2018 / 2019 WINNERS

National Winners

Best Bar / Pub
MacGregor's Bar, Inverness


Best Cultural Event or Festival
Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow

Best Heritage Tourism Experience
The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh

Best Business Event
European Orthodontic Society Congress 2018 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Best Eating Experience
Eat on the Green, Ellon

Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience
Sweeney's Cruise Co., Loch Lomond

Best Self Catering Accommodation Experience
Leny Estate, Callander

Best Visitor Attraction
Cruise Loch Ness, Inverness

Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House
Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar

Best Sporting Event
European Tour - Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, Gullane

Innovation in Tourism
Wigtown Festival Company

Most Hospitable Hotel
Meldrum House Country Hotel and Golf Course, Oldmeldrum

Tourism & Hospitality Hero
Kieran Rose, Borthwick Castle

Working Together for Tourism
Association of Scotland's Self Caterers - Paws for a Break, Perth

The Silver Thistle Award was presented to Willie Cameron.  

Special Commendations were awarded to Nuart Aberdeen (Best Cultural Event or Festival), The Real Mary King's Close (Best Visitor Attraction) and History of Edinburgh in 101 Objects (Working Together for Tourism).

International Contribution to Scottish Tourism Award was awarded to Diana Gabaldon.

Regional Winners

Central Fife & Tayside, Lothian & Borders and West Regions

Best Bar / Pub
The Boudingait, Cupar
The Clachan Inn, St Johns Town of Dalry
The Guildford Arms (D.M. Stewart Ltd), Edinburgh

Best Eating Experience
Cafe St Honoré, Edinburgh
Knockderry House, Cove
Thyme at Errichel Restaurant, Aberfeldy



Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience
MacBackpackers Tours, Edinburgh
Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar
Sweeney's Cruise Co, Loch Lomond

Best Cultural Event or Festival
Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow
The Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry
Sleep in the Park, Edinburgh

Best Heritage Tourism Experience
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries 
Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage, The Devil's Porridge Museum
The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh

Best Self Catering Accommodation Experience
East Cambusmoon Holiday Cottages, Cartocharn
Leny Estate, Callander
The Old Millhouse, Dalkeith

Best Visitor Attraction
Historic Environment Scotland:  Engine Shed, Stirling
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow
The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh

Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House
Carraig Mhòr Bed and Breakfast, Lamlash
Fauhope Country House, Melrose
Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar

Regional Ambassador
Emma Chalmers, Mary's Meanders
Romano Petrucci, Stranraer Development Trust
Wendy Barrie, Scottish Food Guide

Innovation in Tourism
Helicopter Glamping - Mains Farm Wigwams, Stirling
Invisible Cities, Edinburgh
Wigtown Festival Company

Most Hospitable Hotel
The Kirklands Hotel, Kinross
Trump Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry
Windlestraw Hotel, Walkerburn

Regional Rising Star
Craig MacDonald, Wee Heroes / Transcend Escape Rooms
Joe Posnett, Apex Hotel

Tourism & Hospitality Hero
Jules Matteoni, Glasgow Prestwick Airport
June Goodfellow, Taste Perthshire
Kieran Rose, Borthwick Castle

Working Together for Tourism
Association of Scotland's Self Caterers - Paws for a Break, Perth
History of Edinburgh in 101 Objects - Edinburgh World Heritage, Marketing Edinburgh, ETAG
Sail Scotland, Inverclyde

Special Commendations were awarded to Becca Buckner, The Scotch Whisky Experience for Regional Rising Star.


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