Nick Heath has been appointed as the general manager of The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal.

An experienced general manager, Heath will be responsible for the 532-room luxury beachfront resort in Abu Dhabi. He joins the Abu Dhabi property from Sheraton Grand Doha Resort and Convention Hotel, where he served since 2015.

Heath’s tenure with Starwood Hotels & Resorts started in 2007 and was appointed as general manager of the iconic W Bangkok (Bangkok, Thailand) and the W Seoul-Walkerhill (Seoul, South Korea) prior to joining Sheraton in Doha (Qatar).

Heath started his hospitality career as a corporate engineering management trainee with Hyatt Hotels Corporation leading the engineering team in several properties in Asia, Middle East and the US. In 1995 he was appointed director of engineering in Hyatt Hotel Aryaduta Jakarta where he changed his path into director of rooms and then, worked as director of sales and marketing. The following years, Heath has been employed as general manager in Thailand, South Korea and Qatar where he had joined Starwood Hotels.

He brings with him a wealth of understanding within the hospitality business with over 25 years of experience with global hotel chains. - TradeArabia News Service