One Hundred Thousand Welcomes works closely with a number of partners. Here are just a few of them.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is the Scottish Government’s economic and development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Visit www.hie.co.uk
Scottish Enterprise (SE) is Scotland’s main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency covering the southern half of Scotland from the Grampians to the Borders. Visit www.scottish-enterprise.com/tourism
People 1st is the Sector Skills Council for the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries, ensuring that the skills employees need are the skills they get. Visit www.people1st.co.uk
Pride and Passion was set up by a group of forward-thinking, like-minded people passionate about tourism in Scotland. Its job is to spread great ideas on how to help businesses be better at giving visitors an amazing experience. Its web site, www.prideandpassion.net gives tools, tips and information on doing this and how to get others joining in.
Visit Scotland is the national tourism organisation for Scotland. Its core purpose is to maximise the economic benefit of tourism to Scotland. Visit www.visitscotland.org.
Skills Development Scotland is Scotland’s skills body to drive forward real, positive and sustained change in Scotland’s skills performance. It delivers comprehensive information, advice and guidance for careers and learning as well as extensive support for skills development. To learn more visit www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk.
The Scottish Tourism Forum, www.stforum.co.uk, is Scotland’s leading independent tourism trade body whose purpose is to support the effort to see tourism recognised as Scotland’s foremost sustainable industry and unite tourism interests with effective and independent communication and lobbying.
The Tourism Innovation Group (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. This means using market intelligence, customer feedback and your team’s ideas to do things differently, exploring new avenues, collaborating effectively and taking risks. Visit www.tourisminnovation.com
Springboard UK is a dynamic organisation promoting careers in hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel to a range of potential recruits and influencers via a network of centres across the UK, www.springboarduk.org
