{{Short description|Scottish hotelier (1948–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ken McCulloch | image = | caption = | birth_name = Kenneth Wilfred McCulloch | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|11|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|11|20|1948|11|07|df=yes}} | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_cause = | resting_place = | nationality = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Hotelier | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = Founder of Malmaison and Dakota Hotels | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = }}

'''Kenneth Wilfred McCulloch''' (7 November 1948 – 20 November 2024) was a British hotelier, the founder of the hotel chains, Malmaison and Dakota Hotels.

==Life and career== McCulloch was born in Glasgow on 7 November 1948.<ref name="times">{{cite news |last1=Cameron |first1=Greig |title=Ken McCulloch obituary: Hotelier who founded Malmaison and Dakota |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/ken-mcculloch-obituary-hotelier-who-founded-malmaison-and-dakota-nm8znszxh |access-date=23 November 2024 |work=The Times |date=21 November 2024}}</ref> He founded the hotel chains, Malmaison and Dakota Hotels.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rebecca Burn-Callander |date=25 June 2016 |title=Ken McCulloch the boutique hotelier looks to expansion |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/25/ken-mcculloch-the-boutique-hotelier-looks-to-expansion/ |accessdate=19 May 2017 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=The Caterer Interview Ken McCulloch - The Caterer |url=https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hotel/the-caterer-interview-ken-mcculloch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115210603/https://www.thecaterer.com/news/hotel/the-caterer-interview-ken-mcculloch|archive-date=15 January 2021|url-status=dead |accessdate=13 Oct 2020 |website=The Caterer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Cate Devine |date=31 October 2015 |title=Saturday interview: Ken McCulloch (From HeraldScotland) |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13927610.Saturday_interview__Ken_McCulloch/ |accessdate=19 May 2017 |publisher=Heraldscotland.com}}</ref> He later sold the Malmaison in 1986. McCulloch also owned One Devonshire Gardens in Glasgow.<ref name="Northrop 07">{{cite news |last1=Northrop |first1=Alasdair |title=BIG PROFILE: KEN McCULLOCH - RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/special-reports/big-profile-ken-mcculloch-right-9877922 |access-date=21 July 2025 |work=insider.co.uk |date=3 May 2007 |language=en}}</ref> McCulloch died in Glasgow in November 2024, aged 76.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=Malmaison and Dakota hotel group founder Ken McCulloch dies aged 76 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24741171.dakota-hotels-founder-ken-mcculloch-dies-aged-76/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref name="times"/>

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