Derek Flint has been appointed as General Manager at Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai

Derek Flint
Mr. Flint most recently served as the General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami for almost 6 years, where he successfully achieved the highest score in the region both financial results and employee satisfaction. Prior to that, he was General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street. With over twenty-five years of hospitality experience, Mr. Flint started his career with Ritz-Carlton at the Ritz-Carlton, New York as a Front Desk agent back in 1988 and from there decided to pursue a life dedicated to the hospitality industry. After pursuing management opportunities in San Francisco with The Four Seasons Hotel and The Park Hyatt, he returned to The Ritz-Carlton in 2000 as Executive Assistant Manager, Rooms Division at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco and New York Central Park South. He was then promoted to Senior Corporate Director of Rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company’s headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he was responsible for the rooms operations of the company’s entire portfolio. After spending 3 years successful leading opening teams for 22 new Ritz-Carlton hotels worldwide, Mr. Flint decided to take the challenge of running the company’s largest property The Ritz-Carlton, Millennia Singapore as Hotel Manager from 2005 to 2007.
General Management Asia Pacific China Shanghai

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