MUST WE JOIN TO TAKE PART?

We're here to encourage and motivate as helpfully as possible - pleased to be able to include performing hotels and great people on merit. How much your hotel becomes involved, or would enjoy using the scheme to boost the business or staff, is absolutely your choice... just let us know. You can take part as a Basic Free Member or as a PRIME Member with priority. Details of both below!

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TWO 2026 OPTIONS

P R I M E
MEMBERSHIP

As a fully supporting PRIME Member you receive all advantages we can offer. We appreciate active Members greatly as it is your valued contribution that enables the comprehensive and carefully designed scheme to operate.

➦Lower 2026 PRIME subscriptions


★ PRIME Participation Guarantee
You are guaranteed full Research, Judging / Review visits(s) by arrangement and as required to support your category entries. You will definitely be included in this year's full awards program - including both events.

★ PRIME Full People Participation
In addition to our direct Nomination & Finalist system, we invite you to propose Management / Owners / Staff for entry into the Scottish Hotel People Awards. We'll work with you to support your team - and complete all necessary research / interviews to select and finalise any suitable Nominees / Finalists.

★ PRIME Right to use 2026 © Awards Logo

★ PRIME Right to use applicable 2026 © Finalist or Winner Logo
which we can customise for you.

★ PRIME Reception Sign or Framed Certificate
on request - format as you prefer.

★ PRIME PowerPage* on new ScottishHotels.info

★ PRIME Highlight link on HOTY Results if a Winner

★PRIME Hotel Blue Plaque™
The exciting new Scottish Hotel Blue Plaque™ scheme launched late 2025 and gives PRIME Members a highly adaptable, strikingly descriptive validation logo - which could be nicely helpful now VisitScotland's QA star rating scheme has ended. More about this elsewhere on the site!

★ PRIME Upgraded Presentation
If you're a Winner at the awards, you receive a larger, beautifully-framed A3 Certificate. Some categories feature a trophy but PRIME Members can upgrade any category to a trophy at a cost-price fee (paid post-event) in a pre-arranged system. And, as a PRIME Member, if you cannot make the event, we will present it formally with a banner backdrop - at your hotel if possible - just ask!

★ PRIME PR / Social Media / Photography
We will happily assist you with regard to your own press releases and you will enjoy boosted features in our social media pages and complimentary priority access to all event photography.

* PowerPages on ScottishHotels.info are exclusively for PRIME Members and include: review / feature / gallery / details of awards; features such as direct booking, news, offers, preferred images, respected awards (AA, Thistle, etc.), newspaper / magazine links; and as you prefer, other booking site links, TA, etc. PowerPages can link from a 'LIVE logo' button designed to be added to your site. You will have a unique URL.

 

Thank you to all PRIME Members for your support.
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B A S I C
MEMBERSHIP

Taking part as a Basic Free Member is - of course! - free, apart from any direct costs - for example, hosting judges for research. It's available (as with PRIME) if the hotel is suitable; and if we're able and enabled to do the research and judging fully on an equal basis with PRIME Members. We will do our best for you!

★ Award Title
If you are given a Finalist or Winner position, then you have this title to use fully.

★ Award Certificate
If you are given a Finalist or Winner position, then you will have a certificate made available or presented at the event to you.

★ Listing
If a Winner, you are Listed on the main HOTYS Results Pages.

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U S E   O F   L O G O S
Please note: we must confirm you're accepted as a Basic Free Member participant. If the © Logo is used then a PRIME Membership subscription will be charged as the Logo is one of the exclusive PRIME advantages ~ thank you.

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