{"id":1683,"date":"2017-11-10T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T10:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:28:53","slug":"honours-for-scotlands-top-outdoor-and-leisure-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/honours-for-scotlands-top-outdoor-and-leisure-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Honours for Scotland\u2019s top outdoor and leisure businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-153001-4561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-153001-4561.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-153001-4561-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-153001-4561-500x153.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loch Tay Highland Lodges was presented with the prestigious award for \u2018Best<br>\nScottish Self Catering Accommodation\u2019 as well as runner-up in the award for \u2018Best<br>\nScottish Glamping site\u2019 at the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards ceremony held<br>\nin Glasgow at the end of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154832-8626.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154832-8626.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154832-8626-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154832-8626-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jo Barrie, General Manager for Loch Tay Highland Lodges was there with her team<br>\nto collect the award:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018We are delighted to win this award in such a strong category of finalists as well as<br>\ndefending our title of \u2018Best Glamping\u2019 accommodation. We have worked hard this<br>\nyear to improve our site and the accommodation on it, as well as striving to deliver<br>\nthe best customer service and experience to everyone who visits our site. This<br>\naward is testament to the whole team at Loch Tay Highland Lodges and we are<br>\ndelighted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154836-9937.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154836-9937.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154836-9937-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154836-9937-433x300.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very best of Scotland\u2019s outdoor and leisure industry was showcased in the<br>\nglitzy award ceremony at Glasgow\u2019s Marriott Hotel on October 29th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of public nominations were received across 17 categories including<br>\nScotland\u2019s Best Glamping and Scotland\u2019s Best Self Catering Accommodation.<br>\nOver 25,000 votes were received in support of favourites across the country to<br>\ncreate a shortlist of 115 finalists. Each business was asked to take stock of their<br>\nbusiness and provide a submission in support of their win, before an independent<br>\njudging panel performed assessments of the customer-facing elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by Des Clarke, the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards Gala Final was a<br>\ncelebration from start to finish. Warren Paul, CEO and founder of the Scottish<br>\nOutdoor and Leisure Awards is also delighted with the reception in only year two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154835-2657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154835-2657.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154835-2657-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20160303-154835-2657-459x300.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: \u2018The inaugural awards created firm foundations to develop SOLA into an<br>\nannual competition and a mainstay event of the industry and now we are seeing<br>\nnew businesses from across the country engage in year two. It\u2019s a fantastic<br>\nopportunity to celebrate the businesses that help to showcase our beautiful<br>\nCountry; Well done to all our finalists and congratulations to our 2017 winners. I<br>\nlook forward to an even bigger event in 2018!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loch Tay Highland Lodges<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lochtay-vacations.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.lochtay-vacations.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loch Tay Highland Lodges was presented with the prestigious award for \u2018Best Scottish Self Catering Accommodation\u2019 as well as runner-up in the award for \u2018Best Scottish Glamping site\u2019 at the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards ceremony held in Glasgow at the end of October. Jo Barrie, General Manager for Loch Tay Highland Lodges was there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[33,16,42,129],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-friendly-holidays","tag-dog-friendly","tag-dogs","tag-holidays","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3505,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thegooddogguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}