Sonas Collection sails away with five accolades at National Hotel Awards
Sonas is the ‘passion project’ of couple Anne Gracie-Gunn and Ken Gunn, and began in 2003 with the opening of Toravaig House on the Isle of Skye.
Aviemore’s Cairngorm Hotel is a ‘perfect fit’ for Turas group’s ambitions
The deal adds the Cairngorm Hotel to a portfolio including the Glen Mhor Hotel in Inverness, the Seaforth Restaurant in Ullapool, and McKays Hotel in Pitlochry.
Amore Ristorante wins top ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’ award for floral frontage
The awards were launched in 1983 by The Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow and the Robertson Silver Spade was first awarded in 1992.
Talking taste and ‘consistently good’ mixers with Tigerlily’s Dion Anogiatis
For the first in our series of sponsored features with London Essence, SLTN popped into famously maximalist Edinburgh venue Tigerlily...
Crossbasket Castle appoints Panos Dimou as Trocadero’s head mixologist
The High Blantyre venue has just undergone a £20million transformation aimed at setting a ‘new benchmark for hospitality in Scotland’.
Baldry and Keery’s Nàdair named as one of the UK’s best new restaurants
Nádair – which means ‘nature’ in Scots Gaelic – was the only Edinburgh establishment to make the winning list and one of only three in Scotland.
ScotGov ‘really keen’ to work with and help Scottish hospitality industry
Mairi Gougeon MSP, whose remit includes food and drink, said she considers Scotland’s hospitality businesses ‘hugely important’ to the wider tourism sector.
Offering something unusual is now essential for getting customers into bars
Weird drinks and first-class service are the biggest priorities for pub and bar customers in 2025, according to some of Glasgow’s top bartenders.
There’s still a chance for operators to claim Covid insurance cash
A recent Court of Appeal ruling may have opened the doors for licensees and business owners to receive compensation – even if a previous claim was denied.
Trump’s trade war sets alarm bells ringing for European drinks producers
The spiritsEUROPE trade body said that ‘once again, as part of an entirely unrelated dispute’, its industry was being dragged into the firing line.
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