Gavin Ellis
Born in 1964, Gavin is a 5 generation hotelier whose entry into the Hospitality industry was sign posted at an early age, often taking to the stove as young person in his mother's restaurant the Puffer Aground on the Isle of Mull. He studied a collection of City and Guild qualifications at High Peak college Buxton, Derbyshire (where he met his wife Penny, but it was some 12 years later until he realised) before setting off to work in the kitchens of Bahnhof Buffet Zurich. Returning to Scotland he took several front of house positions with international and national chain hotels before embarking on the Knockomie Project in 1987.
Since then he has experienced recessions and Challenges of Tourist industry. He is passionate about marketing and selling all that SCOTLAND has to offer and believes that by working together that we can have develop a great future.
He attended 1999 International professional Development programme at the Scottish Hotel School and Ecole Hotiere de Lausanne.
2003 Leading a Service Culture at the Disney Institute Florida
He sits on the British Hospitality Association Committee Scottish Division. He is a member of the Tourism Innovation Group
Director of
The Mull and West Highland Narrow Gauge Railway.
The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival
The Scottish Tourism Forum
Gavin has spoken at several Tourism events on Motivation, Process Mapping and Self Directive work teams in the workplace. Including, INTERCHANGE 2003 for North West Tourism.
Gavin's tenure on the Visit Scotland Quality Service Overseeing Committee saw him drive the concept of collaborative working with all accommodation providers and promote the idea of change as a welcome development for the sustainability of tourism businesses.
As Chair of the British Hospitality Industry Scotland for 3 years he was responsible for raising the profile of our industry. In this role he also organised and chaired the Scotland United Conference Committee.
He currently chairs the Monitoring group of The Tourism Framework for change and is a keep player in the Tourism Innovation Group.
