The award of Master Innholder is open to practicing hoteliers from both the independent and group sectors by application each year.
Applications are sought from recognised leaders in hotel management whether as a successful General Manager, Managing Director, Chief Executive or Proprietor.
Applications for 2023/24 are now closed.
The Master Innholders is a well respected, prestigious force within the hotel industry – an elite corps which is publicly recognised as a standard bearer for the industry.
It aims to influence standards and extend professionalism within the industry; to promote consideration, study, discussion and research in the areas affecting hotel management including management development, training, education and recruitment.
Becoming a Master Innholder is both an award of recognition for being a leading hotelier but also an opportunity for you to give back and support our industry to help influence standards and extend professionalism to all those within it.
We provide personal development to young professionals, facilitate discussion and learning amongst our profession and support our industry charities. As a Master Innholder this can be achieved by supporting and joining the executive committee and sub-committees, helping to introduce potential sponsors and speakers for our annual Hotel Leadership Conference, supporting applications for our scholarships, encouraging young ambitious people to join the hugely successful MIALD program, mentor another industry professional, as well as join the charity cycle or another charity initiative we support with our industry partners.
Master Innholders will also be able to attend the annual Hotel Leadership Conference and dinner held in January each year, as well as the Annual General Meeting in September and dinner in June.
Our existing MI’s would also be delighted to let you know more about their experiences and the process, so don’t hesitate to reach out.
We look forward to welcoming this year’s applications and new Master Innholders to our group.
Dan Rose-Bristow MI - Chairman
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Since its inception in 1983, The Caterer's Hotelier of the Year award has celebrated the UK’s most exceptional hotelkeepers and is the pinnacle of a career in hotelkeeping. To date, 31 of 38 worthy winners of this incredible accolade have been Master Innholders. Please see a list of the Master Innholder representatives of the Hotelier of the Year award:
2023 Conor O'Leary, The Gleneagles Hotel
2022 Adrian Ellis, Lowry Hotel
2021 Daniel Pedreschi, PPHE
2020 Sally Beck, Royal Lancaster London
2019 Sally Beck, Royal Lancaster London
2018 David Taylor, InterContinental Hotels Group
2017 Sue Williams, Whatley Manor
2016 Craig Bancroft, Northcote
2014 Danny Pecorelli, Exclusive Hotels and Venues
2013 Stuart Bowery, Grosvenor House A JW Marriott Hotel
2012 Stuart Johnson, Brown's Hotel London
2011 Stephen Carter, De Vere Cameron House Hotel
2010 Andrew Stembridge, Chewton Glen Hotel
2009 Jonathan Raggett, Managing Director, Red Carnation Hotels
2008 Andrew McKenzie, Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury
2007 Michael Gray, Hyatt Regency London, the Churchill
2006 Richard Ball, Calcot Manor, Tetbury
2005 John Stauss, Four Seasons, London
2004 Patrick Elsmie, Gleneagles
2000 Peter Crome, then at Chewton Glen, New Milton
1999 Nick Ryan, then at the Crinan, Argyll
1998 Nicholas Rettie, then at the Metropolitan, London
1997 Peter Lederer, Gleneagles
1996 Chris Rouse, then at Turnberry, Ayrshire
1995 Ricci Obertelli, the Dorchester, London
1993 Ken McCulloch, then at One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow
1992 Dagmar Woodward, then at the Mayfair InterContinental, London
1991 Martin Skan, then at Chewton Glen, New Milton, Hampshire
1990 George Goring, Goring hotel, London
1988 Ronald Jones, then at Claridge's, London
1986 Harry Murray, then at the Imperial, Torquay, Devon
1985 Terry Holmes, then at the Stafford, London
1984 Ramón Pajares, then at the Four Seasons, London
1983 Richard Edwards, then at the Chester Grosvenor, Chester
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