We are pleased to announce the next Travel Massive Glasgow event on Tuesday 26th February 2019, at 6:30pm.
Please note, the venue for this event is the amazing offices for Macs Adventure.
--Neil Lapping--
Neil Lapping is the owner and Chief Adventure Officer for Macs Adventure, which was founded in 2003.
Neil has grown the business from a kitchen table to a market leading, multi-million pound adventure tour operator employing over 80 people. It quickly became one of the fastest growing adventure tour operators in the world, operating over 450 tours in over 35 countries and now boasts offices in the UK, US and Germany.
During a Q&A discussion, lead by Chris Torres, Neil will share his story on how he grew the business, adapting to changes in the industry and providing advice for others in the sector. Not to be missed!
--Carron Tobin--
Carron Tobin is a skilled practitioner in destination development and collaboration. She was a former exec director with the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park championing their socio-economic agenda. She set up ruralDimensions in 2009, and over the last 10 years has worked on a range of exciting initiatives across rural Scotland including facilitating the establishment of Scotland’s first tourism cooperative and devising the template for local responses to the national tourism strategy.
She masterminded Wild About Argyll with AITC and is supporting the Heart & Soul campaign delivery. She is currently coordinating the ambitious West Coast Marine Tourism Collaboration which spans from Lewis to Arran with a number of exciting initiatives planned for 2020 Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Water.
Argyll & The Isles Tourism Cooperative has been on an epic journey since it was established in 2012 representing around 1000 businesses across the region. Step change was needed to get younger visitors to think again about this stunning coastal landscape right on Glasgow’s doorstep.
Carron will be discussing the last 3 years of Argyll & The Isles Tourism Cooperative life and what lies ahead.
Info
Food: A buffet and refreshments will be provided.
Venue: Macs Adventure, Skypark 5, 45 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, G3 8JU, UK
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Glasgow is a top tourism destination in Scotland and our aim here at the Tourism Marketing Agency is to create a community of passionate local travel and tourism professionals to share ideas and make new connections.
Whether you work in hospitality, a local attraction, a tour operator, a local vlogger, blogger or travel start-up or in the digital or tech sector, we want you to get involved and help promote Glasgow as one of the top travel destinations in the world.
Each event will contain guest speakers and workshops from industry experts whilst providing networking and business opportunities.
