Browse the 2024 Regional Finalists by region below.
NB: Please visit the Aberdeen City & Shire Thistle Awards, Highlands & Islands Thistle Awards and South of Scotland Thistle Awards for finalists in these regions.
Central and East Thistle Awards
| Category | Finalists |
| Best B&B or Guest House Experience | Craighall Steading, Cupar Derrybeg Bed & Breakfast, Pitlochry Garrison of Inversnaid, Inversnaid |
Best Bar or Pub | The Barrelman, Dundee The Boar's Head Fife, Restaurant & Pub, Auchtermuchty The Physician, St Andrews |
Best Eating Experience | Amber Restaurant at Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh Ballintaggart, Pitlochry The Glasshouse, Cromlix, Dunblane Killiecrankie House, Killiecrankie |
Best Hotel Experience | Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa, Dundee Murrayshall Country Estate, Scone The Old Manse of Blair, Blair Atholl |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Forfar Tea with Naughty Sheep, Stirling Wild Scottish Sauna, St Andrews |
Best Self-Catering or Unique Stay | The Bus Stop, Haddington Lindores - Stay, Cupar Solsgirth Home Farm Ltd, Dollar |
Best Visitor Attraction | Glengoyne Distillery, Killearn The Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh The Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh |
| Celebrating Thriving Communities | The Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh |
Climate Action Award | Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh Lind & Lime Gin Distillery, Edinburgh Off Grid Travel, Kingsbarns |
Inclusive Tourism Award | Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh Homelands Trust - Fife, Lundin Links Radical Weavers Limited, Stirling |
Innovation in Tourism | Hickory Golf Workshop, Largoward The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Edinburgh Edinburgh's Hogmanay (Unique Assembly), Edinburgh Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh The Tartan Exhibition (V&A Dundee), Dundee |
Rising Star Award | Annika Schneider – Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre Carmen Cordero Garcia – Saltire Hospitality Katy Allen - Cromlix |
| Tourism & Hospitality Employer of the Year | Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh Highland Experience Tours, Edinburgh The Real Food Café, Tyndrum |
| Tourism Individual of the Year | Amanda Wrathall, EICC Sarah Heward, Real Food Café |
Winners will be announced at the Central and East Thistle Awards on 26th September 2024 at Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh.
West of Scotland Thistle Awards
| Category | Finalists |
| Best B&B or Guest House Experience | Dumfries House Lodges, Cumnock |
| Best Bar or Pub | The Brae, Dreghorn RED Sky Bar, Glasgow |
Best Hotel Experience | Auchrannie Resort, Brodick The Corrie Hotel Limited, Isle of Arran Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Blackstone Clydesdales, Cumnock Kilmacolm Farm Tours, Kilmacolm Walking Tours in Scotland, Glasgow |
Best Self-Catering or Unique Stay | Ayrshire Airstream, Galston Littlemill Holidays / The Boathouse, Isle of Arran Jack's Alt-Stays, Isle of Cumbrae |
Best Visitor Attraction | Blackstone Clydedales, Cumnock Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow Walking Tours in Scotland, Glasgow |
Celebrating Thriving Communities | Friends of Dundonald Castle SCIO, Dundonald SEA LIFE Loch Lomond, Alexandria World Athletics Indoor Championships, Glasgow |
| Climate Action Award | Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow |
| Innovation in Tourism Award | Little's Chauffeur Drive, Glasgow |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Celtic Connections, Glasgow Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Hoolie in the Hydro by An Aird Events, Glasgow Renfrewshire Council - Paisley Halloween Festival, Paisley |
Rising Star Award | Hailey Beaupre – Sassenach Historian Tours Hannah Cochrane – SEC Katie Murchie – VisitArran |
| Tourism & Hospitality Employer of the Year | SEA LIFE Loch Lomond, Alexandria |
| Tourism Individual of the Year | Fiona Campbell, ASSC |
Winners will be announced at the West of Scotland Thistle Awards on 19th September 2024 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.
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