Browse the 2023 National Finalists below.
Winners will be announced at The Scottish Thistle Awards National Final on 1 December 2023 at Hilton Glasgow.
| Category | Finalists |
Best B&B or Guest House Experience | The Auld Kirk, Ballater Melfort House, Oban Newton Farm Holidays and Tours, Forfar Nithbank Country Estate, Thornhill |
Best Bar or Pub | The Brae, Dreghorn The Craftsman Company, Aberdeen The Cross Keys Inn Ettrickbridge, Selkirk MacGregor's Bars, Inverness The Original Roslyn Inn, Roslin |
Best Business Event | 30th BRAIN & BRAIN PET Conference at the Scottish Event Campus The 22nd World Congress of Soil Science at the Scottish Event Campus World Energy Council Executive Assembly & Energy Trilemma Summit at the P&J Live |
Best Eating Experience | Allanton Inn, Berwickshire Amuse by Kevin Dalgleish, Aberdeen Drift, North Berwick Edinbane Lodge, Edinbane Lamlash House, Newmilns |
Best Hotel Experience | Auchrannie Resort, Isle of Arran Cromlix, Dunblane Cringletie, Peebles Duisdale House Hotel, Isle of Skye The Ferryhill House Hotel, Aberdeen |
Best Luxury Experience | Airhouses, Lauder Nithbank Country Estate, Thornhill The Old Millhouse, Dalkeith |
Best Outdoor or Adventure Experience | Down on the Farm, Fraserburgh Foxlake Adventures, Dunbar Kitchen Coos & Ewes, Newton Stewart Pinkston Watersports, Glasgow Wilderness Scotland, Aviemore |
Best Self-Catering Accommodation Experience | Arden Holiday Cottage, Dumfries Grampian Campervan Hire, Huntly Jack's Alt-Stays, Millport Lindores - Stay, Ride, Relax, Cupar The Tin Shed, Moray |
Best Visitor Attraction | Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh Seabird and Seals - The Original Noss Boat Tours, Shetland Trimontium Museum, Melrose |
Celebrating Thriving Communities | Alloa Hub, Alloa The Devil's Porridge Museum, Eastriggs Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE), Gairloch Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project, West Dunbartonshire Council Royal Deeside Golf Week, Aboyne |
Climate Action Award | Cairngorm Bothies and Lodges, Deeside Glasgow Life: Tourism and Conventions Nithbank Country Estate, Thornhill Wilderness Scotland, Aviemore |
Inclusive Tourism Award | Crathie Opportunity Holidays, Ballater Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow RSPB Loch Leven, Kinross Seabirds and Seals - The Original Noss Boat Tours, Shetland |
Innovation in Tourism | Camera Obscura & World of Illusions, Edinburgh Dalscone Farm, Dumfries Mharsanta, Glasgow Stories of Scotland Podcast, Nairn |
Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival | Borders Book Festival, Melrose Dandelion Festival 2022, Glasgow Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick HebCelt Festival, Stornoway Spectra, Aberdeen |
Outstanding Sporting Event | Battle of the Brits, Aberdeen The Genesis Scottish Open, Haddington Mull Rally, Isle of Mull |
Tourism & Hospitality Employer of the Year | The Aberdeen Altens Hotel, Aberdeen The Beagle Country Club and Barend Holiday Lodges, Dalbeattie Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews The Drumossie Hotel, Inverness SEA LIFE Loch Lomond, Alexandria |
Tourism Individual of the Year | Alan McDougal FIH, Crowne Plaza Ian Pithie, The Gordon Highlanders Museum Katie Scott, The Real Mary King's Close Melanie Allen, Nithbank Country Estate Michael Golding, Visit Loch Ness Inverness |
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