A Highland Perthshire has been ranked the fifth best in Britain and best in Scotland.
The Green Park Hotel, which overlooks Loch Faskally in Pitlochry, received the accolade from the world’s largest travel platform Tripadvsor.
It comes following a "highly challenging" year for the hotel and hospitality industry nationwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Staff at the family-run country house hotel have described the award as a major boost for rural Perthshire, with the Green Park having previously been crowned best in Scotland on several occasions.
This is the first time the establishment has received such a high UK-wide rating, with five-star gradings received from 91% of its guests.
READ MORE: Ferry chief declares he has the appetite to tackle detractors
Tripadvisor calculates its rankings from reviews and recommendations posted online by visitors to hotels and accommodation providers throughout the UK and worldwide.
“We’ve never had such a high rating before. You just come in and do the job and don’t really think about it but I guess it is the icing on the cake. It’s just been nice to see people back in the hotel again,” said Terry Edwards, duty manager.
The Green Park Hotel’s reputation has been founded on returning senior clientele, its service, waterside location and grounds as well as its proximity to Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
It also provides classes and experiences through the year, from creative writing and Scrabble to photography and art history.
“Everyone will have a different opinion of a place,” added duty manager June Ann Gallacher. “But the majority of people who visit us come back time and time again, so I suppose that says something in itself. We just try to give people a personal service.”
The hotel locked down in March 2020 before re-opening in July and then having to close down again in November.
After making the necessary adjustments to keep guests and staff safe, it has reopened again recently following the lifting of some Coronavirus restrictions by the First Minister.
“It has been challenging for everyone,” said owner Alistair McMenemie. “But it is great to have people back again and we are delighted with the award for the staff because of all the hard work they have put in over many years.”
Bring on the billionaires, say Haughey and Hunter
BUSINESS leaders Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter have said people should be encouraged to be successful and not be penalised for making money during the pandemic.
End of furlough will make ‘returners’ mainstream
ANALYSIS: Returner programmes – which take the concept of an internship and make it relevant to older workers who have taken a career break – have been around for a good number of years, particularly in sectors where women are under-represented.
Sign up
You can now have the new enhanced Business Briefing with the top business news stories sent direct to your email inbox, and Business Week for the weekly round-up on Sunday, by clicking below:
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel