| The Scotsman Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Opening date | 2001 |
| Management | The Eton Collection |
| Owner | JJW Hotels & Resorts |
| Rooms | 56 |
| Suites | 13 |
| Restaurants | 1 |
| Website | Official Site |
The Scotsman Hotel Edinburgh opened in 2001 in the Victorian building which had housed The Scotsman newspaper for nearly a century. The hotel is located on North Bridge between the Royal Mile and Princes Street, thereby straddling Edinburgh’s Medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town.
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The Scotsman is part of JJW Hotels & Resorts and was purchased by Sheikh M.B.I Al Jaber for £63 million in 2006.[1] In August 2007, JJW acquired The Eton Collection.[2]
Many of the features of the building hark back to when the building was used by The Scotsman Newspaper. Originally the top of the building had pigeon lofts for carrier pigeons which were used to carry news back and forth from outlying parts of Scotland. The middle floors of the building were home to the editorial offices and now house the bedrooms (with suites named after the newspaper hierarchy – Editor, Publisher & Director). The basement housed the printing presses and is now home to a gym and spa. The hotel’s bar was formerly the newspaper’s reception room. The building's marble staircase was previously only allowed to be used by the newspaper's editorial team. Advertising rooms now hold a private cinema.
In a link to its time as former offices of the Edinburgh Evening News, the building is reported to be "haunted by a host of ghosts, including a phantom printer and a phantom forger."[3]