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 B&B or Guest House Experience | Craigmhor Lodge & Courtyard, Perth & Kinross Croft Na Coille B&B and Self Catering Cottage, Perth & Kinross Newton Farm Holidays & Tours, Angus |
| Best Bar or Pub | Allanwater Brewhouse, Bridge of Allan The Townhouse Hotel, Arbroath |
Best Eatery Experience | The Dory, East Neuk The Ship Inn, Elie and Earlsferry WeeCOOK Kitchen, Angus |
Best Hotel Experience (over 20 rooms) | Garvock House Hotel, Fife Murraypark Hotel, Perth & Kinross Murrayshall Country Estate, Perth & Kinross |
| Best Hotel Experience (under 20 rooms) | Old Churches House Dunblane, Stirling The Kirklands Hotel, Perth & Kinross |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Beyond Adventure, Perth & Kinross Newton Farm, Angus Willowgate Activity Centre, Perth & Kinross |
Best Self-Catering Accommodation Experience | Lindores - Stay Ride Relax, Fife Morton of Pitmilly, Fife The Hideaway Experience Limited, Angus |
Best Visitor Attraction Experience | Dundee Science Centre, Dundee Glenturret, Perthshire The Helix; Home of the Kelpies, Falkirk |
| Food Tourism Award | Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Perthshire Thyme Deli and Bistro at Errichel, Perthshire |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Aproxima Arts, Glasgow Canal Encounters - Falkirk Council, Falkirk Scotland Re:Design, Dundee and Tayside |
Regional Ambassador | Alison Elliot, Angus Tourism Co-operative Steven Campbell, Discover Clackmannanshire Anne Kinnes, The Black Watch Castle and Museum |
| Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Gillian Anderson, The Glenturret June Goodfellow, Taste Perthshire |
Working Together for Tourism | Scottish Agritourism, Angus The Real Food Cafe, Tyndrum What Would Mary Do? - Hostelling Scotland, Stirling |
Winners will be announced at the Central, Fife & Tayside / Lothian & Borders Regional Final (joint awards) on 27th October 2022 at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh.
Lothian and Borders
| Categories | Finalists |
Best B&B or Guest House Experience | Bowden House B&B, Roburghshire Crescent House, Edinburgh The Ghillie Bed & Breakfast, Scottish Borders |
Best Bar or Pub | Teuchters Landing, Edinburgh The Central Bar, Peebles Three Mary's Edinburgh |
Best Eatery Experience | Cafe St Honore, Midlothian Mercat Grill, East Lothian Wedgewood The Restaurant, Midlothian |
Best Hotel Experience (over 20 rooms) | Hotel Indigo Edinburgh York Place, Edinburgh The Park Hotel, Scottish Borders Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian, Edinburgh |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | A Wee Pedal, Edinburgh Beirhope Alpacas, Scottish Borders Coast to Coast Surf School, East Lothian |
Best Self-Catering Accommodation Experience | Airhouses, Scottish Borders Old Millhouse Dalkeith, Midlothian The Five Turrets, Scottish Borders |
Best Visitor Attraction Experience | Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, Edinburgh Mary Meander's Scottish Tours, West Lothian The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh |
Food Tourism Award | Drift, East Lothian NB Distillery, East Lothian The Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Edinburgh STORM by Vision Mechanics, Lothian The Lammermuir Festival, East Lothian |
| Regional Ambassador | Emma Chalmers, Mary's Meanders Tours Dale MacPhee, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian |
Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Caroline Raeburn, Peebles Hydro Jim & Jean Harbison, Linwater Caravan Park Robert MacRae, The Real Mary King's Close |
Working Together for Tourism | A Toast to Gaia - Edinburgh Science, Edinburgh Meet the Makers - Scottish Textiles Showcase, Edinburgh The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh |
Winners will be announced at the Central, Fife & Tayside / Lothian & Borders Regional Final (joint awards) on 27th October 2022 at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh.
West
| Category | Finalists |
Best B&B or Guest House Experience | Carraig Mhor B&B, North Ayrshire NIthbank Country Estate, Dumfries & Galloway Queensberry House, Dumfries & Galloway |
| Best Bar or Pub | Ormidale Hotel, Isle of Arran Red Sky Bar, Radisson Red Hotel, Glasgow |
Best Eatery Experience | Mharsanta, Glasgow The Laird's Table, East Ayrshire The Ship Inn Gatehouse, Dumfries & Galloway |
Best Hotel Experience (over 20 rooms) | Auchrannie Resort, North Ayrshire Cameron House Hotel on Loch Lomond, Argyll and Bute Glenapp Castle, South Ayrshire |
| Best Hotel Experience (under 20 rooms) | The Selkirk Arms Hotel, Dumfries & Galloway The Ship Inn Gatehouse, Dumfries & Galloway |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Galloway Activity Centre, Dumfries & Galloway Galloway Cycling Holidays, Dumfries & Galloway Kitchen Coos and Ewes, Dumfries & Galloway |
Best Self-Catering Accommodation Experience | Barend Holiday Lodges, Dumfries & Galloway Loch Ken Eco Bothies, Dumfries & Galloway The Mull of Galloway Trust, Wigtownshire |
Best Visitor Attraction Experience | Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow Logan Botanic Gardens, Wigtownshire The Devil's Porridge Museum, Dumfries & Galloway |
| Food Tourism Award | Once Upon a Whisky, Glasgow |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | About Us (Paisley Abbey), Renfrewshire Celtic Connections, Glasgow TRNSMT (DF Concerts), Glasgow |
| Regional Ambassador | Fiona Campbell, Association of Scotland's Self Caterers Melanie Allen, Nithbank Country Estate |
| Tourism & Hospitality Hero | Lee Medd, Annandale Distillery Graham Chalmers, Radisson Red Glasgow |
Working Together for Tourism | Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere, Dumfries & Galloway Tasting History Ayrshire Tours, Ayrshire |
Winners will be announced at the West Regional Final on 10th November 2022 at Oran Mor, Glasgow.
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