Tuesday 15 December 2009
Good Value for Money at the Argyll Hotel Glasgow
Here that The Argyll Hotel Glasgowwe do our best to provide great customer service and good value for money. We enjoy hearing all feedback from our customers as it is a chance to improve. However, recently the Argyll Hotel Glasgow has been recieving some great feedback from our clients that use Laterooms.com
"Old fashioned styled rooms. The bathroom and room was spoitless and the staff friendly. Good value for money"
(December 2009)
"A very good SECC stop over Guest House. Just a short bus trip to Glasgow city centre and a 10 minute max walk from the SECC. Very comfortable and warm room, on a main road but was still very quiet during the night."
(November 2009)
"Staff very welcoming! I consider this small intimate hotel very good."
(December 2009)
At the Argyll Hotel Glasgow we greatly appreciate this posisitve feedback and strive to maintain and achieve high standards for each of our customers.
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Magners Comedy Festival comes to Glasgow!!!!
The Argyll Hotel Glasgow is situated near all the major venues that will play host to the various comedians starring at the festival and is one of Glasgow's finest hotels.
So if you are considering visiting Glasgow and are looking for a hotel close to the festival come stay with us at the Argyll Hotel Glasgow your home away from home!
Thursday 3 December 2009
Music ,Sport and the Arts!
Doug Gillon The Herald (3 December)
London 2012 met Glasgow 2014 yesterday, presenting Scotland’s business community with a vision of potential benefits from the London Olympics, and by extension from hosting the Commonwealth Games two years later. The organising committees of both events are in regular contact, and are formalising the relationship. Paul Deighton, the Chief Executive of the London 2012 Organising Committee, said: “I’m here to demonstrate that the Olympics in 2012 are not just about London. There are many, many, different ways in which Scotland, and indeed the rest of the UK, can participate.” Deighton spoke to The Herald before facing a packed suite at Glasgow Concert Hall where Scottish Enterprise staged the third of a series of seminars, Get Ready to Compete. “They’re designed to encourage Scottish businesses to raise their game and headline the breadth of opportunity available,” said a spokesperson.
Five Scots cities in the frame for art shows
– Phil Miller, The Herald (3 December)
Glasgow could show multiple exhibitions from one of the most important collections of art in the UK if new plans come to fruition. The next stage of Scotland’s £26.5 million acquisition of the unrivalled Anthony d’Offay collection of contemporary art was announced yesterday, with a series of new exhibitions across the UK, including five in Scotland in 2010. Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum will see an exhibition by groundbreaking German artist Joseph Beuys. However, although only one venue in Glasgow will be displaying works next year from the d’Offay collection, which is shown under the title Artist Rooms, in future the city could get multiple shows and even works from the collection on a more permanent basis to hang or be placed alongside works at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Burrell Collection and other leading galleries.
This story also appears in The Scotsman
Ballroom blitz aims to bring more life to historic market
– Gerry Braiden, Evening Times (2 December)
Glasgow’s world famous Barrowland Ballroom is being lined up to become the centrepiece of rejuvenation plans for the city’s Barras Market. Plans would see The Barras rebranded as a “music-related market destination” and open seven days a week to stimulate investment and boost visitor numbers. As part of efforts to overhaul the area marketed as a unique tourist destination, the city council has looked at London’s Camden Market and other markets in Europe as a template for success.
Game on for group shop venue
– Maureen Ellis, Evening Times (2 December)
A group of artists are helping breathe new life into Govan by taking over a derelict shop unit. The team of creatives from The National Theatre of Scotland have worked with local groups and businesses to put down roots for Allotment, an organic arts bar set in Govan Cross Shopping Centre. The idea is to stage a regular showcase of life in the area through music, art and performance.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Glasgow News!
Yesterday’s opening of the world famous toy store Hamleys comes as part of a £100 million extension of the city’s St Enoch Centre. And the new shop has been designed to bring the magic and entertainment of the firm’s London store to Glasgow. Bosses have taken care to give the one-level store a special Glasgow touch, with a frieze featuring famous landmarks including the Science Centre, Clyde Arc Bridge and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Shopping centre revamp to boost Glasgow – bestwestern.co.uk (26 November)
http://www.bestwestern.co.uk/Editorial-News/Article/Shopping-centre-revamp-to-boost-Glasgow--1070.aspx
A £100 million revamp of Glasgow’s St Enoch centre is set to boost shopping and tourism opportunities in the Scottish city. The first phase of the makeover is now complete and the shopping complex in the centre of Glasgow boasts the first stand-alone Hamleys store outside London. The toy shop is an iconic brand and it’s hoped the opening will boost the popularity of the redevelopment project and further cement Glasgow’s reputation as a popular retail destination.
The StEnoch centre's expansion adds to Glasgows already extensive variety of shops within the city centre and reinstates Glasgow as a highly popular shopping destination.
