Hotels across Scotland have been recognised among the best in the world today as the Michelin Guide unveils a new ranking system.
Four years into a "comprehensive refresh" of its hotel section, the Michelin Guide has now introduced One, Two and Three Key distinctions to highlight the 'crème de la crème' of the industry.
Recipients of the awards have been visited by experts and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design; quality and consistency of service; overall personality and character; value for the price; and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.
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Of the new distinctions, Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guide: “The Michelin Key is a clear, reliable indication for travellers.
"Just as the Michelin Star distinguishes those restaurants that are at the peak of their art, the Michelin Key recognizes the most exceptional hotels throughout the world.
"It is also an acknowledgment of the teamwork of committed enthusiastic hospitality professionals.”
Announced today, Tuesday, October 1, the 2024 Michelin Guide hotel selection for Great Britain and Ireland includes 14 Three Key hotels, 37 Two Key hotels and 72 One Key hotels.
Read on for the full list of Scottish entries.
Three Key:
- The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
Two Key:
- The Fife Arms, Braemar
- The Balmoral, Edinburgh
One Key:
- Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae
- Dumfries House Lodge, Cumnock
- Links House at Royal Dornoch, Dornoch
- 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
- Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh
- Prestonfield Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Foyers Lodge Loch Ness, Foyers
- The Grandtully Hotel by Ballintaggart, Grandtully
- Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye – Sleat
- Cromlix Hotel, Kinbuck
- Newhall Mains Dingwall, Resolis
- Glenmorangie House, Tain
For more information on winners across the UK & Ireland, click here.
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