This weekend is your last chance to visit one of Vancouver’s best loved watering holes, The Yale. The city’s only surviving building from the great fire of 1886 has stood at the southern entrance to downtown for 130 years. Beginning its life as a rooming house for Canadian Pacific Railway workers the venerable Yale taking…
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Inn At The Quay
Along the banks of the Fraser River, the Inn At The Quay is an urban oasis tucked between the hard-working tugboats and horns and clatter of cargo laden rail yards in New Westminster. Easily reached by car or Skytrain New Westminster Station, Inn At The Quay is at first glance an unassuming tower amongst the many condo/townhouse developments…
Hyatt On King
Situated in between the Toronto entertainment and business districts, the Hyatt On King is a great, convenient location to base a stay in the Big City! With 394 recently renovated guest suites, 2 restaurant/lounges, Starbucks, vast meeting spaces the Hyatt is loaded with amenities. Perhaps one of the most surprising and welcome amenities is a well appointed gym…
The Inn at Laurel Point
Perched on the outer edge of Victoria’s busy Inner Harbour, the Inn At Laurel Point is an oasis of tranquility. I recently had a chance to stay at the hotel again, it’d been a few years since my last stay. Located at the end of a no-through street with only the harbour and some quiet condominiums as neighbours the Inn is…
Fairmont Pacific Rim – westcoast flair
“an urban oasis, locally authentic and sensuously modern” that’s how the building’s achitect describes his vision for this newest Fairmont property in Vancouver. Entering the hotel, you’re senses are immediately transported to another place. Stepping in from the grey, damp Vancouver streets, your taken to a bright, fragrant hub of urban sophistication. As always, Fairmont service is impeccable…
Caesars Palace – Las Vegas Vacation
“…because every guest is a Caesar”, that’s the logic behind Caesars (not Caesar’s) Palace. Every thing a guest could look for is available at this leisure and entertainment mecca in the middle of the Las Vegas strip. This is not a Griswald Vacation! Begun in 1966, Caesars Palace is an every evolving complex that’s grown to…
The Fairmont Vancouver Airport
At the recent World Airport 2011 in Copenhagen, airport hotels were recognized for the first time and Fairmont Vancouver Airport was awarded “Best Airport Hotel – North America”. On a recent overnight at the hotel the reason for this award was evident, it’s a great property – a blissful oasis within the hustle of busy…