A group of hospitality leaders have completed a 185-mile cycle along the Hebridean Way to raise funds for HIT Scotland. The challenge, which took place from 29 April to 1 May, saw the team ride from Vatersay in the south to the Butt of Lewis in the north, crossing 10 islands, 6 causeways and taking in 2 ferry crossings.<\/p>\n
The team, led by ishga Co-founder Leon Trayling, faced a mix of rugged terrain, steep climbs and unpredictable Hebridean weather \u2013 but completed the route and raised over \u00a320,000 for the industry charity. A portion of the funds will also go to Bethesda Hospice on the Isle of Lewis.<\/p>\n
The riders included Leon Trayling, Co-Founder & Director, ishga, Mark Hogarth, Brand Ambassador, Harris Tweed Hebrides; Marcello Ventisei, GM, Kimpton Blythswood Square & Voco Grand Central, Glasgow; Hans Rissmann, Owner, Strathaven Hotel; Jackie Marlow, COO, UKHospitality; Louise Rattray, Group Sales Manager, Crerar Hotels Collection; Andrew Mackay, Owner, The Caithness Collection and Glenn Woodage, Premium Business Manager, Whyte & Mackay. Several others from the industry completed the route virtually.<\/p>\n
Leon Trayling said, \u201cWhen David Cochrane MBE asked me to take on the Chair\u2019s Challenge for HIT Scotland, I said yes straight away. We came up with the idea of cycling the length of the Outer Hebrides\u2014and I\u2019m proud of what we\u2019ve achieved as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Cochrane, Chief Executive of HIT Scotland, added, \u201cThis was a tough challenge and I\u2019m hugely proud of the team for taking it on. The money raised will help us support the next generation of talent in Scottish hospitality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The challenge was supported by a number of sponsors, including: ishga, Loganair, CalMac Ferries, Hebridean Seaweed, YourTex, bbspa_Group, Isle of Barra Distillers, Strathaven Hotel and Williamson Foodservice.<\/p>\n
HIT Scotland supports the development of individuals in the hospitality industry through its scholarship programme and training initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of hospitality leaders have completed a 185-mile cycle along the Hebridean Way to raise funds for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,40698,40699,40700,40701,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-84460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-hebridean-way","11":"tag-hit-scotland","12":"tag-ishga","13":"tag-leon-trayling","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114471937306198712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}