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This page has a random selection of photographs of the 2008 Awards Night Party and we're adding more, and the captions, as images come in. Page will take a while to fully load! If you have any good shots - do send them in! We warmy thank photographers Ken Scott (pics with ref 'Ken') and Walter Neilson.

The Rising Stars kicked off the night. Sponsored by Go@l Training


Prestonfield was looking fab for the night, with a Broadway theme


BBC presenter of Newsnight and Panorama, Sally Magnusson, compered the show with elan




Gary McLean and Vivien Devlin, Chairman and Deputy of the judges, make their annual remarks


Cabinet Secretary Rt Hon John Swinney presented some of the top awards as Guest of Honour


Sassy Stryker amused... and alarmed... with enormous... wit


Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus was a surprise star guest towards the end of the show


The Scottish National Hotel of the Year 2008 award is presented to Norbert Lieder, Group Manager for Inverlochy Castle, by the Cabinet Secretary


Star Struck entertained throughout the evening with various routines from Broadway shows








Neil Ellis, Manager of the newly-titled Edinburgh Hotel of the Year 2008, The Point


Norman Springford, Chairman of Apex Hotels who won several awards including Hotel Group of the Year 2008


David Cochrane, CEO of HIT Scotland, for which wonderful organisation the prize draw raised £2,500






HotelReviewScotland.com reviewer Arthur McGough presents Guest House category awards


The Scotsman's Simon Fraser looks chuffed with his Rising Star Restaurant Manager award








Sassy claims to have had her hair done for the occasion. In 'real life' her creator has just opened a top new Edinburgh guest house, The Hedges








Scottish Hotel Manager of the Year 2008 is David Welch of the turned-around George Hotel, Edinburgh




Multi-skilled Peter Fergusson not only acted as Event Coordinator but sang, too, as Joseph


Dan Renton, Young Management Personality of the Year 2008, banged the gong at all the right moments...






The Scottish Hotelier of the Year 2008 is Ken McCulloch of Dakota Hotels and his award was accepted by Roy Brett; Mr McCulloch rang from Monaco to thank the organisers




Inverlochy Castle's winning team


Peter Taylor OBE of Town House Hotels