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The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh has been awarded the “World’s Leading Palace Hotel “in World Travel Awards which was held in Doha, Qatar.

“It is a remarkable achievement to receive such a valuable award,” says Jean-Francois Laurent, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh. “I present this award to our ladies & gentlemen who have shown an exemplary efforts and dedication during the last crucial time of opening our hotel."

World Travel Awards was launched to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. The most important decision-makers in global travel and tourism attended the show, which was held in partnership with Qatar Tourism Authority, at Katara Cultural Village.

The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh palatial interior, architectural design and landscaping together with the uuncompromising legendary service and signature attention to detail provided by our ladies and gentlemen has made it unique and created a marriage of style and sense of place within the Middle East. The majestic hotel is exquisite in every detail and boasts top events and leading summits in town in such a short period.

The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh joins nine other Ritz-Carlton hotels and resorts currently operating or under development in the Middle East: Bahrain, Dubai, Sharm El Sheikh, Doha, Sharq Village & Spa, Dubai International Finance Centre, Muscat, Abu Dhabi and Nile Cairo (opening respectively in 2012 and 2013.)

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., of Chevy Chase, Maryland, currently operates 77 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. The Ritz-Carlton is the only service company to have twice earned the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which recognizes outstanding customer service.