Will FriedrichsWill Friedrichs is General Manager of Food & Beverage Operations. Born in Sydney, Australia, Will Friedrichs developed an early interest in the hospitality industry while watching his father work in hotels as a musician and admiring the work of the restaurant’s maitre’d. He went on to study Business Administration and Management at University of Sydney, graduating in 1995. With over 15 years of hotel, cruise ship, and freestanding restaurant experience, Friedrichs has worked at top companies ranging from The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in Australia, California, Florida, and New York, Princess Cruise Lines in California, and The Joule Hotel in Texas. Within the past three years, he has been a part of opening teams at luxury hotel The Knickerbocker and the iconic Rainbow Room in New York as well as luxury hotel The Dewberry in Charleston, South Carolina (Conde Nast Traveler’s 2017 Hot List of best new hotels in the world).