Welcome to Scotlandhour
This website is here to help you plan a perfect trip to Scotland
What is #Scotlandhour ?
At present it`s a monthly chat on Twitter. Where to stay, where to eat , what to do in Bonnie Scotland . A chance for travellers to plan a visit to Scotland. It has now been live since August 2011 and getting more popular every month .
Hopefully it will become a valuable marketing tool for our country. No one else has used Twitter to promote tourism.
When is it on? Last Wednesday of the month 9 till 10.
When`s the next #Scotlandhour Last Wednesday of the month
What do you do? Type #[hash key] then Scotlandhour like this #Scotlandhour
You can put this before or after a short tweet about great places in Scotland .
You can also add links or photographs.
What is Twitter? Twitter is an online social networking service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".
Future for #Scotlandhour
Tweet up in bar in Edinburgh Scotland`s capital.
Possible weekly #Scotlandhour during the summer season
Hopefully it will grow from strength to strength and one day become a great advert for our country.
#Scotlandhour plan before you fly.
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Schedule for #ScotlandHour 2013: at 9 – 10 pm on Twitter Date Theme Tag
Wed 24 Apr Festivals (Walking, Food & Drink, Nature, Wildlife, Arts/Culture) #festivals Wed 29 May Walks, Trails and Climbs #walk Wed 26 June Water: Sailing, Cruises, Canals and Waterways, Watersports #water Wed 31 July Celebrating Our National and Regional Parks (National Parks Week) #parks Wed 28 Aug Scotland’s Natural Larder (prior to month of ScotFoodFortnight) #food Wed 25 Sep Flora and Fauna – Scotland’s Wildlife #wildlife Wed 30 Oct The Great Indoors: Visitor Attractions & Museums – Halloween Special #halloween (Share Spooky stories and stories inspired by visits to museums for Halloween) Wed 27 Nov St. Andrew’s Day Special #StAday Sun 29 Dec Hogmanay Special #hogmanay |
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On the 7 March 2013 the Scotlandhour team were at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. They were there to see the member`s debate about the work done by #Scotlandhour.
Msp Christina McKelvie led the debate by thanking the team for their work promoting Scottish Tourism. The #Hashtag gives potential tourists an opportunity to gain positive information to help make their visit to Scotland a fulfilling one. At the moment it is a monthly chat on Twitter on the last Wednesday of the month. The last Scotland hour had an audience of 596 thousand people and Ms McKelvie said "that is a huge, huge audience". Christina also said this was the first time that Twitter had been used in this way to promote a destination. The debate ended with Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing announcing he wanted to see what more the Scottish government could do to work with #Scotlandhour, "who have brought so much credit to this country". Proud moment for #Scotlandhour    |
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Please joins us. We are always looking at ways to develop the #Scotlandhour project and please feel free to let us know your feelings. Scotland is a wonderful country and our plan is to help promote it. Questions about participating in #ScotlandHour Your regular hosts: founder Dougie Baird @BairdTravels, Aileen Lamb @AileenLamb, Mark Calpin @HIEHamilton (and @ScotlandHour), Lesley Judge @LesleyJudge, Fiona Drane @FionaDrane and me, @SusanMcNaughton or @2edinburgh are all happy to answer questions you might have about joining in #ScotlandHour 2013. |
How to grow your idea online
#Scotlandhour had a special night for Glasgow`s Social Media Week at the Argyll hotel in Glasgow`s Westend.
A crowd gathered downstairs in the Sutherland bar. Many had travelled far to support our event. Mark Calpin General Manager of Hamilton Holiday Inn Express was our host for the night. Mark put forward an excellent presentation. We heard about the birth, the growth and the future of #Scotlandhour.
Click on the link to see How to grow your idea online
Lesley Judge has blogged about #Scotlandhour at SMW Glasgow and linked to the presentation –
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