TORONTO — The Chelsea Hotel, Toronto has announced the retirement of Josef Ebner, RVP – Canada & Managing Director of the Chelsea Hotel, Toronto effective Nov. 15. Ebner’s career spans 60+ years, 14 properties and seven countries.
Like many hoteliers in his time, Ebner began his career in an Apprenticeship Training program where he learned first-hand, the importance of excellent customer service and hospitality – an experience that helped him to become a successful hotelier. “There have been many milestones over the course of Josef’s hotel leadership of the Chelsea over the past 32 years, including the transition of the hotel from Delta Hotels to Chelsea (under direct LHG management) 11 years ago,” said Bob van den Oord, CEO, Langham Hospitality Group. “His reputation, not only at the Chelsea Hotel, but across the hospitality industry, has been well recognized through various awards and accolades throughout the years such as the Hotel Association of Canada, Canadian Hotel and Marketing Sales Executives, the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, the Austrian Canadian Council, and SKAL.
” He added that an especially proud moment for Ebner was receiving the 2011 Decoration of Honour in Gold (Goldenes Ehrenzeichen) of the Province of Styria, Austria, and the 2001 Decoration of Merit in Gold (Goldenes Verdienstzeichen) of the Republic of Austria. “One of our strategic objectives and goals relates to ‘The World – To C.