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Tourism chief wants industry ‘partnership of equals’ between public and private sectors

Dr Mike Cantlay, the new chairman of VisitScotland has signalled a major shift in public sector support for industry-led “destination management organisations” (DMOs), calling their growth “exciting”, and asserting that “industry taking ownership into its own hands is exactly the way to go”.

Dr Cantlay was responding to an “open letter” addressed to him in the Sunday Herald earlier this month by industry expert David MacIntyre urging a “partnership of equals” between the public and private sectors.