ETAG Conference 2010 – Edinburgh

Covered a tourism conference at Edinburgh Unversity - the new John McIntyre Conference Centre at Pollock Halls - on 27  Jan. Very interesting speaker from Florida who had worked for many years at Disney and laterly in the Disney Institute before starting out on her...

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Grand Central Hotel – photography of sample rooms

Back again to the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow to shoot two sample rooms. Weird, walking along corridors stripped back to bare walls and floor boards, lit only by builders running lights and then into two finished sample guest rooms complete with tiled bathrooms....

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Central Hotel, Glasgow

I have a shoot tonight at the old Central Hotel in Glasgow. Now owned by Principle Haley, who also own the George Hotel in Edinburgh, it is due for a major refurbishment to bring it back to its former glory days. David Welch, the area Director for both hotels, has...

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NASC Annual Gala Dinner Dance, Edinburgh

Following later, after their AGM, the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation held their annual dinner dance at the 5 star Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa in Edinburgh. With King Robert the Bruce in attendance to greet guests at The President's Reception it was a...

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Back to John Hope Gateway at Botanics

This awesome building is now open (as of October 2009). I was here a couple of months ago to cover a 'hard hat' tour for the caterers and Edinburgh Convention Bureau. Now back for one of the opening invitation nights, again for Prestige Scotland. Wow, what a...

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Photography at Edinburgh Castle for BBVA Bank Spain

Got a late booking to cover an incentive travel visit to Edinburgh by Spain's 2nd largest bank. They wanted me to take photos of around 45 couples in hired kilts at their hotel, the 5 star Balmoral Hotel, and then at Edinburgh Castle where a grand Scottish dinner was...

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Edinburgh Castle Reception – Photography

Jim Mather, Scottish Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism (his portfolio covers Official Statistics) welcomed over 450 delegates attending the RSS - Royal Statistical Society's - annual conference at Edinburgh Castle on 7 Sept 2009.

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