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A range of independently owned and corporate properties share the honours in the first register of its kind.

The Green Tourism Business Scheme has handed out gold awards to those companies which have demonstrated a firm commitment to safeguarding the environment and promoting sustainable tourism.

The hotels are

Ambassador Hotel, Brighton., East Sussex.

Apex City Hotel, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa, Dundee, Angus.

Apex European Hotel, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Apex International Hotel, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Argyll Hotel, Isle of Iona, Argyll.

Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall.

Blueseas Hotel, Penzance, Cornwall.

Budock Vean Hotel, Falmouth, Cornwall.

Careys Manor Hotel & Senspa, Brockenhurst, Hampshire.

Castle Campbell Hotel, Dollar, Clackmannanshire.

Cleaton House, Westray, Orkney.

Crown and Cushion Hotel, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Dartmouth Golf and Country Club, Dartmouth, Devon.

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Melrose, Roxburghshire.

Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel, Alnwick, Northumberland.

Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland St Andrews, Fife.

Glazebrook House Hotel, Ivybridge, Devon.

Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire.

Greenbanks Country Hotel, Wendling, Norfolk.

Herrislea House, Tingwall, Shetland.

Hilton Colyumbridge Hotel, Aviemore, Inversness-shire.

Isles of Glencoe Hotel & Leisure Centre, Fort William, Inverness-shire.

Jurys Inn, Glasgow, Glasgow, Strathclyde.

Kings Manor Hotel, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Langass Lodge, Locheport, Isle of North Uist.

Loch Torridon Hotel, Achnasheen, Ross-shire.

New Hall, St Andrews, Fife.

New Lanark Mill Hotel, Lanark, Lanarkshire.

Park Hotel, Thurso, Caithness.

Paskins Town House, Brighton, East Sussex.

Pennyghael Hotel, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull.

Pool House Hotel, Poolewe, Ross-shire

Primrose Valley Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall.

Radison SAS Glasgow, Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

Radisson SAS Hotel, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

Rufflets Country House & Garden Restaurant, St Andrews, Fife.

Station Hotel, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire

Stein Inn Waternish, Isle of Skye

Strattons Hotel, Swafham, Norfolk.

Sunny Brae Hotel, Nairn, Inverness-shire.

Tables Hotel, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.

The Ballachulish Hotel, Fort William, Inverness-shire

The Bonham, Edinburgh, Midlothian

The Foveran Hotel, Kirkwall, Orkney

The Howard, Edinburgh, Midlothian

The Silverdale Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex.

The White Horse Inn, Chichester, West Sussex.

The Winnock Hotel (Drymen), Loch Lomond, Stirlingshire.

Willowburn Hotel, Oban, Argyll.

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