For all your Christmas shopping needs come to Glasgow and stay with the Argyll Hotel as we are just a short walk away from all of Glasgows major shopping areas! or just pop in for lunch at the Sutherlands for a break from a busy day of shopping! (14th of December onwards)
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Christmas Celebrations in Glasgow!
(The Herald ,24 November)
If you want to come to Glasgow to enjoy what our city has to offer this Christmas stay with us at the Argyll Hotel. Your home away from home.
www.argyllhotelglasgow.co.uk
An evening with Jukebox Gypsy and Billy Liar!!!
This evening wil be a showcase of local talent and will hopefully be the start of many to come!
Festive Fun at Sutherlands
Christmas has come early this year at the Sutherlands with special promotions on food and drinks! We are currently offering from our Pre-theatre menu:
2 courses with a free glass of wine for £9.95! (Mon- Sat, 5pm to 7.30pm)
3 courses with a free glass of wine for £11.95! (Thurs, 5pm to 7.30pm)
Additionally to celebrate the festive season our talented chef has created a wonderful christmas menu with a choice of lunch or dinner.
Our lunch menu runs from the 14th of December onwards from 12pm to 2pm (booking is essential) and we offer 3 courses with coffee for only £15.99!
Our dinner menu runs from the 1st of December onwards from 5pm to 9pm and offers four courses with coffee for only £25!
Our festive menus cater for all the family from classic Roast Turkey to delicious Goats Cheese Tart!
So come along and join us at Sutherlands for the best value for money on Sauchiehall Street!
Sunday 18 October 2009
Green Glasgow wins BWEC (Stay at the Argyll Hotel Glasgow)
Read the full article at: http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/33593-Green-Glasgow-wins-BWEC
Glasgow prepares to host MOBO awards - Lindsay Johns, London Evening Standard (16 September)Forget Trainspotting, the Gorbals, the tedious “See you, Jimmy” jokes. Glasgow is an intoxicating place to be right now. Within minutes of stepping off the train at Glasgow Central, and walking down Argyle Street and into St Enoch Square, I find strangers being among the most helpful and welcoming I have ever met.Glasgow has a rich musical heritage, be it classical, Celtic, rock or hip hop. It is now an official Unesco City of Music — Glaswegians spend more on live music per capita than any other UK city. It makes sense for it to be hosting the MOBO awards this month for the first time. Eminem, Fifty Cent, Kanye West and The Game have played here and tonight Jay-Z supports Coldplay at Hampden Park. Even Dizzee Rascal will soon be regaling Glaswegians with his Cockney rap
Stay at TheArgyllhotelglasgow.co.uk 0141 337 3313
Thursday 1 October 2009
Loch Lomond Seaplanes
Loch Lomond Seaplanes operate a seaplane service from a new purpose-built terminal at the Glasgow Science Centre on the River Clyde. The Loch Lomond Seaplanes are within easy reach of the Argyll Glasgow Hotels.
Glasgow Vintage Clothes and Craft Fair
For those who are searching for vintage items and handmade crafts join us for a great Sunday Afternoon Out !
An opportunity to purchase vintage dresses and other vintage clothes as well as quality handmade crafts and speak with the talented individuals who make them at our monthly craft and vintage Fair in glasgow
Join us at the next Vintage Clothing and Craft Fair at our Glasgow hotel - the Argyll Hotel on
Sunday 25th October 2009
Free Admission
Our Glasgow Vintage Clothing and Craft Fair on the last sunday of every month.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Tom Jones Tour Glasgow
Tom Jones born in 1940 is a welsh singer from Pontypridd. Since 1965 he has sold over 100 million records He married in 1957 at the age of sixteen Tom Jones left school with no qualifications and had a variety of jobs including a builder's labourer and a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. Decca rekindled their Tom Jones recorded his first single, "Chills And Fever" in late 1964 and although this didn't chart, the follow-up, "It's Not Unusual," was an instant hit. He sang the theme song to the James Bond film Thunderball and was awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for 1965. Tom’s most successful single ever was "Green Green Grass of Home" 1965), and he has had a string of hit singles and albums including "What's New Pussycat?", "Help Yourself," "Delilah.", "Kiss" "Sex Bomb", “Daughter Of Darkness," "She's A Lady," "Till" and "A Boy From Nowhere"'.
If you are coming to see Tom Jones on tour at the SECC and require accommodation look no further than our hotels in Glasgow – the Argyll Hotel and the Argyll Guest House which are within a short walk of the venue.
Billy Connolly Tours Glasgow
If you are coming to see Scotland’s favourite stand-up comedian and need accommodation look no further than our hotels in Glasgow. Billy Connolly also known as the 'Big Yin' is a larger-than-life manic Glaswegian sometimes sporting a purple beard. Billy was born in Anderson and later lived in Partick. Both areas are close to the Argyll Hotels in Glasgow. His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards. He then pursued being a folk singer in a band and subsequently as a soloist folk singer with a comedic persona. In the early 1970s he became a fully-fledged comedian. He also became an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal and Mrs. Brown.Billy Connolly has an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow
If you are coming to see Billy Connolly on tour at the SECC, Clyde Auditorium and require accommodation look no further than our Glasgow Hotels which are within a short walk of the venue.
