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A Happy Tweed Love Christmas: Santa takes a break from getting ready for Christmas to talk about how he loves riding in the Tweed Valley: http://vimeo.com/33368412

Yet another successful visit to the Tweed Valley!

Congratulations go to four members of the Consortium who come away with an aray of awards from the Scottish Hotel Awards last night: The Tontine Hotel, Caddon View Guest House, Peebles Hotel Hydro and Macdonald Cardrona.

VisitScotland held its first sustainable tourism event last week, Thursday 11th February in the Tweed Valley at the Macdonald Cardrona Hotel.  The events have been planned to help businesses understand how sustainable practices can improve their bottom line and in turn aid growth in Scottish tourism.
 

Five Gardens in the Tweed Valley are opening their gates to green fingered visitors between 1 February and 15 March 2010 to celebrate the Scottish Snowdrop Festival.
 
They join 45 gardens across Scotland taking part in the event which showcases the best snowdrop gardens in woodlands and estates across Scotland, many of which open exclusively for the festival.
 
VisitScotland has teamed up with some of the country’s most spectacular gardens including the following in the Scottish Borders:

The Tontine Hotel is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a Silver grading in the Green Tourism Business Scheme Silver Award.
http://www.visittweedvalley.co.uk/content/tontine-hotel-peebles

A Scottish Borders business has achieved gold star status from the national tourism agency.

Robert Smail’s Printing Works Gift Shop is happy to announce two special events to get you in the mood for the festive season…
Shopping after dark
Friday 27 November from 6pm − 9pm.
In response to requests for us to open for late night shopping and as a thank you to our loyal customers and supporters, we are opening on Friday 27 November from 6pm until 9pm. All customers will be greeted with mulled wine and mince pies.

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