Conference Biography - Peter Crome Chairman and Managing Director of The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle

Peter is an award winning career hotelier – described last year by Michael Winner as “by far the best hotel manager anywhere in the world”. He has had over 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry. From early childhood Peter dreamed of both working at the Savoy Hotel in London and of working in Scotland and he has easily achieved both of those dreams. Although he was born and grew up in London, his family always took their holidays in Scotland, and his grandfather was a Scot.

He managed the prestigious Savoy Hotel throughout the 1980s and left to open the new St Andrew’s Old Course Hotel and Spa in 1990. In 1994 he became managing director of the Chewton Glen Hotel in Hampshire, recognised as the world’s leading country house hotel. In 2003, he was invited to become managing director of The Carnegie Club, a private members only club at Skibo Castle in northern Scotland. The Skibo Castle of today was built at the beginning of the 20^th Century by Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for himself and his family and his guests. It is today the most exclusive club of its type in the world, hitting the headlines when it hosted the wedding of American superstar Madonna to British movie maker Guy Ritchie in 2000.

Recognised internationally as a great hotelier, Peter and his properties have been the recipients of many coveted awards. He was twice voted in the final three of Best Hotel Manager in the World, and received Hotelier of the Year in 2000, an accolade which is voted for by the industry itself.