VisitBritain announces its sponsorship of the 2004 Scottish Thistle Award for Best Marketing Initiative today at the VisitScotland Expo in Aberdeen (21 and 22 April).

by Sarah Howden http://news.scotsman.com AH Edinburgh . . . the Castle, the cobbled wynds and closes, the bagpipe players and all those kilt shops . . . there's nothing quite like the place for a good slice of Scottish history and tartan tat. That at least has been the prevailing view of Scotland's capital city, that while [...]

Scotland\'s new national park is a showcase for its unique scenery and wildlife Scotland has a new national park in which to show off its spectacular scenery and flora and fauna. Cairngorm National Park, in the Grampian Highlands, covers nearly 1,500 square miles of mountains, heather moorland, forests, farmland, historic towns and villages and ancient sites, [...]