by robertpool » Wed May 15, 2013 9:24 am
The hotel opened in December 1984 and was owned by Mount Charlotte Investments who owned the Skean Dhu/Hospitality Inns. In 1989 Mount Charlotte bought 33 Thistle Hotels from Scottish & Newcastle Breweries. Most of Mount Charlotte's Skean Dhu hotels were upgraded to Hospitalty Inns in 1989. Later the group changed the name of the hotel to the Thistle Hotel. By 2002 there were 55 Thistle Hotels and 37 were sold to Gamma Four Investments.