Westin Bear Mountain Resort Welcomes New Executive Chef
VICTORIA, B.C. — Mark Wadsworth is the new executive chef at the Victoria, B.C.-based Westin Bear Mountain resort. Wadsworth will lead the culinary program at the hotel’s...
Choice Hotels Appoints New CIO
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Todd Davis has been promoted to the role of chief information officer at Choice Hotels. “Under Todd's leadership, Choice Hotels...
Travelodge Inn & Suites Spruce Grove Joins Travelodge Canada
Travelodge Canada is pleased to announce a new Travelodge location in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Formerly a Royal Inn Express hotel, Travelodge Inn & Suites Spruce Grove offers...
New Four Seasons’ Flagship Marks New Era for Luxury Hotels In Toronto
In 2008, when Dimitrios Zarikos arrived in Toronto from the south of France to become GM of the Four Seasons Yorkville, the hotel landscape looked vastly different...
Designing Outside the Lines: Decorating the Great Outdoors
Andrew Bockner has transformed his fair share of outdoor spaces at hotels. The al-fresco-adoring purveyor behind Andrew Richard Designs, a fine outdoor-furniture showroom in Toronto, shares a...
Westin Calgary Appoints New Team Members
CALGARY — Westin Calgary has announced new additions to the hotel’s team, including John Conmee (pictured) as director of Banquets and David Barbour as director of Front...
A Look at Top Canadian Hotel Technology Trends
There's no escaping it. Technology continues to advance at an alarming rate. Several technological innovations we rely on today were once unfathomable. At first blush, Twitter sounded...
Shangri-La Brings Asian-inspired Hospitality to Toronto
“Famous designer Adam Tihany once said something that really stuck with me,” recalls Richard Cooke, the newly installed GM of the Shangri-La Toronto. “He said, ‘I can...
Former Atlific Hotels VP Dies
VANCOUVER — Robert Guy Leoppky, a former Atlific Hotels VP of Western Canada passed away Monday, following a battle with cancer. He was in his 60th year....
Hotel Operators Step Up Their Sanitation Practices
It's the scenario every hotel manager dreads — A guest complains the room isn’t clean. And, when the guest is a CBC Marketplace crew, accompanied by a...
