Hilton Hotels has named veteran hotelier R. Michael King as general manager of its soon-to-open Waldorf Astoria Orlando. King, who spent the past 20 years of his 25-year career with Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., was most recently general manager of the Ritz-Carlton Denver. His is a graduate of Kennesaw State University in Georgia and is a member of a variety of trade organizations, including the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs. The hotel will be the first to bear the Waldorf Astoria name outside New York City, where the hotel is a landmark. The new 497-room hotel, which will be paired with a 1,000-room Hilton Hotel, represents an expansion of Hilton’s luxury-lodging portfolio General Management USA & Canada United States Florida Orlando