Browse the 2022/2023 Regional Finalists by region below.
NB: Please visit the Aberdeen City & Shire Tourism Awards and Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards for finalists in these regions.
Central, Fife and Tayside
| Category | Finalists |
Best Bar / Pub | Criterion Bar, St Andrews Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort, Cairn O' Mount Bar, Angus The Jigger Inn, St Andrews |
Best Cultural Event or Festival | The Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, St Andrews WILDHOOD Festival, Kinross |
Best Heritage Tourism Experience | The Library of Innerpeffray, Crieff Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre, SSE, Pitlochry Rough Castle Experiences, Falkirk |
Best Hotel Experience | Fonab Castle Hotel, Pitlochry Glen Clova Hotel and Luxury Lodges, Kirriemuir The Old Manse of Blair, Blair Atholl |
| Best Informal Eating Experience | Alibob Café @ Cairn O'Mohr, Errol The Real Food Café, Tyndrum |
Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience | Foxlake Dundee, Dundee Highland Safaris, Aberfeldy Land Rover Experience Scotland, Dunkeld |
Best Restaurant Experience | Fonab Castle Hotel, Pitlochry Monachyle Mhor Hotel, Lochearnhead Thyme at Errichel Restaurant, Aberfeldy |
Best Self Catering Accommodation | Crieff Hydro Hotel & Resort, Crieff Forbes of Kingennie, Angus Straloch Highland Retreats, Blairgowrie |
Best Visitor Attraction | Glengoyne Distillery, Dumgoyne The Helix, Home of the Kelpies, Falkirk The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, Dundee |
| Innovation in Tourism | Catchpenny Safari Lodges, East Neuk Perth City Tours, Alyth |
Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House | Craigmhor Lodge & Courtyard, Pitlochry Errichel House, Aberfeldy Northlands Bed & Breakfast, Pitlochry |
Regional Ambassador | Andrew Scott, Victus Consulting & Heaven Scent, Kinross Debbie MacCallum, Tourism St Andrews, St Andrews Niall Thompson, Fonab Castle Hotel, Pitlochry |
| Regional Rising Star | Craig MacDonald, Wee Heroes / Transcend Escape Rooms, Falkirk Meghan Haste, Venachar Lochside, Callander |
Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Jerry Beaulier, Tourism St Andrews Beach Wheelchair Chairman, St Andrews June Goodfellow, Taste Perthshire, Bankfoot Sheenagh McIntyre, The Glenturret Distillery, Crieff |
Winners will be announced at the Central, Fife & Tayside / Lothian & Borders Regional Final (joint awards) on [date] at [venue].
Lothian and Borders
| Categories | Finalists |
Best Bar / Pub | The Crown and Kitchen, East Linton The Mercat Grill, Musselburgh Rutherfords Micro Pub - the 1st in Scotland, Kelso |
Best Cultural Event or Festival | Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker, Edinburgh Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Festival - Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: Five Telegrams 2018, Edinburgh Lammermuir Festival 2019: Beautiful Music, Beautiful Places, Haddington |
Best Heritage Tourism Experience | Arniston House, Gorebridge Johnstons of Elgin, Hawick Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin |
| Best Hotel Experience | The Dunstane Houses, Edinburgh Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa, North Berwick |
Best Informal Eating Experience | 27 Elliott's, Edinburgh Johnstons of Elgin, Hawick The Lobster Shack, North Berwick |
Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience | Beirhope Alpacas, Kelso Discreet Scotland Tours, Edinburgh Wild Tree Adventures, Melrose |
Best Restaurant Experience | Kilted Lobster, Edinburgh l'escargot blanc, Edinburgh Provender, Melros |
Best Self Catering Accommodation | Crosswoodhill Farm Holiday Cottages near Edinburgh, by West Calder The Old Millhouse, Dalkeith Thirlestane Castle, Lauder |
Best Visitor Attraction | The Edinburgh Dungeon, Edinburgh National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh NB Distillery Ltd, North Berwick |
| Innovation in Tourism | Invisible Cities, Edinburgh Youth Travel Edinburgh - UncoverEdinburgh, Edinburgh |
| Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House | Kingsmuir House, Peebles |
| Regional Rising Star | Natalie McLachlan, The Four Sisters Boatel, Edinburgh Sam Smith, BaxterStorey, Edinburgh |
| Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Anne Daly, Mary’s Meanders, Linlithgow |
Working Together for Tourism | Ride Scottish Borders - A project from The Southern Uplands Partnership, Galashiels Visit Berwickshire Coast, Eyemouth Youth Travel Edinburgh - UncoverEdinburgh, Edinburgh |
Winners will be announced at the Central, Fife & Tayside / Lothian & Borders Regional Final (joint awards) on [date] at [venue].
West
| Category | Finalists |
Best Bar / Pub | Gleddoch Hotel; DRAM Whisky and Gin Bar, Lanbank The Pot Still, Glasgow The Steam Packet Inn, Isle of Whithorn |
Best Cultural Event or Festival | Glasgow Film Festival 2019, Glasgow Paisley Halloween Festival, Paisley Youth Beatz & The Toon, Dumfries & Galloway |
Best Heritage Tourism Experience | Lead Mining Museum, Wanlockhead Mostly Ghostly Tours, Dumfries & Galloway Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway |
Best Hotel Experience | Auchrannie Resort, Isle of Arran Ernespie House Hotel, Castle Douglas Trump Turnberry, A Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry |
Best Informal Eating Experience | Carsphairn Tearooms & Bistro, Castle Douglas Five March, Glasgow Tantrum Doughnuts, Glasgow |
Best Outdoor / Adventure Experience | Galloway Activity Centre, Castle Douglas Galloway Cycling Holidays, Castle Douglas Primal Adventures, Largs |
Best Restaurant Experience | Blackaddie House Hotel, Restaurant with Rooms, Sanquhar Mharsanta, Glasgow Ox and Finch, Glasgow |
Best Self Catering Accommodation | Native Glasgow, Glasgow Ross Bay Retreat, Kirkcudbright Trump Turnberry, A Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry |
Best Visitor Attraction | Heads of Ayr Farm Park, Ayr Logan Botanic Garden, Near Stranraer The Tennent's Story, Glasgow |
| Innovation in Tourism | Idiom, Dumfries & Galloway Scottish Submarine Centre, Immersive Museum, Helensburgh |
Most Hospitable B&B / Guest House | Ashfield House Boutique B&B, Arrochar Brookford B&B, Castle Douglas The Knowe B&B, Carsphairn |
Regional Ambassador | Catriona Stevenson, Slainte Scotland, Inverclyde Justin Galea, Trump Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry Linda Johnston, Auchrannie Resort, Isle of Arran |
Regional Rising Star | Jack Power, Trump Turnberry, Turnberry Joseph Sellors, Historic Environment Scotland, Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton |
| Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Ralph Porciani, Trump Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort, Turnberry |
Working Together for Tourism | Argyll & The Isles Tourism Cooperative: Heart & Soul of Scotland Campaign 2018/19, Argyll and the Isles Glasgow Music City Tours, Clydebank Visit South West Scotland, Sanquhar |
Winners will be announced at the West Regional Final on [date] at [venue].
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