Two found dead in Edinburgh hotel The Scotsman hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland, where a man and a woman have been found dead. A man and woman have been found dead in a room at a luxury hotel in Edinburgh. Police are investigating the deaths following the discovery of the bodies at the five-star Scotsman hotel at 12.15pm. A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Emergency services are in attendance at The Scotsman hotel on North Bridge where the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in a room around 12.15pm today. Inquiries are at an early stage and the deaths are being treated as unexplained at this time. It is understood that police are investigating a possible chemical incident and the sixth floor of the hotel has been evacuated. The Scotsman is just off Edinburgh's Royal Mile and a short distance from Princes Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare. It used to be the building of The Scotsman newspaper, which moved to Holyrood in 2001. Edinburgh's busy summer season is under way as thousands of performers and tourists flock to Scotland's capital for the Fringe festival which begins officially tomorrow.