The Excelsior, Hong Kong Appoints Director Food and Beverage
HONG KONG, July 19, 2007. Ms Amanda Scott, General Manager of The Excelsior, Hong Kong is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Matthew Thomas as Director of Food and Beverage.
Matthew joins The Excelsior from Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London where he was most recently employed as Food and Beverage Manager, overseeing the award-winning hotel's successful restaurant operations. Matthew will now lead The Excelsior's Food and Beverage team to ensure optimum operating efficiency and a continuation of the hotel's exemplary service standards.
A British national, Matthew embarked on his career with Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong in the capacity of Caviar Captain in 1993 progressing to Restaurant Manager for the Captain's Bar and later Restaurant Manager, Mandarin Grill until he joined Conran Restaurants, London in 1999.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world's most prestigious hotels and resorts, currently operating 20 luxury hotels with a further 16 under development in Riviera Maya, Mexico and Hainan Island, China (2007), Barcelona, Boston and Beijing (2008), Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, Macau, Marrakech, Turks and Caicos, Grand Cayman and Costa Rica (2009) and Guangzhou, Taipei and Paris (2010). In total, Mandarin Oriental now operates, or has under development more than 9,500 rooms in 21 countries with 16 hotels in Asia, 13 in The Americas and seven in Europe and North Africa.
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