Tim Gardiner MBE - President
Tim has played an important role in the development and understanding of accessibility in the UK. With his experience as a parent of a wheelchair user, he set up the consortium, Holidays for All, and then started working with Tourism for All, firstly as a consultant during which time he helped to construct the TFA’s training programmes. He joined the board and was appointed Chairman in 2012 and President in 2018.
Tim’s hospitality management career started in 1963 with the Savoy Hotel group in London followed by Trust House Forte. After managing three large hotels, he became Catering Services Director for the group. He then became General Manager of the Forte (subsequently Granada) catering franchises at Heathrow and five other UK airports. At THF he oversaw the awarding of Investors in People – the first catering company in the UK to accomplish this. Tim then moved to Arthritis Care Hotels as general manager.
Tim was appointed an MBE in 2012 for services to the tourism industry.