Thursday 24 September 2009
Good Food Show Glasgow
Tickets are on sale so book now!
Glasgow Gaelic Groups - Meetup
If you're interested in or curious about speaking or learning Gaelic, you're a native Gaelic speaker and would like to help others or you learnt Gaelic at School or University and want to keep it going why not join our existing 32 members in our Glasgow Gaelic meet-up group. A very friendly group of people all willing and wanting to help everyone learn
Our regular meetings are at the Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G3 7TQ (by Kelvingrove Park). We will be in the hotel’s Restaurant/Bar Sutherlands at 6.30pm.
The restaurant and bar is open at 5pm – so why not drop in for something to eat or drink after work!
Our next meeting is on Wednesday October 7th
For Further details contact Jamie Wallace
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Mobo Awards Glasgow 2009
Mobo Awards Glasgow 2009
Peter Andre, Singer and TV personality has been appointed as an official backstage reporter at the 2009 MOBO Awards. Peter Andre will be exclusively interviewing the performers, presenters, winners and nominees in attendance at this year’s MOBO Awards ceremony at the SECC, Glasgow. Peter said that he was honoured to be involved in this year’s event, having been personally asked to participate by the founder of the MOBO Awards, Kanya King, MBE.
If visiting Glasgow for the MOBO Awards and you require accommodation check out Hotels near the SECC.
Thursday 10 September 2009
Snooker Grand Prix : Snooker’s Finest Set For Grand Prix : Kelvinhall Glasgow
Join us in Glasgow for the Snooker Grand Prix and see Scottish snooker ace John Higgins defend his title.
One of the snookers biggest tournaments returns to Glasgow in October and will attract the best players from across the globe.
The world ranking event runs from October 3 to 11 at the Kelvin Hall which is within a 5 minute walk of the Argyll Glasgow Hotels
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Arctic Monkeys at SECC Glasgow
Arctic Monkey Fans !! Arctic Monkeys on Tour. They will play at the SECC Glasgow on Wednesday 24th November - Just announced ! Tickets go on sale at 9.00 am Friday 11th September. If you are going to the Arctic Monkeys concert at the SECC in Glasgow we can offer affordable accommodation within a short walk of the SECC
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Tuesday 25 August 2009
Glasgow Yoga Classes
Yoga classes in Glasgow are now available at the Argyll Glasgow Hotel.
The classes include various forms of yoga practice to give the participant maximum benefit of yoga exercises. For example light yoga exercises are to oil joints, keeping them flexible to prevent aches, pain, stiffness, and release tension and improve the flow of energy in the joints. Physical exercises are to improve flexibility, correct poor posture and keep the body in perfect shape and condition. A number of breathing exercises energise every cell in the body, calm and relax the mind, freeing you from low energy level, nervousness, breathing difficulties as well as improve general health and well being.
From 5.30 to 6.30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and 7 to 8 pm on Friday
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Glasgow Walking Tours
Glasgow Walking Tours - ARRIVE IN GLASGOW AS A TOURIST LEAVE AS A FRIEND !
Dear Dougie,"Thank you very much for the so hospitable city walking tour in Glasgow. It’s very true we arrived in Glasgow as Tourists and left as friends – have a great summertime...........................Theodora, George, Dimitris – Athens, Greece
We left the Argyll Hotel at 17.30 with quick introductions as we walk along Glasgow`s main Sauchiehall street .
Our first main stop was Charing cross where we learned about Glasgow City centre and what it was like to grow up in the city of Glasgow. This was a chance to get our bearings and ask a few questions about the city of Glasgow.
We continued walking up towards woodlands area passing the Trinty Tower, Old Headquaters of Scottish Football and to the Granite staircase. After a slow walk up the Staircase we stop to admire the view. We now headed along Park circus to enter Kelvingrove Park. This Sir Joseph Paxton designed park is a classic example of a Victorian Park. Its design and setting on the banks of the River Kelvin. As we continued walking through the park we learned about the famous monuments and heard about Glasgow`s party park .We stopped at the bandstand to find out about the famous singers and groups who played there.
Crossing the beautiful Kelvin walkway we walked under Glasgow University and learned about it`s famous students . From here we got great views of Glasgows famous Art Galleries . We stopped walking here to find out whats good about the Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum and also it`s history . We then went on towards the Transport museum and the Kelvin hall. We learned about what`s there and what famous events happened here.
Now on to the main reason Glasgow has turned into a world famous city. The river Clyde. An easy stroll along the riverbank towards the SSEC . Seeing the Science centre , BBC studio`s and the Glasgow tower. Here we heard about shipbuiding on the Clyde. The Walk now heads passed Big Bertha . The crane built for lifting trains on to ships. The final stop is the Squinty bridge where you can take great photographs of the river .
