Success at Gleneagles is not down to a handful of individuals; each and every role is crucial to our success, so everyone is truly valued. Whether we’re serving whisky or serving tennis balls; preparing bedrooms or preparing afternoon tea; manicuring turf or manicuring nails – we’re united by a desire to create incredible experiences for both our guests and each other.
That dedication leads to many awards. Here are just some of the accolades – awarded to both the hotel and our individual people – that we’ve been proud to celebrate over the past couple of years:
Hotel and estate-wide
Virtuoso Best of the Best Awards
Best Hotel in the World (2022)
Conde Nast Traveller 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards
No. 1 UK Resort in the Conde Nast Traveller (2021)
Best UK Hotel (2020)
The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Awards
Best Hotel in the World (2020)
AA Hospitality Awards
Hotel of the Year Scotland (2020)
The Daily Telegraph and Ultratravel Magazine’s ULTRAs awards
Best Golf Resort in the World (nine consecutive wins; 2011 – 2020)
The Golf World Top 100 courses and resorts rankings
#1 Golf Resort in the UK & Ireland (2019 – 2021)
#2 Golf Resort in the world (2021)
Tatler Travel Guide
101 best hotels and destinations around the world (2020)
World Golf Awards
Scotland’s Best Golf Hotel (2020)
Restaurants
The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Annual Awards of Excellence
Young Waiter of the Year – Daniela Mayer, Assistant Manager, The Strathearn (2022)
The Tatler Travel Awards
Best Restaurant Scene (2020)
Institute of Hospitality and the Academy of Food & Wine Service
Restaurant Manager of the Year – Daniel Greenock, Strathearn Restaurant Manager (2020)
Gold Service Scholarship
Elizabeth Forkuoh – Strathearn Restaurant Assistant Manager (2020)
Culinary
Young Waiter / Young Chef Awards
Young Chef UK and overall culinary prize for Young Chef, Peter Meechan, Junior Sous Chef (2021)
The Caterer’s Acorn Awards: 30 of the most talented stars aged under 30
Callum Roberts, Estate Sous Chef (2021)
Andrew Mackay, Head Pastry Chef (2020)
The Hotel Cateys
Hotel Chef of the Year, Simon Attridge, Executive Chef (2020)
Golf & Greenkeeping
59club Service Excellence Awards
Golf Operations Team of the Year Award (2021)
Greenkeeper of the Year Award – Scott Fenwick, Director of Agronomy, and Craig Haldane, Golf Courses Manager (2020)
Leadership
The Walpole Power List
The 50 most influential people in British Luxury Brands – Conor O’Leary, Managing Director (2020)
Housekeeping
Hotel Housekeeping Honours Awards
Highly Commended Award – Michal Vilcinsky, Housekeeping Supervisor (2020)
Reception
AICR
UK Receptionist of the Year – Katharina Strasser, Guest Experience Co-ordinator (2020)