Ritz-Carlton Chicago Names GM
SEPTEMBER 12, 2007. Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts is pleased to announce the appointment of Christian Clerc to General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (A Four Seasons Hotel). Clerc arrives in Chicago via Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he served asGeneral Manager of Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita since 2003.
"I am honored to take on this new responsibility," says Clerc. "Chicago isa world-class city and The Ritz-Carlton Chicago offers the tradition ofhospitality excellence that Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts has been builtupon."
A native of Switzerland, and fluent in English, French, Italian, German andSpanish, Clerc manages a staff of over 600 employees who service the435-room hotel. The Ritz-Carlton Chicago has been honored with the 2007Mobil Travel Guide Five-Star Award, and equally prestigious 2007 AAAFive-Diamond Award.
Clerc is a graduate of the Lausanne Hotel Management School and began hishotel career at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva in 1989 andsubsequently moved to Lausanne, Mexico, Washington, Rome and Paris where hegained considerable hotel management experience.
He began his Four Seasons career as Hotel Manager at Four Seasons HotelWashington in 2000. He served as interim General Manager at The Pierre inNew York prior to transferring to Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, Mexico in2003 as General Manager. He was promoted to Regional Vice President inApril 2007, overseeing Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City and Four SeasonsResort Punta Mita and Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica. Clerc resides in Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago is steps from the city's bustling cultural arena,tucked high atop prestigious Water Tower Place and is managed by FourSeasons Hotels & Resorts, the leading operator of luxury hotels worldwide.
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