like to invite you to attend a business events workshop and networking lunch on Thursday 28 May at Parliament Hall, University ...

VisitScotland eUpdate - May

Date of article: Mon 4 May 15

VisitScotland' s monthly Industry eUpdate for May is now available. With national stories and advice for the tourism industry and news, events and VisitScotland activities relevant ...

Burntisland Exhibitions

Date of article: Tue 12 May 15

Visitors to Fife may want to check out the latest exhibitions in Burntisland. New for 2015 are Burntisland Heritage Trusts's - 'Crossing the Forth' and the Museum of Communication' ...

Fife's Whisky Dream to Dram

Date of article: Tue 5 May 15

May is National Whisky Month and people across the world will celebrate World Whisky Day on 16th May with a wee dram!Fife has an incredible story, past and present, around Scotland ...

Levenmouth Rail Campaign – What could a Rail Link do for your Business?

Date of article: Mon 11 May 15

Calling all Tourism businesses in Fife!Levenmouth Rail Campaign – What could a Rail Link do for your Business?Levenmouth is the largest urban area in Scotland not directly served ...

Cupar Building Repair Grant Scheme

Date of article: Mon 11 May 15

A building repair grant scheme has now been launched in Cupar, operated by Fife Council and Fife Historic Buildings Trust and core funded jointly by Historic Scotland, the Heritage ...

Fife Products for Welcome Packs

Date of article: Thu 14 May 15

Fife often hosts familiarisation trips and media visits which help promote the area and enable businesses and audiences from all over to become familiar with our region's products ...

Fife Businesses Invited to Take Part in New Tourism Campaign

Date of article: Mon 25 May 15

Local businesses in Fife are invited to be part of a new multi-million pound VisitScotland campaign to encourage people in the UK to take a trip to Scotland.The £2 million marketi ...

Scotlanders bloggers coming to Fife

Date of article: Fri 15 May 15

Scotlanders are the first travel blogger collaboration in Scotland, bound together by a shared desire to uncover the very best and most unusual parts of our country, sharing travel ...

Craigtoun Country Park - Opportunities at Opening Event

Date of article: Sat 16 May 15

Craigtoun Country Fair 4/5 July The Friends of Craigtoun are organising an opening event on the first weekend of the Fife Schools' holiday, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July. We would l ...

G & Tee anyone?

Date of article: Mon 25 May 15

St Andrews, the mecca for golf lovers the world over, is set to become the mecca for gin lovers with the news that it will showcase the first week-long celebration of Scottish gin- ...

Culross Festival

Date of article: Mon 25 May 15

Culross Festival, 11 – 14 June, 2015 in The Stables Festival HubThis year we have what we think is outstanding entertainment from some of the best Scottish artists around. Culros ...

Global Voices: '20% discount offer' for FTP Members

Date of article: Mon 25 May 15

Global Voices would like to offer all Fife Tourism Partnership members a 20% discount off their first order; across any translation or interpreter requirement.The world has become ...

Golf Spirited Whisky Launch in St Andrews

Date of article: Wed 27 May 15

Ceres Inn proprietor, Lennox Harrower, has launched his own tribute to mark the return of the Open championship to St Andrews by commissioning a collection of three whiskies named ...

TV ad’ campaign promotes Fife’s attractions

Date of article: Tue 26 May 15

Fife is being given a big push on the small screen.A new TV advertising campaign, showcasing some of Fife's visitor attractions, has been launched by VisitScotland in partnership w ...