Twelve hoteliers receive Innholder Scholarships

The Master Innholders has revealed the names of 12 hoteliers who have been selected to take part in the Innholder Scholarships programme.

Each hotelier will have the chance to be enrolled on one of three management courses worth over £11,000 in the UK or abroad.

These include the Talent Development Programme or the General Management programme at Cranfield University, UK, or the General Managers Programme at Cornell University in the USA.

James B. Clarke, 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."

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 since 1997.

The Master Innholders was founded in 1978.

The 12 successful recipients of the 2024 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