Events & Training

Scottish Thistle Awards
Scottish Thistle award

The Scottish Thistle Awards were created to showcase business excellence and quality.

There are 10 award categories this year, open to all types of tourism businesses:

  • Business Leadership  
  • Business Tourism
  • Events and Festivals ( Regional and International)
  • Extra Mile (small medium and large)
  • Innovation
  • Marketing Initiative
  • Operator Programme of the Year
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Taste of Scotland
  • Young Tourism Entrepreneur

Entries for the 2009 Awards are now closed.

The finalists will be announced in August with the overall winners announced at the glittering Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday 23rd October.

For further information on the awards and sponsors go to www.scottishthistleawards.co.uk or call the Awards hotline on 0131 472 2228 or email info@scottishthistleawards.co.uk.

2008 - The Winners

The winners were announced at the Awards Ceremony and gala dinner on Friday 24th October at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre and published on the Scottish Thistle Awards site.

A supplement will have further details of the winners in the 2nd November edition of the Scotland on Sunday.

2008 Finalists

The finalists for the 2008 Scottish Thistle Awards.

pdf 2008 Scottish Thistle Award Finalists.pdf
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