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Duart Castle is proud to announce its Award for Excellence in Tourism

Sir Lachlan Maclean received the Caledonian MacBrayne Award for Excellence in Tourism recently at this year’s Scottish Council for Development & Industry (SCDI) - Highlands & Islands Annual Dinner & Business Excellence Awards.

Special guest, James Smith, Chairman of Shell UK, presenting Sir Lachlan with the award.

Caledonian MacBrayne, sponsors of Excellence in Tourism, chose the visitor attraction for the award, recognising its immense popularity and excellent reputation amongst visitors to the west coast of Scotland.

Ian Fox, CalMac's Regional Manager for Argyll, said: "CalMac is delighted to award its Excellence in Tourism award to Duart Castle on Mull. The MacLean family and Duart Castle provide a highly professional tourism product that covers a wide range of interests and appeals to a wide cross section of visitors, consistently meeting and often exceeding their expectations."

Tickets, which include the ferry fare and admission to Duart Castle, are sold through the CalMac Tourshop in the Ferry Terminal in Oban.

Sir Lachlan said: “We are delighted to win this fantastic award. We work as a team at Duart and my thanks go to everyone who works there, as without their commitment and belief I would not be receiving this award. We look forward to continuing to provide every visitor with a first class, memorable experience.” Sir Lachlan Maclean dedicated the award to his late wife whose vision, enthusiasm and help has contributed so much to the success of Duart.