Dieter HissinDieter Hissin, the former general manager of the Balboa Bay Resort, is now leading the day-to-day operations at the Island Hotel Newport Beach. According to hotel officials, Hissin is "an esteemed personality in the Newport Beach community" who has more than 30 years of experience. Hissin most recently served as general manager at the Balboa Bay Resort where he worked for 18 years in a variety of roles. His career also includes the position of restaurant manager for The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, and management and culinary roles at hotels and restaurants in Germany. Hissin, a seventh generation hotelier, grew up in a small town in Germany where at 10-years-old he worked under the guidance of his father in the kitchen of Gasthof Krone, his family’s quaint hotel in Southern Germany.