Keynote Speaker · Executive Coach · Conference Host

Chris
Wayne-Wills

Thirty years in hospitality leadership.
Now I inspire others to go further.

I'm a hotelier who still does the job. I coach hospitality executives through the decisions that define them, keynote on transformational leadership, and host the conferences where the industries decide what happens next.

United Kingdom · English · In person or virtual · Fees on request
Chris Wayne-Wills
Stages, boards & brands JA Resorts & Hotels Crerar Hotels Marriott International QHotels Macdonald Hotels UK Hospitality HIT Scotland Cornell University

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Three ways to work together. All of it built on the same thirty years of running real businesses with real numbers.

Also available for Hospitality Advisory Asset Management Board & NED Roles Media Comment
The credibility behind it
30+
Years in senior hospitality leadership
Chief Executive appointments
69
Hotels led across UK & Middle East
2024
CEO of the Year, Scottish Professional Awards

Three decades of hotel leadership sit behind every engagement, CEO roles, cluster portfolios, government appointments and a group turnaround.

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Master Innholder Chairman, UKHospitality Scotland 2022–25 Fellow, Institute of Hospitality Vice-Chairman & Trustee, HIT Scotland ICF Member Cornell GM Programme
Chris Wayne-Wills
Chris Wayne-Wills Master Innholder · Fellow, Institute of Hospitality

Who books
me, and why.

Hospitality groups, owners, trade bodies and the businesses that serve them. Usually at a moment of change.

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Hotel groups & operators
Executive teams facing repositioning, integration or a step change in performance.
Owners & investors
Asset-level reviews and the operator conversations that follow them.
Trade bodies & associations
Conference keynotes and hosting from someone who has chaired the sector.
Individual executives
GMs and directors preparing for the next role, or surviving the current one.
Supplier & brand partners
Events where the audience is hospitality leadership and credibility is the price of entry.
Boards & trusts
Facilitation, non-executive contribution and governance-level counsel.