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Turnberry named Events Hotel of the Year at awards
Trump Turnberry has been awarded one of the hotel sector’s highest accolades for the second year in a row at the annual Scottish Hotel Awards. The Ayrshire resort took the top prize in the Events Hotel of the Year category at the awards ceremony, which was attended by more than 450 people at Glasgow’s Crowne…
Read MorePeter Mullan’s Orphans find a new ‘home’
Scottish movie classic Orphans – released 20 years ago this month – is being celebrated by BBC Scotland. The recently launched channel is screening the film, directed by Peter Mullan and hailed internationally as a darkly comic masterpiece, on Saturday 11 May. Preceding the movie screening will be a specially commissioned new documentary Orphans Reunited,…
Read MoreFinal remaining luxury apartments for downsizers
Downsizers looking to move to Scotland’s most prestigious postcode are being urged to act quickly – with less than 10 properties remaining at a luxury retirement development. The Walled Gardens in St Andrews has only nine apartments left in its third and final phase, four of which have been snapped up within the last week.…
Read MoreConferences and facilities with a difference at Trump Turnberry
Voted Event Hotel of the Year 2018 at the Scottish Hotel Awards, Trump Turnberry, a Luxury Collection Resort provides an ideal backdrop for meetings and events with breath taking views of the Ayrshire coastline. With no shortage of options, the resort features 12 events rooms over 16,796 sq.ft of space. From the more intimate gatherings…
Read MoreScotland’s National Airshow is ready to take flight
The RAF’s awesome Typhoon multi-role jet is set to headline Scotland’s National Airshow at the National Museum of Flight. Taking place in East Fortune on Saturday, 27 July, tickets are now on sale and are available at special early bird prices until 11 July. The delta-winged Typhoon will showcase its power and agility in a…
Read MoreThere’s 18 Scots in the running for top bartender title
Diageo Reserve has announced its 2019 World Class Top 100 bartenders – with almost a fifth of the top contestants from Scotland. The digital entry stage this year attracted a record number with a 50 per cent increase from the 2018 GB competition. The following competitors have all been chosen as the top 100 and…
Read MoreA new chapter begins on Scotland’s whisky isle
The eagerly awaited reveal of the first new distillery on Scotland’s iconic ‘whisky isle’ since 2005 takes place today. Built with a £12m investment from third generation Scottish family-owned Hunter Laing & Company, Ardnahoe Distillery is like no other whisky production facility on the island and has been built with both whisky connoisseurs and tourists…
Read MoreGame on for new exhibition at V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee’s next major exhibition, Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, is set to open next week. It celebrates the very best of international digital creativity with a series of new commissions and special events showcasing videogame design from Scotland and around the world. The new exhibition will run from 20 April to 8 September. Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt is the…
Read MoreTartan Day’s Dressed To Kilt was a massive success
Kilts and craftsmanship were on full display at this year’s Dressed to Kilt event. The hugely popular Dressed to Kilt Scottish fashion show in New York City featured a collaboration between Calzeat & Co Ltd and Glenisla Kilts worked together to produce the Navy SEAL Tartan kilt for Master Chief Edward Byers Jr., Navy SEAL…
Read MoreEnjoying natural highs at Wemyss Castle
When Charlotte Wemyss arrived at her husband Michael’s family home in Fife, its six-acre walled garden overlooking the Forth contained a few redcurrant bushes, five ancient apple trees and three geese. Twenty years on, and the gently sloping south-facing site at Wemyss Castle has been transformed into a striking garden, a skilful combination of traditional…
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