Our Programme

Our programme is designed to ensure you feel welcomed, that topics are relevant to you and that you use the event to gain as much as possible from your fellow delegates, tourism experts and key speakers through participating in the various features we have added into the programme.

Conference Gathering Itinerary
8.45                 Arrival and refreshments
9.30                 Gillian Lacey-Solymar “Welcome”
9.40                 Bob Downie – “A Royal Welcome”
10.10               Caroline Gregory – “Loving It at the Lovat”
10.30               Booster break
11.00               Donald MacNaughton –“A Winning Recipe”
11.30               Panel and Awards ceremony
12.00               Lunch and ‘What If’ session
14.00               Gavin Ellis   “Boosting Business”
14.30.              Rene Looper – “Web 02 is Watching You”
15.00               Gillian Lacey-Solymar – “An Exciting Future”
15.45               Summary of the day
16.00               Networking/tea and baking in sitting rooms
                        Gathering close

"What If?"

The "What If..." session is being presented in partnership with the Tourism Innovation Group.  It is a facilitated workshop designed to show delegates a process for stimulating innovative new product developments and collaborative activity in response to a number of possible market and external scenarios.  These will be far reaching enough to stretch the mind, but just within the bounds of possibility...in today's world, the unthinkable is happening all around us!    This technique has proved to be extremely effective in other industries, and calls for a high degree of energy and interactive participation from attendees.

For more information on the Tourism Innovation Group (TiG), go to www.tourisminnovation.com.  TiG is a private-sector led group, which aims to stimulate tourism operators into taking action to add to the quality, scope and success of tourism businesses, improving Scotland's competitiveness in tourism markets - in other words, to innovate, collaborate and grow the tourism economy. This means doing things differently, exploring new avenues, collaborating effectively and taking risks.