Profiling Hotelier Robert Mercure of Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac
When the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) announced the appointment of Robert Mercure to the CTC Board of Directors earlier this spring, it affirmed what many already knew:...
Profiling Hotelier David Smythe of Ottawa’s Lord Elgin Hotel
When David Smythe dropped out of high school to find a job, his father wasn’t thrilled. But two years later, noting a passion for the food and...
Profiling Hotelier Keith Simmonds of The Great Wolf Lodge
As GM of Canada’s first indoor water-park resort, Keith Simmonds knows a thing or two about having fun. Since opening the Great Wolf Lodge seven years ago,...
Profiling Hotelier Dan McIlhone Of TownePlace Suites
Dan McIlhone always wanted to be an athlete. Standing 6-6 it’s not a stretch to think the Toronto native could have played professional basketball. Instead, he had...
Profiling Hotelier Andre Nadeau of Best Western’s L’Aristocrate
To say André Nadeau has a special attachment to Quebec City’s Best Western Premier Hotel L’Aristocrate is an understatement. Not only did the 60-year-old GM start his...
Profiling Hotelier Andrew Torriani of Ritz Carlton, Montreal
Andrew Torriani got a taste of the hotel business as a child working at a collection of hotels owned by his father. In fact, at the age...
Profiling Hotelier Joseph Klein of Le Château Champlain in Montreal
Joseph Klein is proof positive the adage “you can’t go home again” has no basis in truth. Klein recently returned to Montreal, his birthplace, to helm the...
Profiling Hotelier Corinne Lund of The James
As Operating Manager of Saskatoon’s first boutique hotel, Corinne Lund refuses to compromise. Despite landing in the hotel industry on a whim, “almost immediately I knew this...
Profiling Hotelier Heather McCrory of The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto
By her own admission, Heather McCrory’s trajectory to the top was atypical. The regional vice-president, Central Canada, and GM of Toronto’s iconic Fairmont Royal...
Profiling Hotelier Alexandru Matei
Homewood suites by Hilton Oakville, Ont. Alexandru Matei firmly believes that success breeds success. Since landing at the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Oakville, Ont., two years...
