City centre hotel predicts rapid take-off for seaplane service from time-poor tourists

Glasgow hotel hails seaplane service as major tourism benfit for Scotland

[ClickPress, Thu Sep 06 2007] One of Scotland’s leading budget hotels has welcomed the launch of Europe’s first city centre seaplane service as a major tourist benefit for the country.

McLays Guesthouse, situated close to the world famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Glasgow School of Art, specialises in visitors coming to
Scotland on a budget in search of beauty and culture.

Many overseas guests especially often have difficulty finding time to combine the bright lights of the big city with exploring the rugged splendour of Scotland’s great outdoors. The recent launch of a seaplane service from the River Clyde in the heart of Glasgow to the Highlands of Scotland will help solve that problem.

“This seaplane service will bridge the gap between the country and the city.” said Shahid Chaudhry, director of McLays Guesthouse in Glasgow and its sister establishment the Osborne Hotel in Edinburgh.

“It will encourage people to travel further than Glasgow and bring others back into the city,” said Mr Chaudhry who is convinced the seaplane will be a firm favourite with time-poor tourists.

“At the moment the bulk of our visitors are from abroad. They’re coming from all over but mainly from Spain, Italy and Scandinavia. We’ve also had a large number of people stay with us from France and Germany.” said Mr Chaudhry.

“They tend to come first and foremost to have a look around our marvellous cities before heading off in search of Scotland’s world famous scenery.

“The launch of seaplanes service will be great for tourism in the city. It’s an exciting fresh idea, we’re glad to be able to boast to our guests that Glasgow has something different to offer.”

McLays Guesthouse which has 81 rooms is only a short walk from Sauchiehall Street, right in the heart of the city’s thriving nightlife, surrounded by an impressive array of bars, restaurants and clubs with a huge amount of choice on offer every taste and budget can be accommodated.
While Glasgow’s reputation has been strengthened by the addition of the seaplane a new survey by business advisors PKF has shown that it is the place to be.

New figures for June show that while occupancy rates for Scottish hotels have gone up by 3.6 per cent, twice as much as the rest of the UK, Glasgow is “leading the way with a 9.3 per cent rise in room occupancy on last year’s figures.

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