Fairmont Palliser Hotel
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| General information | |
| Location | 133 9th Avenue Southwest Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Opening | June 1, 1914 |
| Owner | Innvest REIT |
| Management | Fairmont Hotels and Resorts |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | E. and W.S. Maxwell |
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| Number of rooms | 407 |
| Website | |
| www.fairmont.com/palliser | |
Coordinates: 51°02′40.0″N 114°03′54.8″W / 51.044444°N 114.065222°W
The Fairmont Palliser, formerly known as the Palliser Hotel, is a hotel of the Canada-based Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The historic hotel (1914) is located in downtown Calgary, Alberta at 133 9th Avenue Southwest adjacent to the Calgary Tower and Palliser Square. It is the city's oldest and most luxurious hotel and celebrated its centennial on June 1, 2014.
When the Canadian Pacific Railway pushed west in 1883, Calgary was essentially a mounted police post and trading centre. With an influx of tourists, mainly en route to Canadian Pacific's Banff Springs hotel, a hospitality spot in Calgary was an essential link.
Groundbreaking for the building was on May 12, 1911, on property owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was built by P. Lyall and Sons Construction Company with materials such as stone, steel, reinforced concrete and brick at a cost of $1,500,000.
The hotel opened on June 1, 1914. Like all of the flagship Canadian hotels in the Fairmont chain, it was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and was a property of Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts (CP Hotels) until the company purchased the Fairmont Hotel chain and changed its name to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in 1999.
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