11 recipients of Innholder Scholarships announced

The Master Innholders’ 2024 Innholder Scholarships programme has welcomed 11 successful applicants from the hotel industry.

Those who receive an Innholder Scholarship are able to spend six months either on the General Managers Programme at Cornell University in the US or the Talent Development Programme at Cranfield University in the UK (both pictured above).

The scheme is worth £12,000 and enables hospitality leaders to develop new insights and consider their businesses from a global perspective.

Dan Rose-Bristow, chairman of the Master Innholders, said: “With such an incredible opportunity to learn from the best management courses, the Innholder Scholarships programme provides a strong opportunity to expand and challenge the mind of future general managers in the hotel industry.

“Congratulations to all that have been awarded Innholder Scholarships.”

The recipients of the 2023 Innholder Scholarships are:

• Adam Wardale, general manager, Middletons Hotel York
• Bradley Werb, operations manager, Park Plaza Waterloo
• Clothilde Mehu, rooms divisions manager, South Lodge
• Damien Martin, general manager, the Parkgate Hotel
• John Keane, director of F&B, Mondrian Shoreditch
• Leanne Silivant, front office manager, the Castle Hotel, Windsor
• Michael Musgrave, general manager, Apex Hotel, Bath
• Paul Hunter, general manager, No.1 by Guest House, York
• Rachael Stevens, rooms division manager, Pennyhill Park
• Samantha Rieu, hotel manager, the Beaumont Hotel
• Stephen Robson, general manager, the Pier Hotel, Harwich

Since 1997, the Innholder Scholarships have been funded by the Worshipful Company of Innholders, the Savoy Educational Trust, the Master Innholders Charitable Trust and the Lord Forte Foundation.

The Master Innholders was founded in 1978 with the aim of empowering managers in the hotel industry.