2025
NATIONAL FINALISTS

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	Derrybeg Bed & Breakfast, Pitlochry
Best Bar or Pub	The Grandtully Hotel, Grandtully
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	Solsgirth Home Farm, Dollar
Best Eating Experience	Killiecrankie House, Killiecrankie
Best Hotel Experience	Murrayshall, Scone, Perth
Best Luxury Experience	Johnstons of Elgin, Elgin Knockinaam Lodge, Stranraer The House of Bruar, Blair Atholl Trump Turnberry, Girvan
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience	Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar
Best Self-Catering or Unique Stay	The Bus Stop, Haddington
Best Visitor Attraction	Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh
Climate Action Award	Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh
Employer of the Year	The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh
Inclusion Award	Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh
Individual of the Year	Paul Nixon, The Real Mary King's Close
Innovation Award	HMS Unicorn (The Unicorn Preservation Society), Dundee
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival	Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh
Outstanding Sporting Event	The Gralloch, Gatehouse of Fleet Tour of Britain - Scottish Borders, St Boswells World Orienteering Championships 2024, Edinburgh
Rising Star Award	Hugh Mackay, Highland Experience Tours