Aberdeen City and Shire will position itself as the new mecca for global golf tourism at Visitexpo 09, building on the news that three championship golf courses are to go ahead and supported by a hotel boom in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire which will see a range of luxury and tourist-category hotels open in the next few years.
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire’s bedroom accommodation will increase by around 25 per cent this year alone, thanks to the development of hotels in and around Aberdeen city. The additional hotel occupancy opening this year will support a wide variety of themed events celebrating the year of Homecoming across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire throughout 2009, culminating in a North-East Clan Fortnight, which will coincide with The Gathering in Edinburgh from July 18 to August 3.
Trump International Golf Links Scotland has started work on transforming the Menie estate, on the Aberdeenshire coast, into what Donald Trump has promised will be “the world’s greatest golf course.” The £1billion golf resort will comprise two golf courses, a 450-room 5-star hotel, a conference centre, 36 golf villas and 950 holiday homes.
Also in Aberdeenshire plans are going ahead for a £115m golf resort, with a hotel and conference centre and championship course designed by former
open champion Paul Lawrie, while a £40m development at Ury Estates will be the home of a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course and luxury hotel.
The ambitious new developments, totalling 757 rooms in the city, and a further 700 rooms in Aberdeenshire, will all come on stream in the next few years, adding substantially to hotel stock in Aberdeen City and Shire.
Highlights of Homecoming in Aberdeen City and Shire include a March of the Clans at Aboyne Highland Games; Scotland’s biggest two-day event, The Turriff Show; evening entertainments featuring plays and ceilidhs; and the National Trust for Scotland’s North East Clan Ball at Haddo House. There’ll also be the opportunity to learn more about the history of the region, take a blue guide tour, and delve in to the archives at the Family History Centre.
A series of heritage fairs will take place across the region to promote the wealth of culture to be found in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Also continuing the Homecoming theme will be the annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy in July, while the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses in Fraserburgh will raise awareness of the Scottish influence in lighthouse design.
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