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Following the announcement made by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Tuesday 21st December regarding the re-introduction of additional mandatory restrictions to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Scottish Governmnet has [...]

Today (21st December) in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced that, due to the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Scottish Government will be introducing additional mandatory restrictions which [...]

As part of the First Minister’s statement about additional restrictions, there was an acknowledgement that the decisions made by the Scottish Government and the ongoing advice that is currently being given to the public, will have significant financial implications for [...]

Members will recall that, in early December, we reached out to you to ask you to complete our latest survey. The survey was designed to establish attraction members’ operational plans and intentions for 2022, including covid measures, pricing policies, opening hours, wage [...]

ASVA is delighted to announce a very exciting new partnership with award winning tourism insight consultancy BVA BDRC, to provide members with the opportunity to take part in an innovative new Mystery Visitor Programme in 2022. As members may recall in the [...]

The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) and its UK counterparts are asking colleagues across Scotland’s tourism industry to part in a national survey to help the STA and the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group (STERG) share evidence from Scotland with the Department for [...]

ASVA has been pleased to promote, over recent months, the fully-funded Scottish Tourism Leadership Programme to ensure our members take advantage of the outstanding and highly motivational professional and personal development opportunities for current and aspiring leaders [...]

A new series of Complete Storytelling workshops, which are specifically designed for businesses and organisations across all sectors of Scotland’s tourism industry, will take place in the New Year. This outstanding new training opportunity has been created to support [...]

This afternoon, the First Minister announced details of the £100m support package for businesses impacted by the latest COVID-mitigating measures. ASVA has been working exceptionally hard to ensure that the Scottish [...]

There was mixed reaction to the Scottish Budget for 2022/23, announced on Thursday 9 December. Whilst news of the continuation of rates relief was welcomed, the consensus from the country’s industry sectors was that the support measures noted by the Cabinet Secretary for [...]