Banff Springs
Banff, Canada
Montreal, Canada. Located on Sherbrooke Street West at the corner of Drummond Street, in the heart of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile.
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12 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
Charles Hosmer, Sir Herbert Holt, Sir Montagu Allan and Sir Charles Gordon form the Carlton Hotel Company of Montreal; César Ritz lends his name for C$25,000.
Designed by Warren and Wetmore, the hotel opens at 11:15 pm on New Year’s Eve with a gala ball for 350 guests.
The first Canadian transcontinental telephone call, to Vancouver, is made from the hotel.
The Prince of Wales makes the first royal visit, staying in the 17-room Royal Suite.
François Dupré, owner of the George V and the Plaza Athénée in Paris, buys the hotel; he opens Le Bar Maritime in 1948 and later the Ritz Garden.
A new wing of 67 rooms and suites is added; Howard Hughes is the first to check in, taking over half of the eighth floor.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton marry in the Royal Suite.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip stay, and the hotel receives the AAA Five Diamond award.
Fernand Roberge, aged 36, becomes the hotel’s first French-Canadian general manager.
For its 75th anniversary, the hotel welcomes the Queen Mother.
The hotel closes for a $200 million restoration and reopens in 2012, with Maison Boulud as its main restaurant.
Spa St. James moves into the hotel, its first-ever spa.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “Ritz-Carlton Montreal” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
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