Peter Katusak-Huzsvar has been appointed General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Ritz-Carlton, Jeddah has appointed Peter Katusak-Huzsvar as general manager.
He joins from W Dubai - The Palm and W Residences Dubai - The Palm, where he was GM from August 2020. Before that, he was general manager at SO/Vienna in Austria from January 2018 to July 2020.
Katusak-Huzsvar CV also includes spells at W Dubai - Al Habtoor City in the UAE and W Guangzhou, China, along with a tenure as general manager - task force at Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, Qatar.
Equipped with a Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Administration & Management from Corvinus University Budapest and a Master's degree in Business Administration & Management from the University of Pécs, Katusak-Huzsvar's career spans more than thirty years.
Commencing his professional journey in Hungary, Katusak-Huzsvar has also spent time as GM at W St. Petersburg, Russia, and director of operations at W Doha Hotel and Residences, Qatar.
He was also on the shortlist for our General Manager of the Year - High-End Resort in the Hotelier Middle East Awards 2023 and been featured in the General Manager Power 100 twice, as well as landing the Stephen Garff, Marriott Award of Excellence for Culture and the Debbie Marriott Harrison Leader of the Year Award in 2022 and 2021, respectively.
He has also served as key chair of the Marriott Business Council UAE Market Driven Initiatives Council since January 2021 and the MBC UAE F&B Council since August 2020.
Fluent in Hungarian, German, and English, with proficiency in Italian and Russian, his new hotel says Katusak-Huzsvar brings a cosmopolitan perspective and linguistic finesse to his role.
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