Claudia Hardt Appointed Director of PR of The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Qatar

Claudia Hardt has been promoted to Director of Public Relations of The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Qatar.

In her new capacity, she is responsible for the regional and international communications and public relations efforts of The Ritz-Carlton, Doha and Sharq Village & Spa.

Ms Hardt has 21 years experience in the hospitality industry and was most recently director of public relations and communications at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa. Prior to this position, she was director of communications at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong and director of public relations at The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin.

Ms Hardt started her career with Ritz-Carlton in 1999 as public relations manager at the former The Ritz-Carlton Schlosshotel, Berlin. Soon after, she joined the regional public relations office in Germany and assisted in setting up the public relations department at The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul. Ms Hardt supplemented her public relations experience at C & C Contact & Creation, one of the leading PR agencies in Germany for the hospitality industry, managing hotel, airline and tourism board accounts.

Armed with a degree in hotel business management administration of the Hotelfachschule Heidelberg, Germany, and a European Diploma of Hotel Management, Ms Hardt is also certified as a PR-Consultant by the German Academy of Public Relations in Frankfurt. In 2008, she was recognized as “Marketing/PR Person of the Year” by Hotelier Middle East.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel currently operates 74 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. More than 30 hotel and residential projects are under development around the globe with future openings including Toronto; and Hong Kong, Kowloon.

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