We were delighted to get the opportunity to hold our Uist&Barra conference and awards in the new Cnoc Soilleir building in South Uist on 1 November, 2023. It was a fantastic day, with a full house of tourism and hostpitality businesses, community organisations and stakeholders, together with a brilliant line-up of inspiring and interesting speakers, mouthwatering seafood by Lochmaddy Bay Prawns and a wee tipple of Downpour from North Uist Distillery to celebrate the winners of our inaugural awards (find out winners here).
The programme had a mix of local and national speakers and we have put links to the presentations for the day here:
1. Welcome from OHT Chair - Sue Reid
2. Welcome from OHT CEO - Sarah Maclean
3. Storas Uibhist: Community-led Tourism and Recent Challenges - Darren Taylor
4. Ceolas: Gaelic Tourism Case-study - John Joe MacNeil
5. Uist Unearthed: Archaeology Case-study - Dr Rebecca Rennell
6. VisitScotland: Promotions and Insights - Victoria Harvey
7. Dark Skies Tourism - Duncan Wise, Northumberland International Dark Sky Park
8. University of Glasgow: Marketing Approaches & New Directions - Jaylan Azer
9. Agritourism – Opportunities and Incentives - Caroline Millar, Scottish Agritourism
10. Agritourism – Opportunities and Incentives - Lindsay Robertson, Long Island Retreats
12. North Uist Distillery – Business Journey - Jonny Ingledew
