National categories announced for tourism awards

Best Luxury Experience

This award, sponsored by The Macallan Estate, celebrates those businesses bringing luxury to the Scottish visitor experience, providing exclusivity, attention to detail and a wow-factor at every step of the customer journey.

The 2024 finalists are:

• The Hideaway Experience in Auchterhouse 
• Knockinaam Lodge Hotel in Stranraer
• The Old Manse of Blair in Blair Atholl
• Trump Turnberry in Girvan

Image of Airhouses in Lauder, the Best Luxury Experience winner for 2023

Best Business Event

This category celebrates business events as catalysts for economic and social transformation. The events can range from corporate conferences or incentive programmes to annual global congresses with thousands of international delegates. 

The 2024 finalists are:

• Women on Top - Scotland, delivered by egg
• The International Workshop on Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage, delivered by University of Aberdeen – CPD & Event Services
• Business Events Shaping Tomorrow ‘BEST’ Business Event – ACNAP 2023, delivered in partnership with the EICC

Winner of the 2023 Best Busines Event was The World Congress of Soil Science at the Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow

Outstanding Sporting Event

This category aims to celebrate and recognise outstanding sporting events, from large scale international events, to national and local events, which make an important contribution to our thriving communities and cities. 

The 2024 finalists are:

• Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2023, Aberdeen
• Beatson’s Building Supplies Mull Rally 2023, Isle of Mull
• World Athletics Indoor Championships, Glasgow

Image of Rory McIlroy at the Genesis Scottish Open, winner of Outstanding Sporting Event 2023