Coast plans three hotels for '09

VANCOUVER—Coast Hotels, which currently has 27 properties in Canada, plans to expand that number by three in 2009.  Twenty-five are branded as Coast properties; the other two are the Campus Tower in Edmonton and Tekarra Lodge in Jasper.

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Openings, Sales and Renovations for March 2009

This month's stories include Atlific’s new reservation centre for five Fort McMurray properties, Best Western’s Wine Country Hotel & Suites, New sign on First Ottawa Holiday Inn Express, $14 million for Montreal InterContinental hotel, Richmond Hill is hotel No. 100 for Travelodge and Howard Johnson Canada’s first golf resort.

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Shangri-La changes Vancouver's skyline

VANCOUVER—North America now has its first Shangri-La hotel as of 11 a.m. Pacific time on Jan. 24, when general manager Stephen Darling ceremonially unlocked the front door of the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver. This is the 60th hotel worldwide for the Asian-based luxury hotel group. In attendance were the 190 men and women who will bring Shangri-La’s renowned Asian hospitality to life in North America.  They include the Shangri-La “Tigers,” a group of specially-trained young hoteliers, who are now leading the hotel’s staff.

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