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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts currently located in 13 countries including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Kenya, Zanzibar, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Additional destinations will be added over the next few years.

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 City. 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 their name to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The name change reflected the new international focus of the company and gave name recognition to their subsequently acquired international properties.

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Properties 2.1 Canadian properties 2.2 American properties 2.3 Other North and Central American properties 2.4 European properties 2.5 Middle Eastern and African properties 2.6 South-east Asian properties 3 References 4 External links

The original Fairmont name began in 1907 with the namesake in San Francisco. The hotel opened following the great earthquake in the city. It was later acquired by Benjamin H. 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 Grunewald)
• 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.^[1]

British Columbia

• The Fairmont Empress Resort in Victoria
• The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver (opens 2009)
• The Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel in Vancouver
• The Fairmont Chateau Whistler (Resort) in Whistler

Alberta

• The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Resort) on Lake Louise
• The Fairmont Banff Springs (Resort) in Banff
• The Fairmont Palliser in Calgary
• The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (Resort) in Jasper
• The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton

Manitoba

• The Fairmont Winnipeg in Winnipeg

Ontario

• The Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa
• The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto

Québec

• Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montréal, Québec
• Fairmont Le Château Frontenac (Resort) in Québec City
• Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (Resort) in Charlevoix, Québec
• Château Montebello (Resort) in Montebello, Québec
• Fairmont Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, Québec

Atlantic

• The Fairmont Algonquin (Resort) in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
• The Fairmont Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland

• The Fairmont Orchid (Resort) in South Kohala, Hawaii
• The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui (Resort) on Maui, Hawaii
• Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington
• The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (Resort) in Sonoma, California
• The Fairmont San Francisco in San Francisco, California
• Fairmont Heritage Place Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, California - (Opens 2008)
• Fairmont Seaside (Resort) in Monterey/Seaside, California - (Opens 2009)
• The Fairmont San Jose in San Jose, California
• The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California
• The Fairmont Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California
• Fairmont Tamarack in Donnelly, Idaho - (opens 2010)
• Fairmont Heritage Place Franz Klammer Lodge in Telluride, Colorado
• The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess (Resort) in Scottsdale, Arizona
• The Fairmont Dallas in Dallas, Texas
• The Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, Illinois
• The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club (Resort) in Miami, Florida
• The Fairmont Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - (Opens 2009)
• The Fairmont Washington, DC in Washington, D.C.
• The Plaza Hotel in New York, New York - (Reopens Jan 2008)
• The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts

Anguilla

• Fairmont Anguilla (Resort) in Forest Estate, Anguilla - (Opens 2010)

Barbados

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

Bermuda

• The Fairmont Hamilton Princess in Hamilton
• The Fairmont Southampton (Resort) in Southampton

Mexico

• The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (Resort) in Acapulco
• The Fairmont Pierre Marques (Resort) in Acapulco
• Fairmont Heritage Place Acapulco Diamante in Acapulco
• Fairmont Mayakoba (Resort) in Playa del Carmen

• The Savoy in London, U.K.
• Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland
• Fairmont Monte Carlo in Monaco
• Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg, Germany
• Fairmont Le Montreux Palace in Montreux, Switzerland

• The Fairmont Dubai in Dubai, U.A.E.
• The Fairmont Palm Resort & Hotel in The Palm, Dubai, U.A.E. - (Opens 2008)
• The Fairmont Abu Dhabi Resort & Villas in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. - (Opens 2009)
• 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 2010)
• The Fairmont Cairo, Nile City in Cairo, Egypt - (Opens 2008)
• Fairmont Towers Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt
• Fairmont Mara Safari Club in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
• The Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya
• The Ark in Aberdare National Park, Kenya
• Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki, Kenya
• Fairmont Zanzibar in Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Fairmont Zimbali in Zimbali, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - (Opens 2009)

• Fairmont Singapore in Singapore, formerly Raffles The Plaza
• Fairmont Beijing in Beijing, China - (Opens 2008)
• Fairmont Ayala Center Hotel, Manila in Makati City, Manila, Philippines - (Opens 2009)
• Fairmont Yangcheng Lake Hotel in Kunshan, China - (Opens 2009)
• The Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, China - (Opens 2010)
• Fairmont Macao in Cotai Strip Macao, China - (Opens 2010)

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• Fairmont site catering to Meeting Planners
• Job Postings at Fairmont
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• Fairmont Signature Golf Resorts
• Fairmont Gift Cards Orders
• Fairmont Store - Sheets, Bathrobes, Tea, etc.
• Heritage Place, Private Residence Clubs

v • d • e Canada's grand railway hotels
City hotels	The Empress • Hotel Vancouver • Hotel Macdonald • Palliser Hotel • Delta Bessborough • Hotel Saskatchewan • Fort Garry Hotel • Royal York • Château Laurier • Queen Elizabeth Hotel • Windsor Hotel • Place Viger • Château Frontenac • Hotel Nova Scotian • Lord Nelson Hotel • Hotel Charlottetown • Hotel Newfoundland
Resort hotels	Jasper Park Lodge • Château Lake Louise • Banff Springs Hotel • Prince of Wales Hotel • Highland Inn • Château Montebello • The Algonquin

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Budget chains:	Premier Inn • Hotel Ibis • Travelodge • Etap Hotel • Hotel Formule 1 • Days Inn • EasyHotel
Luxury chains:	Sofitel • Crowne Plaza • Clarion Hotels • Champneys • Club Quarters • Epoque Hotels • Fairmont Hotels and Resorts • Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts • InterContinental • Malmaison • Marriott Hotels & Resorts • Morgans Hotel Group • Orient-Express Hotels • Ralph Trustees • Renaissance Hotels • Taj Hotels • Starwood Hotels • Swissôtel • The Rocco Forte Collection
Other chains:	Britannia Hotels • Mercure Hotels • Best Western • Holiday Inn • Express by Holiday Inn • Novotel • Crest Hotels • Crerar Hotels • Mark Warner • Quality Hotels  • Ramada International • Sleep Inn • Stakis Hotels • Comfort Inn • Swallow Hotels • Thistle Hotels • Tower Hotel