Fairmont Hotels and Resorts


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Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
Type Private (subsidiary of Fairmont Raffles Hotels International)
Founded 1907[1]
Founder(s) Tessie and Virginia Fair[1]
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area served Worldwide
Industry Luxury hotels
Parent Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
Website http://www.fairmont.com/
Banff Springs Hotel
Quebec City - Château Frontenac
Victoria - The Empress
Chateau Lake Louise
Ottawa - Château Laurier
Toronto - Royal York
Montreal - Queen Elizabeth
Charlevoix - Manoir Richelieu
Hotel Vancouver
Calgary - Palliser Hotel
Fairmont San Jose Hotel
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, Arizona
Fairmont Washington D.C.
Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston
Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario -based operator of luxury hotels and resorts. Currently, Fairmont operates properties in 15 countries including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.

Fairmont is known in Canada for its famous historic hotels and resorts such as the Empress Hotel (Victoria) and Hotel Vancouver in British Columbia, the Royal York in Toronto, Banff Springs in Alberta and Château Frontenac in Quebec. 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 its name to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The name change reflected the new international focus of the company.

Fairmont's portfolio also includes several other landmark and icon properties including Plaza Hotel in New York, the Savoy Hotel in London and the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, which is currently under-going an extensive renovation.

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History

The original Fairmont was built in 1907 in the city of San Francisco following the earthquake of 1906. It was later acquired by Benjamin 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 The Grunewald and now a Waldorf + Astoria)
  • 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. Icahn lost the bid and Fairmont agreed to be sold for $3.9 billion USD. Fairmont announced on January 30, 2006 that the company will be purchased by Colony Capital, LLC and Kingdom Hotels International. As a result of that purchase, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is now a subsidiary of Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI). At the time of the purchase, FRHI also owned Delta Hotels & Resorts; however, Delta was sold on October 2, 2007 to bcIMC (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation).

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2008, as published in Maclean's magazine, the only hotel operator to receive this honour. This is the 6th consecutive year that Fairmont has received this honour.[2]

Properties

Canadian properties

British Columbia

Alberta

Manitoba

Ontario

Québec

Atlantic

United States properties

Central American and Caribbean properties

Anguilla

  • The Fairmont Anguilla (Resort) in Conch Bay, Anguilla - (Opens 2010)

Barbados

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

Bermuda

Dominican Republic

Mexico

European properties

Middle Eastern and African properties

  • The Fairmont Dubai in Dubai, U.A.E.
  • The Fairmont Palm Resort & Hotel in The Palm, Dubai, U.A.E. - (Opens 2008)
  • Fairmont Abu Dhabi Creek in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - (Opens 2009)
  • Fairmont Marina City, Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - (Opens 2011)
  • Fairmont Mina Al Fajer Resort in Fujeirah, U.A.E. - (Opens 2009)
  • Fairmont Kingdom of Sheba (Resort) in The Crescent, Dubai, U.A.E. - (Opens 2010)
  • Fairmont The Wave (Resort) in Muscat, Oman - (Opens Late 2011)
  • Makkah Clock Royal Tower, A Fairmont Hotel in Makkah, Saudi Arabia - (Opening 2009)
  • The Fairmont Cairo, Nile City in Cairo, Egypt - (Opening 2009)
  • Fairmont Towers Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt
  • Fairmont Mara Safari Club in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
  • Fairmont The Norfolk in Nairobi, Kenya
  • The Ark in Aberdare National Park, Kenya
  • Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki, Kenya
  • Fairmont Zanzibar in Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • Fairmont Zimbali Lodge in Zimbali, KaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Fairmont Zimbali in Zimbali, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - (Opens 2009)
  • Fairmont Marrakech, Morocco - (Opens 2011)

Asia properties

References

  1. ^ a b "Celebrating over a century of rich history and exemplary hospitality". Our history. Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
  2. ^ "Reasons for Selection, 2007 Canada's Top 100 Employers".

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