Gleneagles Hotel closes for 11 weeks after tougher local Covid restrictions [BBC News]



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Date: 12/11/2020

The hotel says it made the ^very difficult^ decision as Perth and Kinross moves to level 3 restrictions. [Railscot note: Gleneagles is a former railway hotel. It began independently, was built by the Caledonian Railway and opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.]


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The hotel says it made the "very difficult" decision as Perth and Kinross moves to level 3 restrictions.

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