Featured Hotel - Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth
Posted by: Josee on Dec 29, 2009
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Located above the Via Rail & AMTRAK train station and connected to the extensive underground city of thousands of boutiques, restaurants and cafes, and within walking distance of Centre Bell and cultural attractions, this Montreal hotel reflects the city's distinct elegance and charm. Montreal is also host to over 40 festivals annually, this city offers fun and entertainment for the whole family in any season!
Guests at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth can choose from three on-site restaurants: Le Montrealais the casual Les Voyageurs or the five-star Beaver Club.
You can also enjoy some down time at the on-site Gibson Salon & Spa
The hotel also has a modern Health Club with an indoor pool steam room whirlpool and workout equipment.All guest rooms include A/C with individual climate control alarm clock radios cable TVs coffeemakers hairdryers irons and ironing boards mini-bars and telephones with voice-mail.
The history of the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth: It is rare indeed, for a hotel to be celebrated internationally, but even rarer for it to attain a world-class reputation right from the beginning. From the moment this luxury hotel in Montreal opened its doors in 1958, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth has welcomed queens, princes and princesses, heads of state and international business leaders.
Political dignitaries include the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, General Charles de Gaulle, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, Zhao Ziyang of China, His Highness Felipe of Spain, Jacques Chirac, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, President Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger. The celebrity guest list covers Perry Como, Harry Belafonte, Joan Crawford, John Travolta, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Louis Malle and, perhaps most famous of all, John Lennon, who held his famous 'bed-in' in 1969 in Suite 1742, where the song Give Peace a Chance was written and recorded.
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal was chosen as the headquarters for the 1976 International Olympic Games, and, during Expo '67, fifty of the sixty visiting heads of state stayed in its luxurious suites.
But it's not only the famous that have stayed at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal's distinguished luxury hotel. Since it first opened its doors in 1958, the stately hotel has greeted some 22 million business and leisure travelers seeking convenience of location, impeccable service and understated luxury.
More Hotel Information and On-Line Booking: http://www.spaandtravel.com/fairmont-queen-elizabeth
Gibson Salon & Spa located in the hotel: http://www.spaandtravel.com/gibson-spa