In early spring, a national UK newspaper proudly listed a collection of ‘hot new hotels’ for 2022.
Not overseas in some exotic location, but here in Scotland, where the pandemic might have dampened trade to an alarming degree, but has proved no bar to ambition.
Among the big names expanding their territory is Gleneagles, whose new Townhouse in the centre of Edinburgh has been called one of the most eagerly-awaited openings in Britain, while Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is setting up its stall in a historic building near the city’s Grassmarket.
