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Meet The Hotelier Behind Boath House In North East Scotland
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  2. Meet The Hotelier Behind Boath House In North East Scotland

Meet The Hotelier Behind Boath House In North East Scotland

Artist Jonny Gent tells Emma Henderson how he doesn't really see himself as running a hotel in the traditional sense, how guests can contribute to the interiors and why it's important to let the buildings shine.

EHEmma Henderson

November 20, 2023

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"The goal was never really to open a hotel, I don't see it as that," says Jonny Gent, owner of Boath House in north east Scotland.

It might sound like a strange thing to say for someone who runs a successful hotel in Scotland as well as the famed Sessions Arts Club Restaurant in central London. But there's a reason for it, and that's because Jonny is an artist first and foremost, and his roles as

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