We then headed back to the Argyll Hotel and Sutherlands Restaurant for 19.30 for a well deserved drink and some great Scottish food .
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Largs to go sailing stay at the Argyll Hotel Glasgow
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Drive to test green power brings electric cars to Scots streets – Jenny Haworth, Scotsman (24 June)
Forty electric cars are to be tested on the streets of Scotland's largest city as part of the world's biggest trial of environmentally-friendly vehicles. The specially-designed electric cars will be seen on the roads of Glasgow by the end of the year. Glasgow firm Allied Vehicles, leading the project, has already converted the Peugeot Expert Teepee into an electric car, and is now working to transform the Peugeot Partner saloon so that it can also run off a battery. Drivers will then be chosen by Glasgow City Council to test 40 of the electric cars for 12 months, so that data can then be analysed by Strathclyde University. It is hoped the trial, which is mirrored by similar electric-car schemes in eight other locations across the UK, will help pave the way for mass take up of environmentally-friendly vehicles in the future. The cars will be recharged from a home power supply, or 40 specially designed plug-in points to be installed across Glasgow. The Glasgow project has received a £1.8 million share of £25m government funding and Allied managing director Paul Nelson said the decision to award the Glasgow project funding would make the city "a leading player for the quest for green transport". Councillor Philip Braat, Glasgow City Council's deputy executive member for business and the economy, said he hoped the project would help make Glasgow "Scotland's greenest" city, and "one of the most sustainable cities in Europe".
Wednesday 3 June 2009
and are a celebration of the very best of Scottish music, culture and dance. The event
on 15 August will see more than 8,000 pipers and drummers from across the globe
competing at Glasgow Green for the coveted title of World Champions 2009.
2009 Highlights:
• Bands from as far afield as Eastern Europe, Australia, USA, Pakistan and New
Zealand will compete to be World Pipe Band Champions 2009.
• Canada’s Simon Fraser University Pipe Band will return to defend their Grade 1
crown.
• Beat the Retreat – Get a flavour of the World Pipe Band Championships the day
before when ‘Beat the Retreat’ brings hundreds of pipers to the city centre in a
traditional parade from Blythswood Square to George Square.
• Spectators can enjoy Highland dancing displays by some of the very best
dancers from across the world.
• A popular highlight of the day is the fiercely contested Drum Major Competition
which will return again in 2009.
• The European Highland Games Heavy Events Championships will see athletes
compete in the ultimate display of strength to become the European champion.
Fast Facts:
• The World Pipe Band Championships have been associated with Glasgow since
1948.
• This year’s event is expected to attract 8,000 participants from 16 nations and
over 40,000 spectators from all over the world.
• Advance tickets start from only £7 and can be purchased online at
www.theworlds.co.uk or by calling +44 (0)141 564 4242.
• The event is jointly produced by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and
Culture and Sport Glasgow.
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Glasgow Jazz Festival
The annual Glasgow Jazz Festival which takes place this year between the 19th and 30th June. The main sponsors of this years Jazz Festival are Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Arts Council.
A lot of local Glasgow talent is featured this year and there are a number of big bands appearing. The focus of the Glasgow Jazz Festival is around the City Halls and Old Fruitmarket in the Merchant City while other venues include the 02, the Ramshorn and the Tron.This year Chick Corea headlines the 2009 Festival. Chick is one of the greatest pianists in jazz, and this is his only UK solo show this summer. He is appearing on 30 June at the O2 Glasgow Academy.Artists appearing at this years festival includes BBC Big Band with Art Themen, Carol Kidd, Clare Teal, Laurie Holloway, Todd Gordon Hosted by special guest, Sir Michael Parkinson George Penman, Glasgow Jazz Trio, James Taylor Quartet, Neil Sedaka, Ryan Quigley Big Band with Justin Currieand and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra presents: Rhapsody in Blue with Brian Kellock and A Tribue to the Music of Buddy Rich featuring Alyn Cosker.
Already a major part of Glasgow’s thriving entertainment scene, the Jazz Festival has seen significant growth each year - attracting jazz lovers from all over the world. Why not join us at the Argyll hotel in Glasgow which is within easy reach of many of the Festival Venues. The SECC is within a 15 minute walk where Neil Sedaka will appear on Friday 26th June.
Join us in Glasgow during this years Glasgow Jazz Festival and take a short city break.
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Painter swaps Glasgow for its twin river city in Russia
'Squiggly Bridge can be catalyst to transformation of waterfront’
£50m Titian painting to go on show in Glasgow
Homecoming Scotland 2009 – Celebrations, Festivals and Events in Scotland 2009 – Glasgow Business (May/June)
Scotland Avant-Garde - New York Times T4 section, (16 May)
It’s park and slide – The Evening Times (May 18)
Ewan set for Glasgow film – The Evening Times (May 18)
Galleries’ 2,200 works in storage – so send some west, urges MSP
– David Maddox, The Scotsman (19 May)More of the National Galleries of Scotland’s paintings should go on show in the west, a Glasgow MSP has demanded after it emerged 2,227 of them are in storage. Glasgow Nationalist MSP Bill Kidd has put down a motion demanding a rethink on Scotland’s art collection after discovering only nine pictures are on display in the west. Mr Kidd has argued that more of the NSG collection should be displayed in Glasgow in an effort to help promote the Commonwealth Games and the link between Scotland’s two biggest cities. He has suggested the McLellan Galleries in Sauchiehall Street could be used as a venue. The NGS director-general John Leighton insisted that they are committed to sharing the national collection.
