Hotels of the Year ® Scotland 2023 | Hotel Honours Night™ Sunday 4th June  2023 in Glasgow

About Us

& meet the team

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Gary & Vivien hosting an awards ceremony around 15 years ago

Founders Gary & Vivien host an awards ceremony 15 years ago

DEDICATED
to our industry


Key members of our Judging Team have worked on annual Scottish hotel awards since we founded and first started work on a high profile national awards event in
2003. It's been over two decades of continuity of experience, passion and support for the industry we care for. Now, in 2024, we are so pleased to be back with an enhanced, expanded, reimagined #HOTYS programme which not only includes the National Hotels of the Year for Scotland but the Scottish Hotel Staff Awards, Summer Stars and a new review site BestHotels.scot - plus our busy Facebook site Travel+Discover Scotland, established 2016.

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FIRST & LAST, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE
When we founded the awards the vision was to have travel writers and industry experts and peers independently and thoroughly get to know individual hotels. We were of the view then, and remain so today, that it is the
hotel people who matter most: yes, of course, investment is critical, but it is the skill and qualities of key individuals that are the heartbeat of every hotel. To understand the dependability and predictable performance of a hotel, and its deserving of recognition, we take time to know people. We place great store in understanding and observing talent, dedication, reliability, charm, performance, promise and constancy.

We shape the full awards results with thought, care and integrity, making sure the facts are absolutely up-to-date, the recognition deserved and category appropriate.

Awards to Guide the Guest Best™

21 years of Scottish hotel awards research and judging

SOME OF THIS YEAR'S FACES

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    Gary McLean Quin

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    Vivien Devlin

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    Lea Harris

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    Phil MacHugh (L)

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    Jan Leatham

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    Jody Marshall

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    Ian McAndrew

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    Laura Coventry

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    Denis Coyne

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    Iain Fraser

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    Peter Ferguson

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    Ken Scott

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    Denny Periera

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    David Welch

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    Jason Henderson

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    Deborah Welsh

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    Sharon Green-Wilson

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    Susie Farley

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    Katie White

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Hotels of the Year® Scotland

Team 2024/25


Peer Judges &
Expert Advisors

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In the Team this year are a number of outstanding, renowned and currently active hotel industry managers and leaders. We can't name them all until their Mystery Visits are complete - for obvious reasons - but will add their names here just before or just after the Annual Awards on 3rd November 2024.



Chairman
Gary McLean Quin

Managing Director | Founder | LinkedIn

Deputy Chairman
Vivien Devlin

Senior Feature Writer | Founder | Smart Leisure Guide

President
To be announced shortly

Vice President
To be announced shortly

Director
Denis Coyne MBA

Judge | Councillor | Founding Team


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Ken Scott

Senior Design Judge | Founder

Lea Harris

Food Judge | Senior Food Writer | Off The Eaten Track


Peter Ferguson

Senior Events Judge | Event Producer | Beautiful Events

David Welch
Judge-at-Large | ex-Senior GM


Phil MacHugh
Senior Judge | Journalist & TV Presenter

Ian McAndrew
Senior Judge | retired Michelin-starred Chef Patron

Denny Periera
Judge | Herald Education Awards Nominee


R e s e a r c h   J u d g e s


Jan Leatham

Judge Researcher | Reviewer

Sharon Green-Wilson

Food Judge | Councillor | Editor, Bite Magazine

Jason Henderson

Judge Researcher | ex-Hotel Owner & Head Chef

Laura Coventry

Judge Researcher | Reviewer | Journalist

Katie White

Judge Researcher | Designer

Susie Farley

Judge Researcher | ex-GM

Iain Fraser

Ops Director & Support | Judge | ex-GM

Jody Marshall

Judge Researcher | former Manager of the Year

Deborah Welsh

Judge Researcher | Print Media expert


A d m i n   &   S u p p o r t


Elisabeth Laird

Member & Team Support

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Judging page


Further members of the Team 2024/25 will be added soon


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