WITH 16 years of Ritz-Carlton experience, Matthias Vogt has been appointed general manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou. “It’s a great honor for me to manage a hotel in a city like Guangzhou, one of the most dynamic and promising cities in the region, a perfect blend of a rich 2000-year-old culture and heritage and metropolitan rhythms,” says Vogt. “Being the first in the city to be crowned as a Forbes five-star hotel, we will continue to lead the luxury hotel market in Guangzhou.” Vogt joins the hotel from The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna, in Austria. A native of Germany, Vogt joined The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in 1999. He took on several leading positions in food and beverage at Ritz-Carlton properties in Berlin, Hong Kong and Wolfsburg, and was promoted to hotel manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg in 2008. (SD News) |