Browse the 2025 National Finalists below.
Winners will be announced at The Scottish Thistle Awards National Final on 20th November 2025 at Hilton Glasgow.
Category | Finalists |
Best B&B or Guest House Experience | Ardtorna, Oban Clint Lodge, Melrose Derrybeg Bed & Breakfast, Pitlochry Lys-Na-Greyne, Aboyne |
Best Bar or Pub | Ardgour Ales, Fort William The Craftsman, Aberdeen Cross Keys Inn, Ettrickbridge The Grandtully Hotel, Grandtully The Piper Whisky Bar, Glasgow |
Best Business Event | Scottish Event Campus/92nd Interpol General Assembly, Glasgow The 36th International Papillomavirus Conference 2024, Edinburgh The IEC General Meeting, hosted by BSI, Edinburgh |
Best Community Tourism & Events Initiative | Aberdeen Restaurants Week, Aberdeen Sanday Community Craft Hub, Orkney Solsgirth Home Farm, Dollar South Ayrshire Council, The International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight, Ayr Stranraer Oyster Festival, Stranraer |
Best Eating Experience | Elements, Glasgow The Fish Shop, Ballater Killiecrankie House, Killiecrankie Ninth Wave Restaurant, Isle of Mull Wilson's Farm and Kitchen, Kelso |
Best Hotel Experience | Cameron House on Loch Lomond, Alexandria Kildrummy Inn, Alford The Murray Arms, Gatehouse of Fleet Murrayshall, Scone, Perth The Torridon, Annat |
Best Luxury Experience | Johnstons of Elgin, Elgin Knockinaam Lodge, Stranraer The House of Bruar, Blair Atholl Trump Turnberry, Girvan |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Bellevue Farm Arran, Farm Tours and Experiences, Isle of Arran Islay Sea Adventures, Isle of Islay Mostly Ghostly, Thornhill Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar Tarland Trails, Aboyne |
Best Self-Catering or Unique Stay | Big Sky Lodges, Muir of Ord The Bonnie Barns at Lennox of Lomond, Alexandria The Bus Stop, Haddington Galloway Activity Centre TA Loch Ken Eco Bothies, Castle Douglas Logie Newton Lodges, Huntly |
Best Visitor Attraction | Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh Glen Gairoch Distillery, Oldmeldrum Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie The Tall Ship Glenlee, Glasgow Trimontium Museum, Melrose |
Climate Action Award | Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, Aberdeen Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh Maynes Coaches, Buckie Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Sustainability Initiative, Ayr Wigwam Holidays Wigtown, Newton Stewart |
Employer of the Year | Auchrannie Resort, Isle of Arran The Cairndale Hotel & Spa, Dumfries The Fife Arms, Ballater The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh The Torridon, Annat |
Inclusion Award | Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh DF Concerts & Events - TRNSMT Festival, Glasgow The Great Tapestry of Scotland, Galashiels |
Individual of the Year | Claire Bruce, Glen Tanar Estate Katrina Reynolds, Allanton Inn Paul Nixon, The Real Mary King's Close Roddy MacKay, Eilean Dorcha Festival Sheila Gilmore, VisitArran |
Innovation Award | Glasgow Life Museums Travel Trade and group experiences, Glasgow HMS Unicorn (The Unicorn Preservation Society), Dundee Trimontium Museum, Melrose WildLuing, Oban |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Inverness Celtic Connections, Glasgow Dumfries International Street Food Festival, Dumfries Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Spectra, Scotland's Festival of Light, Aberdeen |
Outstanding Sporting Event | The Gralloch, Gatehouse of Fleet Tour of Britain - Scottish Borders, St Boswells World Orienteering Championships 2024, Edinburgh |
Rising Star Award | Blaine Lyons, TwinPeakes FlyFishing Grace Robinson, Loch Ness Hub & Travel Hugh Mackay, Highland Experience Tours Laura Raeburn, Park Hotel (Crieff Hydro Group) Mae MacInnes, Mharsanta |
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