Ritz-Carlton

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The Ritz Carlton logo at the Hong Kong property
The Ritz Carlton logo at the Hong Kong property

Ritz-Carlton is a brand of luxury hotel and resort with 70 properties that are located in major cities and exclusive resort destinations of 23 countries worldwide[1]. The Ritz-Carlton brand is managed by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC, a subsidiary of Marriott International. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has currently 32,000 employees.

The Montreal Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sherbrooke Street was built in 1912, but officially, it is not part of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Chain.

The first Ritz-Carlton Hotel was built in Boston in 1927.

The New York Ritz-Carlton was located at Forty-sixth and Madison Avenue. From 1910 Louis Diat ran the kitchens and "famously invented vichyssoise". [2]

Naples Florida is the only city with two Ritz-Carlton's on the same road.

The Ritz-Carlton headquarters are found in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C..

In 2005, Ritz-Carlton was among 53 entities that contributed the maximum of $250,000 to the second inauguration of President George W. Bush.[3] [4] [5]

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[edit] Highest hotel in the world

Ritz-Carlton will occupy the top 15 floors of the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong. The hotel's lobby is at 425 meters (1,394 feet) above the ground, becoming the highest hotel in the world when completed, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Jin Mao Tower in Pudong, Shanghai.

[edit] See also

Notable properties of the Ritz-Carlton brand include:

A list of all Ritz-Carlton properties is available here:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Refer to http://corporate.ritzcarlton.com/en/Press/FactSheet.htm
  2. ^ Kamp, David The United States of Arugula, New York: Broadway Books, 2006.
  3. ^ Drinkard, Jim. "Donors get good seats, great access this week", USA Today, 2005-01-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. 
  4. ^ "Financing the inauguration", USA Today. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. 
  5. ^ "Some question inaugural's multi-million price tag", USA Today, 2005-01-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. 

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