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The hotels were built next to the cities main train station and were intended to be locations for the elite passengers of CPR trains to stay. The hotels were different in appearance, but granite walls with copper roofs are common elements. Many of them are built to look like European castles. One of the most unique looking is the Chateau Montebello which was for many years the world's largest log building. The Tudor style Algonquin in St. Andrews, New Brunswick also stands out.
The idea for the hotels was introduced by legendary CPR head William Cornelius Van Horne. The original hotels were built in the Rocky Mountains to attract tourists from eastern Canada to the scenery. Soon after hotels were also built in the major metropolitan areas as places for both tourists and business travelers.
The rival Canadian National Railway also built hotels such as the Jasper Park Lodge in Jasper, Alberta and the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. In 1988 CPR purchased the CN hotels, becoming Canada's largest hotel owner. In the 1990s the CP hotels began to expand into the United States. In 1999 the company greatly expanded its international holdings when it purchased the Fairmont Hotel chain and gained control of such famed hotels as The Plaza in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,. This eventually led to the formation of an independent hotel operations company Fairmont Hotels and ResortsFairmont Hotels & Resorts is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados and the United Arab Emirates. It holds a 83. 5% controlling interest in Fairmont Hotels Inc. a 100% i.
A number of the original hotels have been torn down, MontrealMontreal (/mVn. tri"Al/ in English, /mO~. re"al/ in French) is the largest city in the province of Quebec, Canada, where it also constitutes an administrative region. It is Canada's second most populous city after Toronto ( Statistics Canada), and the sec, Vancouver, and St. John'sThe Canadian city of St. John's (population 99,182 in 2001), is the provincial capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador. History St. John's is one of the oldest settlements in North America. On August 5, 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert took posses all lost the old hotels. The survivors remain operating hotels. Many have even become tourist attractions in their own right.