2022 / 2023
NATIONAL FINALISTS

Browse the 2022/2023 National Finalists below.

Winners will be announced at The Scottish Thistle Awards National Final on [date] at [venue].

CategoriesFinalists


Best Bar / Pub
Criterion Bar, St Andrews
The Pot Still, Glasgow
The Tippling House, Aberdeen
Rutherfords Micropub - the 1st in Scotland, Kelso
Sligachan Hotel & Seumas’ Bar, Isle of Skye

Best Business Event
All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2019, Glasgow
DataFest, Scotland
The Ethical Farming Conference, Gatehouse of Fleet
TEDSummit 2019, Edinburgh


Best Cultural Event or Festival
Cowal Highland Gathering, Dunoon
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, Edinburgh
Paisley Halloween Festival, Paisley
The Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy
WILDHOOD Festival, Kinross


Best Heritage Tourism Experience
Grampian Escapes and Tours Ltd, Auchenblae
Johnstons of Elgin Heritage Centre, Elgin
The Library of Innerpeffray, Crieff
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin


Best Hotel Experience
Auchrannie Resort, Isle of Arran
The Dunstane Houses, Edinburgh
The Fife Arms, Braemar
Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness
The Old Manse of Blair, Blair Atholl


Best Informal Eating Experience
27 Elliott's, Edinburgh
Café One One Two, Nairn
The Davron Hotel, Fraserburgh
The Real Food Café, Tyndrum
Tantrum Doughnuts, Glasgow

Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience
Gairloch Canoe and Kayak Centre, Gairloch
Galloway Cycling Holidays, Castle Douglas
Land Rover Experience Scotland, Dunkeld
Wild Tree Adventures, Selkirk


Best Restaurant Experience
Blackaddie House Hotel, Restaurant with Rooms, Sanquhar
Etive Restaurant, Oban
l'escargot blanc, Edinburgh
Monachyle Mhor Hotel, Balquhidder
Signature Food Festival at The Chester Hotel, Aberdeen


Best Self Catering Accommodation
Crosswoodhill Farm Holiday Cottages near Edinburgh
Eagle Brae, Strathglass
Ross Bay Retreat, Kirkcudbright
Seafront Cottages, Fraserburgh
Straloch Highland Retreats, Blairgowrie

Best Sporting Event
Aberdeen Standard Investments Melrose Sevens 2019, Melrose
Aberlour Strathspey Highland Games, Aberlour
Salomon Skyline Scotland™ 2018, Kinlochleven


Best Visitor Attraction
Delgatie Castle Trust, Turriff
The Edinburgh Dungeon, Edinburgh
Heads of Ayr Farm Park, Ayr
Isle of Raasay Distillery, Inner Hebrides
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, Dundee


Inclusive Tourism
Altogether Travel, Glasgow
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, Edinburgh
Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow
Homelands Trust-Fife, Lundin Links
The Rings, Fife “Enabling Holidays for All” , Cupar


Innovation in Tourism
Catchpenny Safari Lodges, East Neuk
The Gordon Highlanders Museum WW1 Replica Trench, Aberdeen
Invisible Cities, Edinburgh
The Majestic Line, Oban
Scottish Submarine Centre, Immersive Museum, Helensburgh


Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House
Ashfield House Boutique B&B, Arrochar
Glenegedale House, Isle of Islay
Kingsmuir House, Peebles
Lys-Na-Greyne, Aboyne
Northlands Bed & Breakfast, Pitlochry

Tourism & Hospitality Hero
Anne Daly, Mary’s Meanders, Linlithgow
James Ryan, Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness
Jerry Beaulier, Tourism St Andrews Beach Wheelchair Project, St Andrews
Ralph Porciani, Trump Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry


Working Together for Tourism
Aberdeen International Airport and its Northern Lights Lounge food and drink suppliers, Aberdeen
Destination Orkney, Kirkwall
Ride Scottish Borders - A project from The Southern Uplands Partnership, Galashiels
Visit South West Scotland, Sanquhar



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