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A penny farthing might not be the most comfortable way to traverse the Highlands, but for one events company the ‘stunt’ has proved to be a very canny marketing tool, P18
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5 FOREWORD Just one more thing.
6 BRIEFING Glasgow and London in top 30. Meetings terror action plan. EMA sizes up Scotland.
10 CULTURE Borders Book Festival. MOBO Awards. Loch Ness Knitting Festival. Dundee Design Festival.
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18 SPORT Quilter Cheviot Etape Royale. European Indoor Athletics Championships. Blair Castle Horse Trials.
24 BUSINESS TOURISM Te Meetings Show. Five days at IMEX Frankfurt. Society for Incentive Travel Excellence. Venue updates.
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30 DELIVERY Old Course Hotel’s Stephen Carter. Surgeons’ Hall Edinburgh. Titanium Fireworks. Events & Festivals Industry Group. Blue Parrot’s Sarah Crossley.
38 TECHNOLOGY TickX events price aggregator.
40 SKILLS Queen Margaret University.
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