- Newfoundland Hotel
Infobox hotel
hotel_name = Fairmont Newfoundland
image_width = 200px
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location = St. John's,Canada
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opening_date = 1926
stars = 5
diamonds =
closing_date =
developer =
architect = George S. Burman
operator =Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
owner =Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
number_of_restaurants = 2
number_of_rooms = 301
number_of_suites = 14
floor_area =
floors = 7
parking =
website = [http://www.fairmont.com/newfoundland/ www.fairmont.com/newfoundland]
footnotes =The Fairmont Newfoundland is a luxury
hotel inSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador ,Canada , managed byFairmont Hotel and Resorts .The original Newfoundland Hotel, an 8-storey
Art Deco brick structure, was opened in 1925 in St. John's. The hotel was owned and operated by the Newfoundland Hotel Facilities, Ltd. Ownership of the hotel was transferred to theCanadian National Railway hotel division in 1949 following Confederation.From 1939 to 1949, the 6th floor served as home and studios for
Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland . The current site was formerlyFort William , aBritish Army base in the 17th Century.In the early 1960s the hotel was renamed Hotel Newfoundland due to CN's new policy of making names more
bilingual .Canadian National Hotels built the current hotel on an adjacent site as a replacement for the original Newfoundland Hotel. The building was named Hotel Newfoundland and is an 8-storey glass and concrete building designed by architectGeorge S. Burman .The hotel's ownership was transferred to
Canadian Pacific Hotels in 1988 after that company acquired theCanadian National Hotels chain. With the Break up ofCanadian Pacific Limited in 2001 CP Hotels was subsequently renamed to Fairmont Hotel and Resorts.External links
* [http://www.fairmont.com/newfoundland/ Official Site]
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