Michael Purtill - MI

General Manager

Dukes Hotel

Michael has more than 30 years of experience in the luxury hotel profession. Having graduated with distinction in his degree in Hospitality Management at Bournemouth University in 1989, he has built a career encompassing many different aspects of the industry. He has held leadership positions in country house retreats and city-centre hotels, gained experience working internationally in Switzerland, Turkey, Hungary and China as well as the UK, and has worked in independent hotels such as Chewton Glen, Turnberry and Ashdown Park, as well as international hotel groups, such as Four Seasons, Starwood and Jumeirah. He received recognition in winning a Caterer and Hotelkeeper 30 under 30 award and was very proud to receive a Master Innholders Scholarship in 1997. Michael was chair of the East London Hotel Association for two years in 2009 and 2010 and has been a Master Innholder and a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality since 2008.