Brits’ six-medal gymnastic haul – The Evening Times (18 May)
BAA in airport appeal – Victoria Thomson, The Scotsman, (19 May)
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Scottish first for Strathclyde in law competition – University of Strathclyde Press Release (3 April)
The University of Strathclyde has become the first university in Scotland to win a prestigious award for widening access to legal services. Strathclyde Law School won the Best Contribution by a Law School award in the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards. The University won its award for the work of its Law Clinic, which offers free legal advice and representation to members of the public who do not qualify for Legal Aid but still cannot afford professional fees. The Law Clinic is the only service of its kind in Scotland and Strathclyde is the first Scottish university to win in the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards. Law schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were invited to enter the awards for the first time this year.
Homecoming Tea launched at Willow Tea Rooms
Glasgow Comedy Festival reports record sales – Sunday Herald (5 March)
£90m Clydeside Jobs Boost – Iain Lundy, Evening Times, (20 April)
Glasgow’s financial district is in line to create another 2500 jobs. Plans have been lodged for a £90million office, conference and health club development at Atlantic Quay, in the city’s ‘Wall Street’. A six-storey, 150-bedroom hotel will also be built on the site between James Watt Street and York Street. The plan, lodged with Glasgow City Council by the Capella Group, is a key part of the regeneration of the former Broomielaw area – now known as the International Financial Services District.
Glasgow Award
Glasgow to host next Mobo awards
Glasgow to host next Mobo awards
Scotland will host this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards for the first time.
Singer Lemar and X Factor stars JLS made the announcement at Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre where the event will take place.
Lemar, who shot to stardom after appearing in the BBC talent show Fame Academy, said this year's ceremony would be an "outstanding event".
The last 13 shows have always taken place in London.
"Bringing the Mobo Awards here to Glasgow, a city with such a strong and vibrant music scene, is the perfect fit," said Lemar.
"I love touring in the UK and the welcome I receive when I come to Scotland is incredible."
Lemar has performed twice at the Mobo Awards
Lemar has previously performed at the event twice and said both times have been a "highlight" in his career.
JLS are currently supporting Lemar on his UK tour.
Marvin Humes of the band said: "Supporting urban music talent is vital to the industry and the Mobo Awards does an outstanding job of nurturing new talent and recognising the icons of music which inspire artists today."
Founder of the awards, Kanya King said: "Throughout Mobo's history we have prided ourselves on finding innovative ways to bring Mobo music and stellar artist performances to our audience.
"This year we are making another unprecedented move by bringing the awards to Scotland."
Stay at the Argyll Hotel Glasgow 0141 337 3313
Friday 17 April 2009
Thursday 16 April 2009
High on Glasgow – Shelia Hamilton, Evening Times (10 April)
Airline offers new Egypt route from city airport – Deborah Anderson, Evening Times (13 April)
20,000 tickets sold for Dr Who exhibition
Warehouse is work of art – Maureen Ellis, Evening Times, (13 April)
Glasgow Media Luncheon Highlights New Era for City
But just as New York in 2009 is nothing like New York in 1979 or even 1989, Glasgow has reinvented itself to become a beacon of culture and art in Scotland. About 30,000 people in a city of 1.2 million (including the suburbs) are employed in the tourism industry. Museums and luxury hotels are opening throughout the city (at least 2,500 new hotel rooms are expected to debut within the next five years; 160 of these will be in the Jumeriah Glasgow and 85 in the Blythswood Hotel) and a new National Arena will open in 2012 or 2013, just in time for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Arts and culture festivals take place throughout the year, and 2009 has become a yearlong celebration called “Homecoming Scotland,” honoring the 250th birthday of Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns. As hosts Scott Taylor, chief executive of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, and Nancy McLardie, head of PR for the same company, explained, Glasgow is growing its own culture rather than “poaching” from other destinations in the UK. The effort has paid off: Last August, the city was named the UNESCO City of Music, and Taylor and McLardie estimate that 127 music events happen in Glasgow every week.
Friday 27 March 2009
Intermezzo - Kelvingrove Private Tour - Slideshow
Follow the attached link and see a slideshow with music of the private tour I arranged at Kelvingrove - you may even spot yourself!
Am organising another "taster" tour at Kelvingrove in April so if you know anyone who organises events and would like to come along, just pass me their details.
Enjoy!
