Gleneagles wins host of awards over 2017
Prizes for golfing and spa among resort’s accolades
A top Perthshire hotel has been reflecting on a bumper year, after winning a host of prestigious awards.
Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder has won a host of travel awards over the course of 2017, in a range of categories including golf and spa destination prizes.
Most recently, the luxury fivestar resort won the 2017 National Geographic Traveller Reader’s Award for Domestic Bliss UK Hotel, for the hotel which sat apart from the rest for British service, design and spirit.
The Perthshire resort had to see off stiff competition from Chewton Glen in Hampshire and The Pig on the Beach in Dorset to claim the accolade.
National Geographic Traveller praised Gleneagles Hotel for providing “standalone comfort and class” and for being “an exemplary country house hotel that delivers old fashioned elegance, as well as impeccable service, quality food and excellent facilities”.
Conor O’Leary, Gleneagles’ general manager, said: “We’re delighted to win this award - which is the latest in a string of prestigious awards for the hotel in 2017. Gleneagles Hotel
“It’s an accolade which reflects the significant investment we’ve made across the estate over the last 20 months, as well as our commitment to delivering an outstanding all-round guest experience.
“We’d like to thank all the readers of National Geographic who voted for us.”
On top of the latest award, Gleneagles celebrates a long string of golfing awards for its world-class golf courses.
In 2017 the hotel was crowned the number one golf resort in Britain and Ireland by Golf World Magazine, and the best golf resort in the world for the sixth consecutive year at the Ultratravel awards.
Today’s Golfer Magazine has awarded the Perthshire institution the best hotel/resort in Scotland prize for the fourth year in a row.
The hotel then scored a hat trick of awards at the Scottish Golf Tourism Awards, coming away with the best golf experience, best pro shop and best large hotel titles.
Aside from the golf awards, the hotel’s spa saw Gleneagles winning best UK spa at the 2017 Good Spa Guide Awards.
The hotel was also named in the top 20 hotels in the UK at the Conde Nast Traveller 2017 Readers’ travel awards.
The food on offer at the Auchterarder hotel also did not go unnoticed, with Andrew Fairlie successfully retaining Scotland’s only two Michelin star restaurant inside the hotel.