Caterer's newly crowned Hotelier of the Year Andrew McKenzie and Tobias Elwood, the Shadow Culture Secretary, are among the senior industry figures taking part in a Question Time debate at the St Julian Scholars autumn meeting and dinner this Friday.
The meeting is being held at the Hyatt Regency Churchill hotel in London's Portman Square and will see the panellists - including British Hospitality Association chief executive Bob Cotton, Peter Hancock, the chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels and London chef restaurateur Chris Galvin - taking questions from the floor.
Most St Julian's Scholars are hotel general managers, or senior assistant managers, who have successfully completed Master Innholder scholarships at Cranfield, Cornell or Lausanne.