Delta Hotels adds a sixth hotel to its Alberta portfolio with a new hotel in Red Deer

"We are delighted to welcome such an outstanding meeting facility hotel to the Delta family. Not only does this property strengthen our position in Alberta, but it also enhances our overall meeting product," said John Johnston, President of Delta Hotels. "The hotel's central location between Edmonton and Calgary ensures that Delta now offers top rate facilities in all key markets in the province."

The Delta Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre is both the largest full- service hotel in Red Deer and one of the largest meeting facilities in the province of Alberta featuring complete convention, meeting and trade show facilities. With 55,000 square feet of meeting space, this property can accommodate up to 3,800 delegates, 33,000 square feet of display space and includes 12,000 sq. ft of column free ballroom, 19 meeting rooms and 1,400 parking spaces.

"Although already well established since 1957, we recognize that the brand strength of Delta Hotels will play a vital role for continued growth and success of the hotel in the future," said Johnston.

Featuring a wide range of rooms including two-storey suites, this hotel also offers a restaurant, coffee bar-deli, lounge, two nightclubs, heated outdoor pool, complete health club facilities, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and numerous specialty shops in the shopping concourse.

A number of recreational opportunities are available within walking distance of the hotel including the Waskasoo Park System and its many athletic trails, Red Deer College and the Westerner Exhibition Grounds. Red Deer's beautiful parks and natural green spaces are well-known throughout Alberta and include some of Canada's top rated golf courses.

In the province of Alberta, Delta's portfolio currently consists of five hotels which are: Delta Bow Valley, Delta Calgary Airport, Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel, Delta Edmonton South Hotel and Conference Centre and Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, which will host the upcoming G8 summit this summer.

Delta is the largest first class hotel company in Canada, which manages and franchises 39 hotels and resorts from coast to coast. In the fall 2000, Delta was the first hotel company to be awarded the National Quality Institute's Canada Awards for Excellence, and in 2002, for the second consecutive year, was named the 12th Best Company to Work for in Canada, by The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine. Headquartered in Toronto, Delta is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. For reservations, call 1-800-268-1133 or your local travel consultant. For more information, visit our web site at www.deltahotels.com.