Trailblazing Partnership Sees Crieff Hydro Family Expand Wellness Offering

One of Scotland’s leading hotel groups, the Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels, has announced a landmark partnership with a trailblazing sleep and relaxation app, further strengthening its wellness offering across its portfolio.

Founded by Scots Karen and Graeme Kerr, the partnership will see the introduction of the Tethered sleep and relaxation app in each of the Family’s hotels in Perthshire, the West Highlands, and Scottish borders.

Inspired by Scotland’s landscapes, the app blends long form sleep stories, folklore, calming soundscapes and relaxing music into a soothing audio experience rooted in Scottish culture and connection.

The move builds on the hotel group’s wellness heritage, which dates back to 1868, when Dr Thomas Meikle founded Crieff Hydro as the Strathearn Hydropathic Establishment - created to help guests cleanse, rest and rejuvenate.

Guests staying at each hotel within the Crieff portfolio will be granted access to a ‘dreamscape’ bespoke to each property, carefully curated to promote deeper rest and relaxation, with the sounds of the surrounding nature, wildlife and distinctive atmosphere of each location.

Production on the bespoke dreamscapes are now underway and are expected to be launched in early 2026.

Charlie Leckie, Associate Director of Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels, said:

“This partnership reflects our long-standing commitment to wellbeing in its broadest sense. Crieff Hydro began life in 1868 as a hydropathic and this is a modern way of bringing that same spirit to guests across our hotels."

“Rest, sleep and reconnection are incredibly important to our guests, and Tethered offers something genuinely distinctive in this space. By working with a Scottish-founded brand that draws so deeply on our landscapes and stories, we are able to create experiences that feel authentic and aligned with who we are as a business."

“Our hotels are set in some of the most remarkable locations in the country and this collaboration allows guests to not only carry that sense of place with them into the quiet moments of their stay, but when they return home, too.”

Karen Kerr, co-founder of Tethered, added:

“We created Tethered to help people slow down, switch off and reconnect, and there is no better setting for that than the places where the Crieff Hydro Family’s hotels are located."

“Each dreamscape is being crafted to reflect the character, history and natural environment of each of the hotels, creating an experience that is both deeply calming and unmistakably Scottish."

“We’re proud to be collaborating with a family business that shares our values and our belief in the restorative power of Scotland’s landscapes with a global audience.”

As well as bespoke dreamscapes for each hotel, guests will also have unlimited access to a specially curated playlist designed to transport each listener back to the surrounding area of each venue. Karen added:

“Even after guests return home, each track will allow them to revisit the feeling of being there. It's about extending the experience beyond the stay itself, giving guests a way to reconnect with the sense of peace and place, even when they’ve returned to the pace of everyday life.”

Guests staying at Crieff Hydro Hotel and the Murraypark Hotel in Perthshire, the Isles of Glencoe Hotel, Kingshouse Hotel and the Ballachulish Hotel in the West Highlands and Peebles Hydro Hotel and The Park Hotel in the Scottish Borders will enjoy unlimited access to the dreamscape of the property they have visited and the playlist, as well as one-month free access to the Tethered app.

To learn more and explore the range of hotels within the Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels, and to book, visit here.