Find out about Our 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.

All Members

James Hiley-Jones FIH MI

Managing Director, Greenclose Hotels Ltd

James joined Greenclose Hotels in 1993 as a trainee manager at Careys Manor Hotel following an HND in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management at Highbury College, Portsmouth. James became food an…

Simon Hirst FIH MI

General Manager, No. 1 Grosvenor Square (The Lodha Group)

Simon Hirst joined super prime property development company, The Lodha Group in October 2019, to plan and open the No. 1 Grosvenor Square residences in late 2020. 2017 - 2019, Simon returned to the…

Nick Holmes FIH MI

Non Executive Director, NHC Management

A native of the Wirral and graduate of Sheffield Hallam University. Nick’s career has spanned 40 years from Gleneagles Hotel to Craigendarroch Hotel in Royal Deeside then as Managing Director of Camer…

Terry Holmes FIH MI

Executive Director, Red Carnation Hotels

Before he joined Red Carnation, Terry had been involved with The Stafford for 37 years. He was also Managing Director of The Ritz and Duke’s Hotels when the Cunard Line owned all three hotels. During…

Tim Howard FIH MI

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Tim completed the Savoy Management Training Programme where he trained exclusively at the Connaught. In 1990 he took up his first management position as Assistant Manager at the Priory Hotel, Bath. In…

Robin Hutson OBE MI

Chairman , Lime Wood Group Limited & Home Grown Hotels

Trained with The Savoy Group, London, starting as an 18 year old commis waiter at Claridge’s in 1975, then Stones Chop House, The Berkeley and Hotel de Crillon, Paris. Ultimately becoming Front Office…