Fairmont Baku to Open in 2011
TORONTO — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement to manage a new, 347-guest room luxury hotel property in the coastal city of Baku, Azerbaijan, on...
Intrawest ULC Avoids Auction
VANCOUVER — The auction of the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort and other Intrawest ULC properties has been postponed after its owner, Fortress Investment Group, reached an agreement...
Hoteliers Believe “Worst of Recession is Over”
SINGAPORE — In the newest edition of Horwath HTL’s Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey, hotel operators claim that the worst of the economic crisis is over, and...
Intrawest Auction Rescheduled
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Intrawest ULC and its owner, New York-based Fortress Investment Group LLC, have been given an extension from creditors on the foreclosure auction scheduled for...
Wyndham Montreal Airport Houses Haitian Refugees
MONTREAL — According to a story in the Montreal Gazette, a total of 3,496 evacuees arriving on 39 flights, following the Haiti earthquake, have been housed and...
Federal Government Denies Negotiating US$90 M to Intrawest
VANCOUVER — The Canadian government has denied that it is negotiating a US$90-million pre-winter Olympics payment to Intrawest ULC, the operator of the ski resort venue, Whistler...
Holiday Inn Express to Open Quebec’s First LEED Hotel
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. — The InterContinental Hotels Group’s first sustainable hotel in Canada, and the first of its type in Quebec, opened on Thursday, Jan. 28, in Saint-Hyacinthe,...
Intrawest News Flies Fast and Furious as Winter Olympics Approach
VANCOUVER — Just as the clock ticks down to the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, news emerged last Wednesday, Jan. 20, that...
Pacrim Hospitality Adds 60th Hotel
BEDFORD, N.S. — One of Canada’s largest, privately owned hotel management companies, Pacrim Hospitality Services Inc., has added its 60th hotel, the 105-room Wingate by Wyndham Edmonton,...
Howard Johnson Helps Grant Wishes
OAKVILLE, Ont. — Howard Johnson Canada recently announced a partnership with the Harlem Globetrotters, in support of The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. As the Globetrotters travel...
