Hilton Quebec, owned by InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust and managed by Hilton Management Services, today appointed Jean-Francois Lincourt as General Manager. Most recently, Lincourt served as Hotel Manager of the Fairmont Copley Plaza.
Jean-Jacques Morin, until now Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Deputy CEO responsible for Finance, Communications and Strategy.
Chris Cahill, until now CEO Luxury Brands and CEO North America, Central America and Caribbean Region, assumes the role of Deputy CEO responsible for Hotel Operations.
In an effort to support youth employment and growth in the future hospitality talent pool in Canada, Marriott International is proud to announce a new and exclusive collaboration with The Prince's Trust Canada to develop a hospitality-focused curriculum and internship program. The Get Into Hospitality program will initially begin, as a pilot, at four Marriott International hotels in the Greater Toronto Area: the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, the Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel, the Delta Toronto, and the Marriott Downtown Toronto Eaton Centre.
Home2 Suites by Hilton, part of Hilton's (NYSE: HLT) All Suites portfolio, announced today its newest property, Home2 Suites by Hilton Montréal Dorval. Designed for travelers who want to maintain their normal routine, the hotel features 106 suites and a range of value, tech-focused and eco-conscious amenities. Home2 Suites by Hilton Montréal Dorval complements the region's booming tourism, where 11.1 million travelers visited in 2017—a 5.1 percent increase over 2016*.
CBRE Hotels Canada Q2 Update presents the highlights from the second quarter of 2018 relative to the 2018 Outlooks for the nation's major markets.
A true world resident, Ali Mohammed has travelled extensively throughout his nearly 20 years with Four Seasons. The journey began with a Security Officer position at Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at The First Residence and saw him venturing the globe in a variety of roles in Toronto, the Maldives, Thailand, Bahamas, Saudi Arabia, Alexandria and lastly Whistler, where he was announced as the property's Resort Manager last year.
HVS and STR are pleased to provide you with the quarterly report of the Canadian Lodging Outlook. Each report includes occupancy (occ), average daily rate (ADR), and revenue per available room (RevPAR) for six major markets.
Hyatt Hotels has signed two agreements with Cedar Fair Entertainment to open a dual-brand hotel featuring a Hyatt Place and Hyatt House on the site of Cedar Fair Entertainment's Canada's Wonderland amusement park near Toronto in Vaughan, Ontario.
Marriott International opened the Four Points Hamilton-Stoney Creek in Hamilton, Ontario.
Canada's hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the second quarter of 2018, according to data from STR. Compared with Q2 2017:
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announces that it has crossed the milestone of 100 open Holiday Inn Express® hotels in Canada, with the opening of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Trois-Rivières in Quebec. Located at 2000 rue des Grands-Marchés in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the 111-room hotel is owned by Groupe Robin. On the heels of this 100th hotel milestone are three additional openings for the brand in Canada: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brantford, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kelowna - East, and Holiday Inn Express & Suites Moncton. These openings further demonstrate the brand's rapid growth throughout IHG's 56-year history in Canada.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world's leading hotel companies, today announces that it has crossed the milestone of 100 open Holiday Inn Express® hotels in Canada, with the opening of theHoliday Inn Express & Suites Trois-Rivières in Quebec. Located at 2000 rue des Grands-Marchés in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the 111-room hotel is owned by Groupe Robin.
Adam Laker, the newly appointed general manager of Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, has moved up in the world - to the northern hemisphere for the first time in his career. Born in the UK, he moved as a teen with his family to Australia and has worked in swoon worthy destinations for the past 25 years.
Crave Interactive, the world leading developer of cloud-based digital guest service solutions for hotels, today announced it will install its award-winning Crave T-Mini tablets in the newly developed EXchange Hotel Vancouver.
As a patriotic Canadian, it always brings me great joy to see a fellow countryman achieve worldwide success and be at the forefront of his or her given field. Hence, it was an absolute delight to reconnect with Alessandro Munge, Founder and President of Studio Munge (What's your take on the importance hotel design, and where are we heading in the next few years?Firstly, brands and operators are now realizing the impact and importance of design when it comes to creating a distinct identity for their hotels. Now that buying powers are transitioning to a new generation, we see a clear change in this, and guests are researching more than ever for uniqueness and experiential. They are always on the look for fresh and new.
OHR Whistler Management Ltd. ("OHRWM"), operator of The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, is pleased to announce an agreement with Aimbridge Hospitality, LLC ("Aimbridge"). Under that agreement, Aimbridge has invested in OHRWM, and effective immediately Evolution Hospitality, a subsidiary of Aimbridge, will work closely with O'Neill Hotels & Resorts, Ltd. ("OHR") to actively lead the day-to-day operation of the Resort.
Kimpton Saint George, located at 280 Bloor Street West between Huron and St. George Streets, opened its doors on June 19, 2018. The boutique hotel company's first ever Toronto location is a sophisticated-yet-playful respite along the Bloor Street Culture Corridor bridging luxurious elements of bordering Yorkville with the bohemian hipness of the Annex.
Hyatt today announced plans to expand the Hyatt Place and Hyatt House brand footprint in Canada with the signing of management and franchise agreements by a Hyatt affiliate for nine Hyatt Place hotel and three Hyatt House hotels. There are currently nine Hyatt-branded hotels open Canada, and the expected openings of these 12 Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels would increase Hyatt's brand presence in the region to 21 hotels within the next few years.
According to Lodging Econometrics (LE), the total Construction Pipeline in Canada currently has 237 Projects/29,881 Rooms, up 11% by projects Year-Over-Year (YOY).