Openings, Sales and Renovations for July 2009

Radisson Mississauga an eco-show-stopper, IHG opens Holiday Inns and Hotel Indigos, Howard Johnson opens three Canadian hotels, Moraine Lake Lodge opens for 97th season, Bear Mountain debuts 37 holes of Nicklaus golf, New Sheraton YYZ coming this summer and Sparkling Hill uses Swarovski crystal design.

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Calgary’s Charcut Roast House at Le Germain hotel

CALGARY—Four partners have returned from California to start up Charcut Roast House in the new luxury Le Germain hotel, which opens this summer. However, restaurant customers will have to wait until December to get a seat.  The restaurant’s owners are chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson, service director Jean Francois Beeroo and Carrie Jackson, who plan to bring a “value-driven, sustainable approach” to Charcut.

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Grand Okanagan reno has local theme

KELOWNA—The waterfront luxury Delta property on the shore of Lake Okanagan is set to start 10 months of renovations at a cost of $7 million. The first phase of the facelift for the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre, with 390 guest rooms, villas and suites, is scheduled to begin late this month.

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