I have stayed at the Cairn quite a few times over the years, for work and pleasure and it was always a great experience, but now they have acquired the Carlton hotel across the road and above a loud pub(Spy Bar), this trip was spoilt by us being placed in this hotel.
The rooms were very small, in fact my room had a double bed that I could not walk round because the bottom left side of the bed was right up to the wall, therefore I had to climb over the corner of the bed to get to my side.
The newly acquired hotel is a bit run down and had a feeling of overall tattiness.
If I couldn't get a guarantee that I would be staying in the original Cairn hotel, I would not book with them again.