Apex Hotels Awards List

We're proud to say that our our hotels and staff have been widely recognised and we've collected the following awards, recommendations and accolades.

  • BDRC VenueVerdict Gold Standard Award 2009 - Apex International Hotel, Edinburgh
  • Apex Waterloo Place has been recognized as one of the top 20 hotels in Britain by the Independent Newspaper. View full article here >
  • Caterersearch.com Web Awards 2009 - Apex Hotels ‘Best Hotel Group Website 2009’
  • Professional Masterchef 2009 - Quarter Finalist - Dan Mellor, Sous Chef at Apex International Hotel, Edinburgh
  •  Radio Forth Awards 2009 - 'Forth One Best Place to Work 2009'
  • CIS Catering in Scotland Awards 2009 – Winner of 'Innovation in Training Award'
  • BDRC Venue Verdict Winners 2008  ‘Best UK Hotel Group' – voted for by customers
  • Visit London Awards 2008 - 'Best Large Hotel of the Year' - Apex City of London
  • Scottish Hotel Awards 2008 - 'Scottish Hotels of the Year' - Apex Hotels Group
  • Apex City of London Concierge Joseph Opoku has recently been accepted into the prestigious Golden Keys Society of Concierge.  Although the Golden Keys is world renowned in the hospitality industry it is very difficult to be invited in as a member - indeed there are only 250 members in the whole of the UK Hospitality sector. Joseph is the first member of Apex Hotels to have achieved this magnificent milestone and we are very lucky to have him as an employee with his unrivalled experience and personal touch with guests. Well done Josesph!

Environmental Awards

  • Bronze Award for Re-use of a Listed Building for Apex Waterloo Place Hotel at the 2009 Roses Design Awards.
  • Environmental Director, Jo Harbisher, shortlisted for the Environment Manager of the Year award at the Environment & Energy Awards 2008
  • Highly Commended for the Green Supplier Award IMEX 2008
  • Finalist in the Business Champion category for the Champions for Sustainable Communities Awards 2008.
  • Winner of 'Green Hotel Group of the Year' at the Hotel Review Scotland Awards 2008, where Apex's Environmental Director, Jo Harbisher and Group Facilities Manager, Niall Fotheringham also won Eco medals for Environmental Leadership.
  • Winner of the 'Promoting Sustainable Food’ award at the Considerate Hotelier of the Year Awards 2007. Find out more >
  • HRS Hotel Excellence Award for the 'Excellent Social Responsibility-Independent Hotels'.
  • Finalist in VIBES (Vision in Business for the Environment) of Scotland Awards 2007. View image of the Award Presentation >
  • Shortlisted for the Business Commitment to the Environment Awards 2008
  • Winner of 'Best Large Hotel' at the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2007. View image of the Award Presentation >
  • Highly Commended at the National Energy Efficiency Awards 2007.
  • Bronze Award at the Visit London Sustainable Tourism Awards 2007.
  • Winner at the ITM Icarus Environmental Awards 2007 - View the Awards Video >
  • Highly Commended Award at the 2007 National Business Awards for Scotland.
  • Major Commendation Award at the Business Commitment to the Environment Awards 2007.
  • Winner of Hotel Review Scotland's - 'The Scottish Hotel Environmental Award 2007'.
  • Winner of the VIBES Regional Award for East Large - December 2006.
  • Three Gold Awards in the Keep Edinburgh Clean Awards 2006.
  • Gold Awards in the Green Tourism Business Scheme for all our Scottish Hotels.
  • Gold for Sustainable Tourism in the Visit London Awards 2006.