- Culloden Estate and Spa hosts AA Hotel of the Year award
- AA Hospitality Awards took place 21 September 2026
- Event celebrated 70 years of AA Rosette award
- Adam Byatt named AA Chefs’ Chef of the Year
- Culloden received award for the six counties
Culloden Estate and Spa in Holywood has hosted the best regional hotel award at the AA Hospitality Awards of the Year in London. The AA Hospitality Awards 2026 took place on Monday 21 September 2026 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London celebrating its milestone event and 70 years of the AA Rosette award. Culloden Estate and Spa received the AA Hotel of the Year award for the six counties.
Major individual and special awards included AA Chefs’ Chef of the Year going to Adam Byatt of Trinity Restaurant London, AA Lifetime Achievement Award going to David Morgan-Hewitt of The Goring London and AA Outstanding Contribution Award going to Adam Terpening of Room to Reward. AA Restaurant of the Year winners included The Star Inn at Harome for England, AngloThai for London, The Walnut Tree Inn at Abergavenny for Wales and Swadish by Ajay Kumar in Glasgow for Scotland.
AA Hotel of the Year winners included The Emory for London, Calcot and Spa at Tetbury for England, Crossbasket Castle at High Blantyre for Scotland, Porth Tocyn Hotel at Abersoch for Wales and Culloden Estate and Spa at Holywood for the six counties.
Hotels
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Hotels top eight by county
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
