Innholder Scholarships programme awards 12 hoteliers with management courses worth over £11,000 each
12 hoteliers have been selected for this year’s Master Innholders Innholder Scholarships programme.
Each hotelier will now have the opportunity to undertake one of three prestigious management courses, worth over £11,000, either in the UK or abroad.
Comprised of several different modules over a six-month period, those on the Innholder Scholarship programme will learn how to lead cross-function teams, manage constant change, develop new insights and strategies, as well as understand and examine their business from a global perspective on either the Talent Development Programme or General Management programme at Cranfield University, UK, or the General Managers Programme at Cornell University, USA.
The 12 successful applicants of the Innholder Scholarships are:
- James Hilton, Front of House Manager, The Montague on the Gardens
- Rachel Cabirol, Revenue Manager, The Royal Lancaster London
- Marie-Charlotte Gauter, Director of Rooms, Hotel Café Royal
- Sebastian Koewius, Food & Drink Operations Manager, Nobu London Portman Square
- Denzil Arendse, Operations Manager, The Manor House
- Byron Fiddler, General Manager, New Park Manor Hotel
- Kim Mouflier, Hotel Manager, Hilton London Bankside
- Carlo Iulianella, General Manager, Seaham Hall
- Jakob Gowin, General Manager, Melia White House
- Craig Routledge, General Manager, Kilworth House Hotel
- Mark Spanton, General Manager, Dakota Hotel Leeds
- Oliver Milne-Watson, General Manager, The Newman
Speaking on the announcement of this year’s scholarship winners, James B. Clarke MI, Chair of the Master Innholders, said:
“I am incredibly impressed and proud of all our successful applicants for this year’s Innholder Scholarships. Each and every one of them displayed an immense love and passion for our industry, but also an understanding of its challenges and potential ways in which we can overcome them.
“It’s also great to see the variety of different hospitality roles and backgrounds from our winners. While some are general managers of their hotels, many of our winners are also from various other hospitality roles, such as director of rooms, revenue managers, food and drink operations managers, and many more.
“I think it’s a real showcase of how varied the hotel industry can be and also the diverse skillsets that many of its great workers possess – all skills that will be honed and improved on alongside many new skills as our new applicants undertake their various university programmes in the near future.”
Since 1997 the Worshipful Company of Innholders, the Savoy Educational Trust, the Master Innholders Charitable Trust and the Lord Forte Foundation have funded Innholder Scholarships.