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The Opus Hotel Has Been Hit by The Cupid Concierge

Where: 322 Davie St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

V-Day is now less than a week away and if you've planned on doing a romantical weekend in Vancouver with your honey but are clueless on everything else, then you should probably book a room at the OPUS Hotel where there's now a Cupid Concierge on staff. The cupid concierge even has their own email! (Cupid@OpusHotel.com)

This specialty concierge of love is a part of the hotel's Exclusively Yours romance package which has the standard love weekend amenities of bubbly at check-in, more bubbly in the guestroom, fresh flowers, breakfast in bed and a late check-out. The concierge will also set up a framed photo of you and your lovah along with a love note when you arrive in the room.

If you need help planning something a little more extravagant, the Cupid Concierge is the one to call whether it's to arrange a romantic experience about town, craft a handwritten love sonnet or plan a gourmet picnic with wine selected by a private sommelier.

The package starts at $295 a night (not including any costs associated with other romantic activities) and is available throughout the rest of the year. So any day can be V-Day at the Opus Vancouver.

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Don't Lick the Ice Sculptures and Other Tips for Staying at Montreal's Snow Village

Where: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Yesterday we told you about Montreal’s new Snow Village, the first North American outpost of the chain with structures in Finland and Norway. Today, we're about to tell you what it's like on the inside. Yes, despite arched eyebrows from our pals, we spent the night in the "ice hotel". We’re troopers like that. Or so we thought.

First thing—we were prepared for things to be a bit wonky the first few nights as this is new territory for Montreal. It’s not like Quebec City’s Ice Hotel—a well run operation in effect for years. But, things did go a bit haywire during our visit.

The registration process in the welcome center involved a seemingly normal contract—no smoking, lock your valuables, we’re not responsible if you slip—until the last paragraph, advising guests “not to lick any of the ice structures.” Visions of Flick’s tongue sticking to the pole in “A Christmas Story” danced in our head.

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Vancouver's OPUS Hotel to Get a Pop-Up Restaurant

Where: 322 Davie Street, Yaletown, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 5Z6

We've heard of hotels opening pop-up shops and pop-up spas and even pop-up hotels themselves but this is definitely the first we've ever heard for a pop-up hotel restaurant. And that's just what the OPUS Vancouver Hotel will be installing later this week after shutting down their fine dining restaurant, Elixir Bistro, this past Saturday.

In place of Elixir will be a pop-up restaurant called 100 Days, so-called because it will be open for 100 days.

The new inhabitants of 1OO Days will be stripping the space back to its raw industrial bare bones. The menu style will offer affordable plates with a food quality parallel to that of Elixir.

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Ou Est Les Beautiful People? At Opus Hotel Montreal

Where: 10 Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, Canada, H2X

How’s this for priorities? Opus Hotel Montreal chose its location because of proximity to the city’s party zone – the Plateau and club-crammed Boulevard St-Laurent. If you’ve come to Montreal for some bilingual flirting, this is the place.

The Opus is also a prime example of a hotel trend that shows no signs of abating: Nightlife that rivals the rooms. Here, it’s the model-magnet lounge, Koko Bar, which has the whiff of a Miami pool party: Gauzy white curtains, servers in short sleeves, and the kind of designer oddities meant to convey "personality" – in this case, a lime-green runway and...frog statues. And seating is on banquettes (of course it is).

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The Opus Hotel Might Just Be the Perfect Post-Games Spot in Vancouver

Where: 322 Davie St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6B 5Z6

Play "Spot the Celebrity" at Opus Hotel's Elixir Bistro.

You may be out of luck if you're trying to find a vacant hotel in Vancouver during the Olympics, but that doesn't mean you can't party at a hotel. Head to the Opus Hotel in Vancouver’s popular Yaletown ’hood to be in the middle of the post-Games party scene.

If you are looking for stars, plant yourself at the hotel’s Elixir Bistro. Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper both hung in the hotel restaurant when they were recently in town filming, so it’s likely you’ll see other big names here.

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Opus Vancouver Celebrates Pride and Wants You To Propose, Too

Where: 322 Davie Street, Vancouver, Canada, V6B 5Z6

The Vancouver Pride Parade might only happen on August 2, but the Opus Hotel in Vancouver has Pride-related deals happening for much longer — how festive!

The Pride 2009 Package runs from July 18 through to August 10 and includes a Superior Queen room (yes, they made it a queen room intentionally) and a "special welcome indulgence", plus a $50 credit to use in the Opus Bar or, if you need a bit more privacy, on your room's minibar.

And the final bonus: while you're out enjoying some Pride festivities, room service will be visiting you to add an "extra special pride downturn" to be there waiting for you. We don't know what these special additions are but if you stay there, please let us know, because we sure are curious.

You can take the romance of Pride a bit further if you like, because the Opus also has a Propose on Pride package as well. This one includes a bottle of champagne to toast your proposal (assuming it works out well), and breakfast for two in bed the next morning, finishing off with a late checkout of 2pm. Package costs vary according to the date so check directly with the hotel, but you're looking at upwards of C$320 a night.

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Let Everyone Know You're Staying at The Opus

Where: 322 Davie Street, Vancouver, Canada, V6B 5Z6

Frequent on-the-ground Vancouver hotel spy Chrispitality helpfully demonstrated in his Flickr photo that when you ride in the BMW at The Opus Hotel Vancouver, everyone in town will know where you're staying.

Since this picture was snapped back in 2006, we thought we would just check-in to see what sort of series the hotel is driving these days. Indeed the hotel's car is still a 7 Series BMW that offers complimentary rides to "all downtown locations including all cruise ship terminals, 7 days/week subject to availability."

While we have no qualms about broadcasting our hotel when riding around in town, we imagine Twilight vampire Robert Pattinson, currently in town to shoot the "New Moon" sequel, would probably not do the same.

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Pierre in the Opus Lounge with the Vodka Bottle: Opus Montreal Jacks the 'Clue' Boardgame?

Where: 10 Rue Sherbrooke E, Montreal, QC, Canada, H2X

Do any of these characters sound like you?

They range from Manolo-wearing fashionista "Susan", to Euro-chic "Pierre", a Parisian designer. Rounding out the roster is "Mike", a hard-working and hard-playing New York doctor; Londoner and party-boy musician "Billy"; and "Dede", the resident method-actress diva.

If your answer is yes, then you're the kind of guest who will find a happy home in the soon-to-be-transformed Opus Hotel Montreal. (To us, this sounds a lot like some other people we know--Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, etc.)

The re-design of the old Hotel Godin has a pretty unique concept: these five fictional characters are the five "muses" who will inspire the design and vision for the Opus Hotel of the future.

Of course, while the Opus Hotel is hoping that their five character design method is going to appeal to a whole lot of customers, they're also frank enough to admit that it might not appeal to everyone. This whole not-keeping-everybody-happy theme seems to be drifting around a lot these days: think Stephen Brandman's comments on bloggers not being their customers.

While we aren't sure if we are more Euro-chic like Pierre or method-actress like Dede, we'd like to think we could fit into the Opus, but begrudgingly like the fact that they won't try to bow to absolutely everyone's desires and become a standard hotel that just anybody could check in to.

The planned transformation at the Opus will last about six months, culminating perhaps with the opening of the Opus Bar and Vodka Bar--possibly in April 2008. The five characters will apparently be inspiring the vivid color schemes and individual fabric touches in the different kinds of rooms, as well as providing the basis and inspiration for a collection of black and white photography.

Let's wait and see if decorating your hotel based on the personalities of five people who don't even exist works out.

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