Thistle Awards - Business Tourism Award - Winner - 2008
Mansfield Traquair is a member of Unique Venues of Edinburgh, which provides clients with a "one stop shop" for finding the finest venues in Edinburgh and the Lothians - each with an individual twist!
Unique Venues of Edinburgh is made up of 24 members. The consortium aims to compliment the marketing activities currently undertaken by Visit Scotland and the Edinburgh Convention Bureau.
Unique Venues of Edinburgh won the Business Tourism category of the 2008 Scottish Thistle on 24 October at a glittering ceremony at the EICC Edinburgh.
‘We are all absolutely delighted to have won this award. It is in recognition of the hard work and dedication we all have put into making UVE the success it is today, and to the concept of partnership working in its truest sense. UVE is a membership organisation run by its members on a voluntary basis for its members, which takes a lot of drive and creativity to ultimately provide a service to our clients. Winning this award is a great achievement for us all." Carolyn Gemmell, Chair, UVE.
Created by VisitScotland in 1991, these awards showcase business excellence and quality. As an important event on the tourism calendar, the media attention it generates helps VisitScotland and the sponsors raise the profile of the tourism industry.
VisitScotland's objectives for the Scottish Thistle Awards are to:
Reward excellence in Scotland's tourism industry in all areas and at all levels
Promote quality service and products which reflect all that is great in Scotland's world-reputed and foremost industry
Encourage professionalism, innovation and creative thinking within the industry.
