The Voice of Travel in Scotland
Established 1921
Our mission is to ensure the Scottish travel marketplace is fair for consumers and travel agents. Representing all
of Scotland's major travel agents and working with our Associate members we tackle the biggest regulatory,
legislative and commercial challenges facing our industry.
We are the voice of Scotland's travel profession.
Well, the SPAA Awards Dinner #SPAAawards went down well last Thursday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow - especially, judging by having to stop the DJ at 4.30am on Friday morning to let the bar staff go home!
620 guests, Abba, a weather man, Big Vern and the Shootahs, 33 awards, an excellent dinner and a DJ in the bar all added up to a fabulous night in the Scottish travel calendar once again. In fact, everyone in the room became a winner even before the Awards started, when Stena Line offered a gift to every guest - a very generous gesture by Adam Bothwell and his team at Stena Line, and much appreciated by all.
STV’s Sean Batty compered the usual raucous audience, as the winners came thick and fast, all of which can be viewed on our website at www.spaa.org…
The number of people opting to travel on Virgin Trains’ Anglo-Scottish services instead of flying has reached record levels, contributing to a drop in carbon emissions. In the 12 months…
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DEDICATED LICENSED TAXI FACILITY TO INCREASE CAPACITY ON EASTFIELD ROAD More than £20 million is being invested to improve transport access as part of ongoing development works at…
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Terminal Improvement Works
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following the successful introduction in 2018.
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Services unveiled to Newcastle, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Norwich
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is pleased to announce that Azuma will be introduced into passenger services to and from Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness for the first time. LNER…
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Loganair continues to expand its network after unveiling six routes to commence in 2020 - including new destinations and additional connections linking airports across its extensive…
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easyJet has revealed expansion plans at Glasgow Airport, welcoming a fifth Airbus A320 family aircraft to theScottish base and announcing a new route between Glasgow and Birmingham. The…
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