HotelChatter - AB

A Hotel Pool You Can Swim In When It's Below Zero

MsRebecca — 2012-02-06T09:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/FairmontJasperPool.JPG" class="top">Many parts of the U.S. are having mild winters but that doesn't mean it's hotel pool weather everywhere. Up in the snowy mountains of Alberta, Canada, you can swim all winter long--even if it's minus 40 outside. We were skeptical when we first spotted this outdoor pool at <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/3161'>The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge</a> last week. It is heated, of course, but look at those mountains! And the snow surrounding the pool edge! Lucky for us, it wasn't minus 40 as it has been recently in Jasper, but the temp was still hovering in the mid-30s. Of course, curiosity got the better of us and we dragged ourselves out of our snow boots and parka and into

Hotel Le Germain Calgary is Now Open, Fresh Air Guaranteed

juliana — 2010-02-23T16:03:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/legermaincalgary.jpg" class="top"> We missed putting this on our list but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Germain+Calgary/ian/336717">Hotel Le Germain Calgary</a> just opened over the weekend. A sister hotel to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Germain+Toronto/ian/208401">Le Germain Toronto</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Le+Germain/ian/181277">Le Germain Montreal</a> and a hotel in Quebec, the new hotel boasts 143 rooms and a prime location on Centre Street near the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, the Glenbow Museum, the Calgary Tower, the TELUS Convention Centre, Olympic Plaza and the Stephen Avenue pedestrian walk which has nine shopping centers and department stores, retro cinemas, along with restaurants, bars and even art galleries.Inside the hotel the guestrooms, expect lots of natural light, "warm wood accents", rainfall showers in the bath and even the hottest hotel trend

Pacific Northwest Hotel Guide: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise's Lake View

Tim L. — 2008-07-16T09:00:17-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> wraps up his jaunt around British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, seeing the hotel scene from a family travel perspective. All prices are in Canadian dollars--which currently trade slightly higher than U.S. dollars. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fairmont_lakelouisekv.jpg" class="imgborder"> Like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/13/19015/0654/hotels/Pacific_Northwest_Hotel_Guide_Rustic_Luxury_at_The_Moraine_Lake_Lodge">Moraine Lake Lodge</a> ten minutes away, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fairmont+Chateau+Lake+Louise/local/27">Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise</a> has one of Canada's most spectacular settings all to itself. In this case it's Lake Louise, a stunning blue glacier lake surrounded by dramatic peaks topped by ice that's been there since the Wooly Mammoth days. But while Moraine Lake Lodge is an intimate experience, this hotel is built to serve the throngs of visitors it knows it will receive all

Pacific Northwest Hotel Guide :: Rustic Luxury at The Moraine Lake Lodge

Tim L. — 2008-07-15T09:00:16-05:00

HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is moving around British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, seeing the hotel scene from a family travel perspective. All prices are in Canadian dollars--which currently trade slightly higher than U.S. dollars. Enjoy.

If you'd like the experience of waking up in a cabin next to a mountain lake, but don't want to give up your soft sheets, comfy mattress, and fine dining, then Moraine Lake Lodge is the place. The hotel's buildings are the only man-made structures on stunning glacier-carved Lake Moraine, in Banff National Park near Lake Louise.

Pacific Northwest Hotel Guide :: Killer View at the Fairmont Banff Springs

Tim L. — 2008-07-14T09:05:16-05:00

We have highlighted the Fairmont Banff Springs before as a hotel with a killer view, but our other correspondent was there on a misty mountain day. Here's what the views are like when it's clear and sunny.

It's enough to wow even the most jaded traveler when the curtains open up in the morning and the snow-capped peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains are spread out in all their glory. It doesn't stop there however.