Find out aboutThe Master Innholders

Applications to become a Master Innholder 2023/24 are now closed. 

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.

About

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.

Members

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.

How to apply

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Hotelier of the Year Winners

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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