For Tours contact Argyll Hotel Glasgow 0141 337 3313 or email info@argyllhotelglasgow.co.uk
Thursday 19 March 2009
Ten great reasons to visit Glasgow stay at the argyll hotel Glasgow
Glasgow’s legendary wit showcased on comedy YouTube channel
Kicking off with footage from the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, running from the 12 - 29 March, the dedicated channel will broadcast shows from major comedy names as well as homegrown talent. The channel will be updated regularly with interviews and comedy clips throughout the course of the festival and beyond, allowing people to sample Glasgow’s comedy highlights throughout the year from the comfort of their armchair.
A YouTube spokesperson said: "YouTube is a great platform for users to find the latest comedy clips from established and new acts. Launching a channel on the site will ensure that the Glasgow Comedy Festival becomes one of the first festivals to go truly global, allowing viewers to watch the upcoming performances wherever they are in the world."
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
Sir Sean Connery backs Homecoming Scotland golf promotion
Super-college to go ahead despite Stow withdrawal
Plans for a multi-million pound super-college serving Scotland's largest city will go ahead despite a decision by one of the key partners to drop out.
The Scottish Funding Council said the £300m project in Glasgow's city centre would proceed with the three remaining colleges after the sudden withdrawal of Stow College.
Officials at Stow said the decision to withdraw from New Campus Glasgow, revealed in The Herald yesterday, came after attempts by the funding council to accelerate a merger of four city centre colleges, rather than pursue the original plan for a co-location, where each college kept its own identity.
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Yesterday, John McClelland, chairman of the funding council, wrote to the three remaining colleges of Central, Metropolitan and Nautical - assuring them of the project's future.
"Given that the boards of the three remaining colleges have agreed to the vision of a single college fit for the 21st century in the centre of Glasgow, we believe that we have the prospect of making rapid progress towards this vision," he said. "We remain enthusiastically committed to working with the three colleges to create the modern, innovative, new city campuses on Cathedral Street and Thistle Street that Glasgow needs.
On Thursday, Bob McGrory, the principal of Stow College, warned that any attempt to speed up the process by the funding council, which is bankrolling the capital cost of the project, could lead to job cuts.
"Gradual co-location would have allowed a transition without immediate job cuts, but it is obvious to anyone that there will be an impact on support-staff jobs and teaching jobs if merger happens more quickly," Mr McGrory said.
He went on to question the affordability of the project in a recession and said the size of the proposed campus was not in the best interests of students, staff or the community.
In May last year, the four colleges of Central, Stow, Metropolitan and Nautical Studies set up a company to deliver New Campus Glasgow, the biggest further education building project in Europe. It was originally proposed that the four colleges were to co-locate to a state-of-the-art campus in Cathedral Street and Thistle Street by 2012, with 50,000 students and 2000 staff.
The move was intended to prevent duplication of courses, save public money and provide modern facilities.
However, little progress has been made in moving towards the co-location and the funding council has been increasingly concerned about the logjam.
A briefing document prepared by the funding council for last month's meeting with Stow officials spoke of the need to provide "urgent signals of real progress if the £300m is to be secured".
For the funding council, co-location would fail to deliver "pace, coherence of vision and external credibility", while an early four-way merger would provide a "clear signal of intent to the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council".
Record ticket sales for book festival
More than 10,000 tickets have been bought for the festival, which began last night and runs to March 14, based around the Mitchell Library in the city.
The programme of the festival, in its fourth year, is full of well known literary names including Booker Prize-winner Graham Swift and the broadcaster Joan Bakewell, who will launch her first novel, the wartime romance All the Nice Girls, at the age of 75.
Last night Alan Bennett, the much-loved author and playwright, kicked off the festival with a sold-out event at the library. The writer read from his popular diaries and then answered questions from the capacity audience.
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When he was asked whether he had ever considered blogging instead of writing his diary, he answered: "I am not even sure what blogs are.
"I don't even have a computer so I read about them, but don't know how people have the time to do it.
"I have always written in pen and ink and then onto the typewriter, so my grasp of technology is very small.
"We were thinking about getting a computer but I didn't want e-mails and all that. People write to me by hand and that's good, because it does filter people out." Bennett spoke about his favourite performance of one of his Talking Heads monologues, Penelope Wilton's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and also revealed he had never met the Queen, who he has written about successfully in his latest book, The Uncommon Reader.
He also had a few words to say about education.
Bennett attended a state school in his youth, Leeds Modern, and he said: "I am one of the few people left in England who don't believe in private education.
"I went to a state school and I think we should have evolved a system where the upper reaches of private schooling were merged within the upper reaches of state schools. You mention it and people are embarrassed, because it's old-fashioned socialism."
Authors such as Robert Fisk and AL Kennedy will also be present at the festival, which will feature more than 200 authors, writers and thinkers, including Gavin Esler, Julian Baggini and Lorraine Kelly. Ten new short stories by leading writers, including Val McDermid and Jackie Kay, have also been commissioned to celebrate Homecoming on the theme of whisky.
