A smoking ban comes into effect in Scotland on 26th MARCH covering ALL pubs and restaurants  It should make our pubs much healthier for our non smoking visitors. Much debate has gone on with this but we finally had the law passed.   This means wherever you travel in Scotland after this date, you will not be troubled by smoke in any bar, restaurant, cinema, railway station, in fact - any indoor public space. Any questions you have please contact us.

.............................. 27.03.06

TWO leading luxury hotels in Scotland are threatening to sack staff who smell of smoke following the introduction of groundbreaking ban on smoking in public places.

Turnberry, the five-star Ayrshire golf resort, and the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa in Edinburgh have issued strict guidelines to hundreds of staff on complying with the legislation. The guidelines state that employees who want to smoke during an official break must wash their hands thoroughly and either brush their teeth or eat a mint straight afterwards before returning to duty. Smoking was outlawed in bars, hotels and restaurants from 6am sUNDAY 26TH mARCH to protect employees from being exposed to smoke in the workplace. Under the new legislation, employers failing to enforce the ban will face fines of up to £2,500 and individuals caught smoking will face a £50 penalty. Both Turnberry and the Sheraton have now gone completely non-smoking even though the legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament last year exempted hotel rooms as "private spaces". Guests detected flouting the ban will face a charge of £200 to cover the "deep-cleaning" of their rooms.

Read what the Scottish Executive has to say about the ban.

Glasgow has been named one of the world's trendiest holiday destinations - along with the south American rainforest and game resorts of Kenya and a Hawaiian Island!  The latest edition of Fromer's Travel Guide rates Glasgow in its top 10 list of interesting affordable destinations for 2006. It describes Glasgow as: more cosmopolitan and modern than Edinburgh and with more "happening" nightlife.  It praised the "radiant" Victorian architecture, public parks and art galleries and rated the Burrell Art Collection as a must see! Why not include Glasgow in your next tour, we know all the best places to eat, drink and sleep!

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