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A Trio of Unique Occasions

APRIL | JULY | OCTOBER

NATIONAL HOTELS OF THE YEAR®

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This year we're Shaking It Up as we move into our 22nd season! We've listened to your feedback, and have reimagined our awards presentation. Instead of focusing all on one single (long!) night, we're hosting three Awards Season events across the year and country. Unlike when we began in 2003, there are nowadays many other industry dinners - mostly limited by size to the same venues in the Central Belt. So this is a great opportunity to make things more national, less expensive; more flexible and up-to-date. And every bit as stylish and enjoyable!


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Spring Awards Season Dinner Night
L I V E ➦Event & Category Presentation Info

First up this year there's a sparkling boutique Spring Awards Season Dinner Night event in a charming castle hotel in a select part of Glasgow. Arrival drinks will clink in an elegant conservatory, and a beautiful dinner will accompany the presentation of the Spring Awards Collection. The above link has both Event & Category details - ticket booking goes live this week.

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Summer Awards Season Dinner & Dance
★ Event & Category page - live here early April

Summer sees the awards held for the first time outwith Glasgow or Edinburgh as we host the Summer Awards Season Dinner & Dance celebration in a gorgeous ballroom set in gardens overlooking the silvery Tay in Dundee - in the Banqueting Hotel of the Year 2025, no less - as we present the Summer Awards Collection. Event & Category details will be live early April.

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22nd Season Finale
Awards Night Gala
★ Event & Category page - live here early April

This year the 22nd Season Finale Awards Night Gala will be held in the capital at the Sheraton Grand Edinburgh. As always, it'll be a truly special deluxe dinner occasion when the whole process comes to an exciting climax - with glamour and emotion, and a more efficient presentation system will be clearer and faster. Event & Category details will be live early April.


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The Spring and Summer Season Awards are a permanent change. We will hold them across the country in future years - these awards are, after all, national... we're thrilled now to be able look at celebrations in Aberdeen, Inverness, Fife, Perthshire or southern Scotland in future. So, the new 2026 programme is excitingly different - and yet every inch as precise and glamorous!

Looking forward
to welcoming you!