The festival will also celebrate the newest "city read", or mass reading project, with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. Ticket sales have been brisk and are ahead of what they were this time last year, a spokesman for the festival, for which The Herald is media partner, said. Last year the festival sold more than 25,000 tickets. "The figures so far are the best ever, with more than 10,000 sold already," he said.
"It is an improvement on last year and if you put it in context with what else is happening in Glasgow, a good year for Celtic Connections in particular, it is great news for the city.
"So far it is very encouraging, as these are sales before the festival has even started. Many events are already sold out." The festival also includes the Aye Write! Bank of Scotland prize for Scottish Fiction, which returns for the second year.
The Mail on Sunday – John Michie (8 March)
The pleasure of made-to measure
The pleasure of made-to measure
Hot spots go solo in fight for tourists
Saturday 7 March 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009
Scottish Wedding Show at the SECC Glasgow 21st-22nd February 2009
Following the Scottish Wedding Show held at at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 7th and 8th February 2009and the superb wedding services and suppliers who showcased at The Best Scottish Weddings Exhibition which took place on Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2009 at Braehead Arena the Scottish Wedding Show, Scotland's best event forbrides-to-be, will take place at the SECC, Glasgow on 21st-22nd February 2009.
This ultimate showcase for prospective brides & grooms and their wedding party will bring together over 300 of Scotland's leading wedding suppliers under one roof and will showcase everything needed to make the big day just perfect.
Feast your eyes on the largest bridal collection in Scotland and wonderful outfits to entice the Groom, Mother of the Birde and Bridesmaids. Performance Times are at 10.30am, 12noon, 1.45pm, 3.15pm and 4.45pm each day and articipating companies include Angelique Lamont, Etiquette, Joyce Young for By Storm, Kinnies Bridal, Lindsay Fleming, Little Deva, Opus Couture, Reeta Fashions, Sarah Morgan Bridal, Signature Brides & Bridesmaids, Suelise Bridal, Catherine's of Partick, Fascinations of Larkhall, Rage of Hyndland, Geoffrey (Tailor) Highland Crafts Ltd, Hector Russell, Kilts 4U, McCalls Ltd, MacKenzie Menswear, Moss Bros, Slater MenswearPyrotechnics on the catwalk will be provided by 21st Century Celebrations Fireworks.
Upgraded tickets shall be be treated to the VIP catwalk experience with a pre-show glass of bubbly & canapés, then enjoy the best view of the fashion show in one of our priority seats.
At the show you will also discover perfect Bridal Beauty for brides and bridesmaids with free make-uppers by Benefit CosmeticsEvery girl wants to look like a princess on her special day. It's all about a beautiful, fresh, rosy complexion. Benefit creates products that are irresistible, fun and uniquely problem solving.
Sample and savour some of the world's finest wine and champagne with expert tutoring and advice with Free Wine Tasting with TescoThere will be four tastings each day as well as samplings throughout the day and they are open to everyone - Within a short walk of the SECC you will find the Argyll Hotel and Sutherlands Scottish Restaurant at 973 Sauchiehall Streetjust by Kelvingrove Park - a great location for your wedding photographs!The Argyll hotel is close to Park Circus Marriage Suites and makes an ideal venue for smaller weddings - catering from 20 to 55 covers.The hotel also has a Four Poster Bedroom ideal for your honeymoon night an is within a 20 minute taxi ride of Glasgow Airport.If attending the Sccttish Wedding Show why not call into the hotel where the helpfull staff will be only too happy to show you their facilities at first hand.
Being held one week after Saint Valentines Day make sure you don't miss one of Scotland's largerst wedding events taking place this month!
For further information
http://www.thescottishweddingshow.com/
Launch of Glasgow's tourisim action plan to 2016
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and its partners in the development of Glasgow's Tourism Action Plan to 2016 - Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland - have much pleasure in inviting you to a reception at The Arches at 253 Argyle Street from 6pm – 8.30pm on Monday, 9th March, to hear how the city aims to grow tourism by 60% over the next eight years. March 9th also marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the city’s brand Glasgow: Scotland with style and there will be a chance to see and hear about highlight achievements of the brand since March 2004.
The Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Steven Purcell, will open formal proceedings at approximately 6.45pm, followed by Scott Taylor, Chief Executive of GCMB. Demand for the event is expected to be high, so places are limited to the named recipient of this invite or their representative.
Place: The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow (under 'the Heileman's Umbrella')
Date: Monday 9th March 2009
Time: 6pm - 8.30pm
Saturday 21 February 2009
Jimmy Carr: Joke Technician Glasgow 18/29 March
This show is exactly the same as last year’s except every single word. It’s rude, crude and offensive but those aren’t the only reasons you’ll enjoy it.
Always one of the hottest tickets at the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival and not to be missed, unless it’s not your kind of thing.
The Scottish Baby Show 24/26 april Glasgow
There will be a crĂšche, feeding and changing areas, information area & kids fun zone and lots of entertainment for the whole family.
As well as seeing the latest products for parents and babies, you can also make huge savings & obtain expert parenting advice.
