Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. It holds an 83.5% controlling interest in Fairmont Hotels Inc., a 100% interest in Delta Hotels, and a 35% investment interest in Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust.

Fairmont is known in Canada for its famous historic hotels and resorts such as the Banff Springs in Alberta and Château Frontenac in Quebec City. Many of these hotels were originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As such, they were operated by Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts until CP Hotels purchased Fairmont in 1999 and changed their name to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The name change reflected the new international focus of the company and gave name recognition to their subsequently acquired international properties.

Contents 1 History 2 Properties 2.1 Canadian properties 2.2 American properties 2.3 Other North and Central American properties 2.4 European properties 2.5 Middle Eastern properties 3 External links

[edit] History

The original Fairmont name began in 1907 with the namesake in San Francisco. The hotel opened following the great earthquake in the city. It was later acquired by Benjamin H. Swig in 1945.

The Fairmont chain consisted of seven properties in the United States when it merged with Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts in 1999:

• The Fairmont (San Francisco)
• The Fairmont New Orleans (formerly Grunewald)
• The Fairmont Copley Plaza (Boston)
• The Plaza (New York)
• The Fairmont Chicago
• The Fairmont Dallas
• The Fairmont San Jose

In early 2006, after a contentious bidding war started by investor Carl Icahn. Ichann lost the bid and Fairmont agreed to be sold for $3.9 billion US. Fairmont announced on January 30, 2006 that the company will be purchased by Colony Capital, LLC and Kingdom Hotels International. It is expected that Fairmont will be integrated into Raffles International/Swissotel, an international luxury chain controlled by affiliates of Colony Capital.

[edit] Properties

[edit] Canadian properties

British Columbia

• The Fairmont Empress Resort in Victoria
• The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver (opens 2009)
• The Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Chateau Whistler (Resort) in Whistler

Alberta

• The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Resort) in Lake Louise
• The Fairmont Banff Springs (Resort) in Banff
• The Fairmont Palliser in Calgary
• The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (Resort) in Jasper
• The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton

Manitoba

• The Fairmont Winnipeg in Winnipeg

Ontario

• The Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa
• The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto

Québec

• The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal
• Le Château Frontenac (Resort) in Québec City
• Le Manoir Richelieu (Resort) in Charlevoix
• Le Château Montebello (Resort) in Montebello
• Fairmount Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant

Atlantic

• The Fairmont Algonquin (Resort) in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
• The Fairmont Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland

[edit] American properties

• The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts
• The Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, Illinois
• The Fairmont Dallas in Dallas, Texas
• The Fairmont Orchid (Resort) in South Kohala, Hawaii
• The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui (Resort) on Maui, Hawaii
• The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club (Resort) in Miami, Florida
• The Fairmont New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana
• The Fairmont Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California - (Opens 2006)
• The Fairmont San Francisco in San Francisco, California
• The Fairmont San Jose in San Jose, California
• The Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California
• The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess (Resort) in Scottsdale, Arizona
• The Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington
• The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (Resort) in Sonoma, California
• The Fairmont Washington in Washington, D.C.
• The Plaza Hotel in New York City, NY - (Opens 2008)

[edit] Other North and Central American properties

Barbados

• The Fairmont Royal Pavilion (Resort) in St. James

Bermuda

• The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Resort in Hamilton
• The Fairmont Southampton Resort in Southampton

Mexico

• The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (Resort) in Acapulco
• The Fairmont Pierre Marques (Resort) in Acapulco
• The Fairmont Mayakoba (Resort) in Playa del Carmen

[edit] European properties

• The Savoy in London, U.K.
• Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland
• Fairmont Monte Carlo in Monaco

[edit] Middle Eastern properties

• The Fairmont Abu Dhabi Resort & Villas in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - (Opens 2009)
• The Fairmont Dubai in Dubai, U.A.E.
• The Fairmont Palm Resort & Hotel in The Palm, U.A.E. - (Opens 2006)
• The Fairmont Cairo, Nile City in Cairo, Egypt - (Opens 2006)

[edit] External links

• Fairmont Official site

Canada's grand railway hotels

City Hotels: The Empress | Hotel Vancouver | Hotel Macdonald | Palliser Hotel | Hotel Bessborough | Hotel Saskatchewan | Fort Garry Hotel | Royal York | Château Laurier | Queen Elizabeth Hotel | Windsor Hotel | Place Viger | Château Frontenac | Hotel Nova Scotian | Lord Nelson Hotel | Hotel Charlottetown | Hotel Newfoundland

Resort Hotels: Jasper Park Lodge | Château Lake Louise | Banff Springs Hotel | Prince of Wales Hotel | Château Montebello | The Algonquin