Posts Tagged ‘hospitality’
Two new arrivals at award-winning Scottish hotel
Links House at Royal Dornoch has announced the arrival of a new head chef and food and beverage manager. It coincides with the 2018 opening of their expanded restaurant. Links House was the recent winner of the HITA Award for Best Restaurant Experience in the Highlands and Islands. The award-winning Orangery has been closed for…
Read MoreIncredible honour for Scottish hotel general manager
A Scottish hotel’s general manager has been invited to join a very select group. Meldrum House Country Hotel’s Peter Walker, from Aberdeenshire, has been selected to join one of the hospitality industry’s most exclusive and prestigious national bodies and become a Master Innholder. The Master Innholders is limited to the country’s top hoteliers and includes…
Read MoreWell done to those who entertain and host in Scotland
Bringing people into Scotland to entertain and house them is a crucial part of rural Scotland. Rural Hospitality and Rural Tourism were acknowledged at this year’s Scottish Rural Awards, held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. This was the culmination of a fourth year of partnership between Scottish Field and the Scottish Countryside Alliance to host…
Read MoreAgriculture and rural employers receive honours at awards night
The Scottish Rural Awards lives up to its name with awards in the agriculture and rural employment categories. Clackmannanshire farmers A & R Muirhead fought off strong competition to win the Agriculture category at last night’s Scottish Rural Awards (Thursday, 22 March). Based in Menstrie, A & R Muirhead are a farming family that have…
Read MoreSuccessful businesses rewarded for all their hard work
New Scottish businesses and established firms exploring new avenues have had their hard work recognised at the Scottish Rural Awards. GlenWyvis Distillery, based in Dingwall, were overall winners in the Business Start Up category, with the judging panel praising their ambitious, out of the box thinking and use of crowdfunding. Another Dingwall business, the Highland…
Read MoreScotland prepares to mark national B&B day
Visitors to Scotland often enjoy memorable stays in bed and breakfasts the length and breadth of the country. This Saturday is National B&B Day, a day of celebration for the UK’s original ‘cottage industry’, now contributing more than £2 billion per annum to the UK economy. The concept of a reliable, comfortable place to stay…
Read MoreGetting set for Easter race day in Musseburgh
It is the Scottish raceday which received the royal seal of approval from Her Majesty The Queen herself – and Easter Saturday is set to return to Musselburgh Racecourse for 2018 on 31 March. As one of the biggest social events of the Easter weekend, this year the five star visitor attraction has added family…
Read MoreRural excellence in Scotland will be honoured
Excellence in Scotland’s countryside is to be honoured next week at the Scottish Rural Awards. They are a celebration of the enterprise, innovation, dedication and community spirit of those who live in rural Scotland. Now in their fourth year, the Scottish Rural Awards are partnered by Scottish Field and the Scottish Countryside Alliance, in association…
Read MoreHonours for Scotland’s best in tourism
Scottish tourism’s best of the best were honoured on Thursday. One of Scotland’s most iconic castles, a rural arts trail through Rob Roy country and a record-breaking mountain bike championships were among those named best in the business at Scotland’s biggest awards night in tourism, the Scottish Thistle Awards. Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Earn Tourism…
Read MorePrime Ministers and their relationship with a dram
Tales of late-night whisky-drinking are very much part of the mythology of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (PM: 1979-1990), but what is perhaps less well-known is that many of her political forebears long had a significant relationship with the amber fluid. In fact, whisky has played a crucial part in the economic life of Britain…
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