caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
portrait of césar ritz 24 october 1918 küssnacht , switzerland niederwald , switzerland 200px switzerland 23 february 1850 césar_ritz _ -lrb- 1897 -rrb- . jpg césar ritz
 césar ritz hotelier
césar ritz

césar ritz -lrb- 23 february 1850 -- 24 october 1918 -rrb- was a swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels , most famously the hôtel ritz in paris and the ritz hotel in london .
his nickname was `` king of hoteliers , and hotelier to kings , '' and it is from his name and that of his hotels that the term `` ritzy '' derives .
