Stewart Spence - MBE FIH MI

Owner

The Marcliffe Hotel & Spa

Stewart built the Marcliffe at Pitfodels Hotel in 1991-3 when it was opened by Mikail Gorbachev. He was educated in Aberdeen at Ashley Road Primary School and Robert Gordon's College. He opted for a career in the hospitality industry in 1962, at the tender age of 15, as a trainee chef in Aberdeen. The first six years of his career was spent with British Transport Hotels in the kitchens of the Station Hotel, Aberdeen. By 1968 he was manager of the Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen. He opened and managed his own first hotel, the Commodore Hotel, Stonehaven in 1970. This was followed by the purchase of the Atholl Hotel, Aberdeen in 1972 where he stayed until 1989. At the same time he owned and managed several other hotels and restaurants in Aberdeen, including Invery House.