Highlands & Island Toruism Awards
The Highlands and Islands’ top tourism businesses were announced during a glittering awards ceremony at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness on Friday, 16th November.
It was a nail-biting finale as 350 representatives from the region’s top tourism, hospitality, leisure and travel businesses gathered for the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards 2007 to discover who had won the most prestigious hospitality and tourism industry awards which could help to raise their profile across the country.
The awards showcase and celebrate business excellence and quality in the tourism industry in the Highlands and Islands, and this year there were 12 awards up for grabs and one special award for outstanding services to the tourism industry.
The full list of Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards winners is:
- WILDERNESS SCOTLAND, Moray - Investing in the Environment: sponsored by Scottish Natural Heritage
- HIGHLAND COUNCIL COUNTRYSIDE RANGERS - Special award for outstanding services to the tourism industry in the Highlands, presented by Scottish Natural Heritage Chairman, Andrew Thin
- HIGHLAND FOLK MUSEUM, Kingussie - Tourism People Development: sponsored by UK Atomic Energy Authority
- INVERGORDON TOURISM ALLIANCE - Community Tourism Award: sponsored by the Highland Council
- TAIGH CHEARSABHAGH, Lochmaddy, North Uist - Marketing Initiative: sponsored by Historic Scotland
- OFFICELODGE, Lerwick, Shetland - Innovation: sponsored by British Waterways
- BOGAIN ADVENTURE AND HERITAGE FARM, Inverness - New Tourism Business: sponsored by Bord na Gaidhlig
- THE TORRIDON, Torridon, Wester Ross - Highland Dining Out Experience: sponsored by Scottish Provincial Press
- MORAG’S LODGE, Fort Augustus - Customer Care: sponsored by VisitScotland
- THE OLD FORGE, Knoydart, By Mallaig - Best Visitor Experience: sponsored by Glenfiddich
- FEIS AN EILEIN 2007, Teangue, Isle of Skye - Highland 2007: sponsored by Highland 2007
- GRANT MACNICOL, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Dornoch - Young Ambassador of the Year: sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland
- DUNCAN CHISHOLM - Ambassador of the Year: sponsored by Caledonian MacBrayne
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