2017 / 2018 WINNERS

National Winners

Best Accommodation Provider
Portavadie Loch Fyne

Best Business Event
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Best Heritage Tourism Experience
Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie

Best Bar / Pub
Teuchters Landing, Edinburgh

Best Cultural Event or Festival
Hebridean Celtic Festival, Stornoway

Best Informal Eating Experience
Venachar Lochside, Callander

Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience
Foxlake Adventures, Dunbar

Best Sporting Event
Fort William UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Innovation in Tourism
Loch Earn Tourism Information BLiSS Trail 2017, Stirling

Best Restaurant Experience
Number 16 Restaurant, Glasgow

Best Visitor Attraction
Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery, Aberfeldy

Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House
Kingsmuir House, Peebles

Most Hospitable Hotel
Moor of Rannoch, Rannoch Moor

Working Together for Tourism
VisitArran

Tourism & Hospitality Hero
Peter Wilson, Cruise Forth

The Silver Thistle Award was presented to Willie Macleod.  

Special Commendations were awarded to The Black Watch Castle and Museum (Best Heritage Tourism Experience) and Crail Food Festival (Working Together for Tourism).

Regional Winners

Central Fife & Tayside, Lothian & Borders and West Regions

Best Accommodation Provider
Airhouses, Lauder
Forest Way on White Loch, Colvend
Lochend Chalets, Stirling

Best Cultural Event or Festival
Glasgow Film Festival
Hidden Door, Edinburgh
Mhor Festival 2017, Balquidder


Best Informal Eating Experience
Seasons, Melrose
Venachar Lochside, Callander
Basecamp Cafe at Laggan, Gatehouse of Fleet

Best Bar / Pub
The Boudingait, Cupar
The Hielan Jessie Bar, Glasgow
Teuchters Landing, Edinburgh

Best Heritage Tourism Experience
The Black Watch Castle and Museum, Perth
The Friends of Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust (SCIO), Glasgow
National Trust for Scotland - Robert Smail’s Printing Works, Innerleithen

Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience
Foxlake Adventures, Dunbar
Galloway Activity Centre, Castle Douglas
Nae Limits, Pitlochry

Best Restaurant Experience
Firebrick Brasserie, Lauder
Number 16 Restaurant, Glasgow
The Wee Restaurant, North Queensferry

Best Visitor Attraction
Heads of Ayr Farm Park, Alloway
Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery
Summerhall Distillery - Pickering’s Gin, Edinburgh

Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House
Ballintaggart Farm, Grandtully
Hillcrest House Guest House, Wigtown
Kingsmuir House, Peebles

Best Sporting Event
The 145TH Open, Royal Troon
Blair Castle International Horse Trials & Country Fair 2016, Pitlochry
Edinburgh Marathon Festival

Innovation in Tourism
Loch Earn Tourism Information BLiSS Trail 2017, Stirling
Scottish Beer Tours, Edinburgh
Solway Tours, Dumfries

Most Hospitable Hotel
Moor of Rannoch, Rannoch Moor
Trigony House Hotel, Closeburn
Windlestraw, Walkerburn

Regional Ambassador
Fred Berkmiller, l’escargot blanc and l’escargot bleu
Ian McAndrew, Blackaddie Restaurant with Rooms
Peter Wilson, Cruise Forth

Tourism & Hospitality Hero
Douglas Johnston, Radical Travel Group Ltd. (HAGGiS Adventures and Highland Explorer Tours)
John Stevenson, Experience Scotland's Wild
Peter Wilson, Cruise Forth

Regional Rising Star
Juliane Grasekamp, SnuggleMuffin
Katya Adam, Gloagburn Farm Shop
Peter Gilchrist, Peter Co & Associates Limited


Working Together for Tourism
Crail Food Festival
Stars & Stories by Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust
VisitArran


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