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Issue 44 - 2009 Scottish Hotel Awards

Scotland Magazine Issue 44

Scotland Magazine Issue 44
April 2009

 

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2009 Scottish Hotel Awards

The sixth annual Scottish hotel awards were held at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow. Around 400 people from the country's vital hospitality industry attended. Winners were chosen by a combination of reviews, mystery visits, consumer feedback and in depth interviews. For more information visit: www.TheScottishHotelAwards.com

2009 Scottish Hotel Awards (Issue 44)

And the winner is...

Hotel of the Year
Western House Hotel, Ayr
www.ayr-racecourse.co.uk/hotel.html
Tel: +44 (0)870 850 5666

Running right alongside Ayr's famous racecourse, home of the
Scottish Grand National, is the Edwardian – but now perfectly
contemporary – Western House Hotel. Director William Gorol
commented after the win: “We're thrilled to have won this most
prestigious of awards and honoured that a hotel in the southwest of
Scotland has been recognised for its gold star standards and high staff
calibre.” Amost apt winner, being right in the heart of ‘Burns
Country,' in this the Year of Homecoming.

Manager of the Year
Seamus Coen, Macdonald Marine Hotel, North Berwick
www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/marine
Tel: +44 (0)844 879 9130

A delightful team run this very good four-star hotel just a short
drive south of Edinburgh.
The hotel won a clutch of staff awards and the Awards Committee
felt that general manager Seamus Coen was a highly qualified
winner of the top manager title, having overseen this hotel with its
happy atmosphere for a couple of years now. Book a sea-facing
bedroom; try some of John-Paul MacLachlan's very fine cuisine; and
don't miss out on a therapeutic treatment in the wonderful spa.

Boutique Hotel of the Year
Duisdale House, Isle of Skye
www.duisdale.com
Tel: +44 (0)1471 833 202

For the first time in the history of the Scottish hotel awards, this
glamorous title has gone outside of a city. Duisdale House is a wildly
successful transformati...

 

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