Apex Hotels has been named one of Scotland’s 50 fastest-growing companies at the Fast Growth Index 2024 Awards, recognising the company’s remarkable expansion over recent months.
Angela Vickers, CEO for Apex Hotels, said, “We are incredibly proud to receive this award, which reflects the hard work, innovation, and dedication of our entire team. This honour highlights the rapid growth we’ve achieved, while staying true to our commitment to exceptional service and quality. As a family-owned business, we are especially delighted to be recognised for our contribution to Scotland’s economy and hospitality sector.”
To be defined as a ‘fast growth firm’, a company must demonstrate a 20% revenue growth between 2021 and 2023 and Apex Hotels ambitious acquisition strategy to buy new hotels and resorts across the UK, to diversify and expand the group’s portfolio and deliver more choice through a wider range of destinations has seen a number of successes.
This has included the recent renovation of Apex Waterloo Place in Edinburgh and new restaurant and cocktail bar – Liberte and 1819. It also includes the acquisition of The Vineyard Hotel and Spa, a five-star country house hotel and spa in the heart of Berkshire, Pine Trees country house hotel in Pitlochry, acquired in July 2023, and Meldrum House Country Hotel & Golf Course in Aberdeenshire, which the group bought in April 2024. More recently, in November 2024, Apex also acquired the hotel trading as DoubleTree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro, it is the first hotel operating as non-Apex hotel.