CIHT North West is focused on engaging with our local professional membership and is highly active in building collaborative partnerships with other leading professional institutions and industry leading bodies in the region.
Hayley Palmer, Past Chair, would like to extend her thanks to The Region during her time as Chair.
You can read Hayley's 2019 Chairs Report by clicking on the picture below.
The CIHT North West Region Awards categories were:
The guest speaker this year was Peter Slater, a freelance sports broadcaster, author and occasional university lecturer.
Pictures from the evening can be found here
On Tuesday 24th April 2015 the North Western Branch became CIHT North West. The North West Region covers the areas of: Blackburn with Darwen; Cheshire; Greater Manchester; Halton; Isle of Man; Lancashire; Merseyside and Warrington. The North Western Branch celebrated its 50th anniversary on 8 April 1999 and was one of the largest branches having around 1000 members. Five members of the Branch had become National President since 1949 starting with:
Sir James Drake (1959-1960)
Michael Callery (1989-1990)
David Ogden (1999-2000)
Alistair Haydock (2006-2007)
Chris Jackson (2009-2010)
The Institution’s Certificate of Merit has been awarded to six members of the Branch:
Donald Dean (1979)
Don Hestor (1980)
Bill Johnson (1986)
Gordon Stinson (1998)
Keith Patterson (2002)
Phil Mason (2011)
The Branch has always been well represented on the CIHT’s Council, its Boards and Committees.
Work on developing the UK Motorway system, which transformed British travel, started in the mid-1950s and it all started in the North West.
Details on the previous chairs of the North West Region and Branch can be found below.
2016 - E. Mellor
2015 - E. Mellor
2014 - R. I. Manock
2013 - R. I. Manock
2012 - M. G. Peet
2011 - M. G. Peet
2010 - L. T. Fogg
2009 - B. T. Heaps
2009 - B. T. Heaps
2008 - B. T. Heaps
2007 - T. Patel
2006 - P. Blair
2005 - R. R. Henson
2004 - D. I. Pegg
2003 - B. T. Heaps
2002 - R. J. Crossley
2001 - G. P. Harding
2000 - C. P. Jackson
1999 - R. K. Patterson
1998 - B. T. Branson
1997 - T. J. Ottway
1996 - D. A. Haydock
1995 - D. W. Ogden
1994 - G. F. Stinson
1993 - J. C. Beevers
1992 - A. M. Jack
1991 - K. M. Cameron
1990 - B. J. Robinson
1989 - G. M. Senior
1988 - J. D. Whalley
1987 - R. K. Patterson
1986 - R. W. Flitcroft
1985 - D. R. Elliott
1984 - G. M. Mackereth
1983 R. H. N. Sinclair
1982 W. M. Johnson
1981 M. F. Callery
1980 W. L. Wilkinson
1979 V. A. Knight
1978 D. F. Dean
1977 M. J. Lloyd
1976 G. T. Reece
1975 J. Priestley
1974 J. M. Whiteley
1973 C. Kay
1972 H. L. Yeadon
1971 D. S. McIntyre
1970 J. D. Wallace
1969 J. G. Parkinson
1968 J. W. McGuire
1967 M. Fairclough
1966 S. J. Grainger
1965 E. Monkhouse
1964 J. R. Ingram
1963 S. Race
1962 J. H. Dean
1961 R. Howarth
1960 C. G. Day
1959 G. E. Robinson
1958 V. H. Haynes
1957 V. H. Haynes
1956 J. Drake
1955 W. Garbutt
1954 J. W. Bradley
1953 J. W. Bradley
1952 W. R. Thomson
1951 W. R. Thomson
1950 J. R. Cudemore
1949 T. Dunn
1948 D. H. Williams
1947 L. O. Cope
1946 N. E. Box
1945 W. Garbutt
1944 W. Garbutt
1943 W. Garbutt
1942 W. A. Mitchell
1941 W. A. Mitchell
1940 H. R. Hepworth
1939 H. R. Hepworth