Award-winning Inveraray icon The George Hotel goes up for sale
Regarded as one of the finest hotels in Scotland, with a worldwide reputation, it has been owned and carefully run by the Clark family since 1860.
Signature reopens Aberdeen’s Paramount Bar after £400k refurbishment
General manager Chloe Morton said: “Here at Paramount, we’ve pulled out the stops with the boldest and sexiest interior design makeover Aberdeen has ever seen."
Betting big on experiential hospitality, Bowlarama doubles in size
Opened by entrepreneur Ian McColm in 2019, the Glasgow venue has a new 'social sports’ floor, featuring augmented darts and immersive batting cages.
Backs! Hospitality reveals contenders for the Edinburgh Bar Awards
With less than a month to go to the Edinburgh Bartenders Ball, the capital city’s drink-slingers are vying for the new peer-voted awards to be presented on the night.
Women in Beer announces October dates for third capital Festival
First held in 2019, this year’s festival promises to be the largest to date, with a busy programme of training opportunities, networking and tap-takeovers.
Right-wing riots caused a 10% drop in national hospitality sales
According to UKHospitality, the impact on sales in towns where further protests were rumoured was as high as 40%, with footfall down by as much as 75%.
Dunns Food and Drinks kicks off charity partnership with Aware Scotland
The initiative will offer young people the chance to attend training sessions, games, and press conferences at Scotland’s oldest football club, Queen’s Park.
Encore opens The Boston Bar as a relaxed sister venue to Freddy’s
The new venue is described as a ‘mix of a warm and welcoming authentic Irish bar with industrial elements taken from watering holes in Boston and New York’.
Award-winning Aberdeen cocktail bar Orchid has been put up for sale
Orchid first opened on Langstane Place in 2009, and quickly picked up an array of accolades, including winning SLTN’s Best Cocktail Bar in Scotland award four times.
60 Years of SLTN sponsored article: A wide world of wonderful wine
It wasn’t 60 years ago when C&C’s Kenny Gray began his drinks career – but he still remembers a licensed trade that treated wine as ‘an afterthought’.
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