Lionel Richie Wed 08 Apr 09 in Glasgow
Global superstar Lionel Richie has announced a string of European tour dates for Spring 2009, including his first UK shows since his sold out 2007 “Coming Home” Tour.
The 35 date tour begins in Dublin next March, and ends in Belgium in May.
The tour will follow the release of Lionel Richie’s ninth studio album ‘Just Go’ which will be released early 2009.
Richie’s success story over nearly 30 years is the stuff of legend and one few artists can match: he's sold over 100 million albums; he's won countless awards including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a staggering five Grammy Awards and the Crystal Award for Humanitarianism; he's written some of the best known and loved songs in pop history and continues to sell-out stadium and arena shows all over the world.
Lionel's 2009 Tour will give fans a chance to experience first hand his extraordinary new album and also his incredible back catalogue – from the classics of his solo career such as “Hello”, “Dancing on The Ceiling,” and “Endless Love” to the mega-hits of his Commodore days, like “Easy,” “Brickhouse” and “Three Times a Lady”.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in Glasgow
Produced by Peter Frosdick and Martin Dodd for UK Productions, Beauty and the Beast has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and book by Linda Woolverton. It is directed and choreographed by Alison Pollard with Musical Supervision by Gareth Williams.
Set design is by Charles Camm, with costumes by Elizabeth Dennis, lighting design by David Howe and sound design by Ross Portway and Jon Higson.
Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular in Glasgow
After years of planning, the award-winning BBC TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs comes to life in a stunning theatrical event. Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, including the terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-rex! Be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth return before your eyes. It’s a dazzling 10 million pound arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality set to captivate young and old alike. Marvel at the story of their 200 million year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned! So make sure you have your seat to see the return of the dinosaurs!
Quidam - Cirque Du Soleil Glasgow
Directed by the unique and inspirational Franco Dragone, Quidam has toured the world for the past 13 years to wide-spread acclaim and has enjoyed sell-out success across the world in Europe, the US, Australia, Japan, Canada and New Zealand performing to over 8 million fans. America’s TIME Magazine says “Beyond Circus, beyond theatre…makes the incredible visible” whilst Australia’s The Age is equal in its praise stating “We are surely seeing the world's best performers”.
The show follows the sell-out success of Delirium which toured the UK last year. In contrast to Delirium which was a multimedia musical production, Quidam is classic Cirque du Soleil at its very best – usually presented under the big top setting and now for the first time ever in arenas. With more than 50 performers from 14 countries, Quidam is fĂȘted for bringing the impossible to life. The show is a thrilling combination of gravity defying acrobats, awe-inspiring aerial acts, contortionists, rope-jumpers, a balancing duo and of course the acclaimed crazy clowns. Technical expertise and extravagant design are woven together by a dramatic emotional thread where hope and beauty come to life.
In Quidam, the ensemble weaves a narrative of a young girl's adventures in an alternate universe into their surreal, death-defying performance. The show has a unique relevance for a big city audience with one of the key themes exploring the loneliness and isolation of the individual in a world where people are busy, rushing by, caught up in their own personal dramas.
Quick Quidam Facts
Quidam, pronounced "key-dam," is a Latin word for an anonymous passerby, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past, living lost amidst the crowd.
Quidam follows a young girl in a world of nameless faces, lost in an anonymous society. Frustrated with her little world she embarks on a journey and meets mysterious characters who seduce her with the marvellous, the unsettling and the terrifying.
Quidam showcases approximately 250 costumes, 500 costume accessories and 200 shoes. The average age of the cast is 28: the oldest artist is 52, and the youngest is 12.
Carmen at Clyde Auditorium near Argyll Hotel Glasgow
This magnificent traditional production will be performed by international soloists alongside the full Chisinau National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.
Carmen as you have never seen it before is staged in a bullring for a new spectacular twist to Bizets famous and seductive opera.
The Clyde Auditorium will be transformed into a Spanish spectacular reminiscent of the real bullrings in Spain. Bull fighters and a brass band will be parading through the venue into the Seville bullring to start this must see performance.
Stay at The Argyll Hotel Glasgow 0141 3373313
Never Forget - The Hit Musical with the songs of Take That
"This modern musical is up there with the classics" - Daily Mirror
High School Musical 24/ 28 Feburary Glasgow
Watch the twists and turns of the lovable schoolmates – Troy, super-popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella, super-smart transfer student and a genius in science class – as they surf the tricky tides of peer pressure and canteen cliques to follow their dreams and score the leads in the big school show, and a place in each others hearts.
Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ON STAGE follows the much-loved story of the movie, featuring all your favourite characters and songs, together with two brand new numbers performed by the country’s hottest dancers and an electrifying live band. So “get'cha head in the game!” And go totally wild for Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
Scottish Wedding Show at the SECC Glasgow 21st-22nd February 2009
http://www.thescottishweddingshow.com http://www.argyllhotelglasgow.co.uk/celebration.htm