A top Scottish hotel as been named as one of the country’s “Best Hotel Wedding Venues”.
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For those who are recently or are about to be engaged, one of Ayrshire’s leading spa hotels has been unveiled as the ‘Best Hotel Wedding Venue’ in the west of Scotland at the national Confetti Wedding Awards 2025. The prize went to SimpsInns’ Gailes Hotel and Spa in Irvine.
The popular spa hotel picked up the top accolade after going head-to-head with a number of other leading hotel wedding venues from around Scotland. Other nominees included 1599 at the Royal College in Glasgow, Auchen Castle in Moffat, and Hetland Hall Hotel in Dumfries.
Situated around 40 minutes from Glasgow, The Gailes Hotel & Spa is among the most popular wedding venues on the Ayrshire coast. It relaunched in 2022 following a £250,000 makeover.
The hotel’s Lagavulin Suite wedding venue hosts both intimate weddings and large-scale gatherings. The Gailes also features a purpose-built outdoor Wedding Pavilion located in its private gardens, as well as a rooftop conservatory and garden terrace with views over the countryside and beyond towards the Isle of Arran.
The Gailes Hotel & Spa is part of the family-owned SimpsInns group, which owns and operates a number of hospitality venues around the Ayrshire coast. Other venues include The Potting Shed in Irvine, The Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride, and The Loans Inn at Troon.
Lee Simpson from SimpsInns commented: “It’s been a fantastic start to the year for SimpsInns. We’re really proud of our entire team, particularly our wedding specialists at The Gailes; who work tirelessly to ensure all our wedding couples have the most amazing day.
“This latest national award is yet further recognition of our reputation for offering one of the most stylish and contemporary wedding venues on the Ayrshire coast. We’d also like to congratulate all the other finalists and winners, and thank the team at Confetti for a fantastic awards ceremony.”
Confetti is an independently judged award scheme celebrating the best of the Scottish wedding industry. Winners are chosen following a nationwide search for the best companies as voted for by their customers, as well as being researched and reviewed by a panel of industry specialists.
More information can be found on the Confetti Wedding Awards website.
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