Fife Tourism Partnership

150th Open nominated for Thistle Award

22 November 2022


The shortlist for four national categories at the Scottish Thistle Awards has been announced. As part of this year’s first ever media partnership for the Scottish Thistle Awards, the shortlist was unveiled across News Scotland titles – the Times and Sunday Times - over the weekend.

The 150th Scottish Open which took place in St Andrews, the Home of Golf, in July 2022 us up for an Outstanding Sporting Event award.

Tourism businesses and events shortlisted for the Best Business Event, Outstanding Sporting Event, Best Luxury Experience and the Responsible Tourism Award will now go forward to be crowned the national winner at the Scottish Thistle Awards National Final to be held on 9 February at the EICC.

The Scottish Thistle Awards are delivered by VisitScotland, in partnership with Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards (HITA) and the Aberdeen City and Shire Tourism Awards (ACSTA) and supported by a panel of industry representatives. 

This year’s sponsors of the Scottish Thistle Awards include headline sponsor, Johnstons of Elgin, Fishers, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, HIT Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Abbey UK.   

For more information visit the Scottish Thistle Awards website.

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