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THE MAGAZINE FOR HOTEL EXECUTIVES/ OCTOBER~ NOVEMBER 2014 $20 MARKING A MILESTONE TREVOR MORGAN AND VITO CURALLI CELEBRATE HILTON’S 100TH PROPERTY IN CANADA THE 2014 WHO’S WHO MARKET ALMANAC PLUS THE WHO OWNS WHAT? POSTER PULL-OUT YEARS CANADIAN PUBLICATION MAIL PRODUCT SALES AGREEMENT #40063470 MAIL PRODUCT SALES AGREEMENT #40063470 CANADIAN PUBLICATION hoteliermagazine.com STAYING AGILE IS CRITICAL. FORTUNATELY, OPENING MORE THAN , NEW* HOTELS HAS KEPT US IN SHAPE. In the past six years, Hilton Worldwide has opened more than , new hotels around the world, bringing us to more than , hotels in countries today.* In Canada, we have hotels open from coast to coast with a growing pipeline of hotels under construction and over fully approved projects. Impressive growth, made possible by our ability to adapt to the world’s increasingly complex business environments. As a result, we’ve developed a wealth of experience creating and operating the most awardwinning portfolio of hotels in the industry. Not a bad workout for a yearold. For development opportunities in Canada, please contact Tom Lorenzo, Vice President and Managing Director of Development + , [email protected], and Je Cury, Senior Director of Development + , je [email protected]. STAY AHEAD hiltonworldwide.com *From January to December Hilton Worldwide HIL13010_Hotelier_Ad_Canada.indd 1 12/17/13 2:00 PM • FILE PATH: Hilton:01_HILTON:HIL13010_HotelierCanadaAd:HIL13010_01STUDIO:_RELEASED:HIL13010_Hotelier_Ad_Canada.indd • KEYLINES DO NOT PRINT 1 HIL13010 HIL13010_Hotelier_Ad_Canada.indd App/Vers. 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Customized water & wastewater solutions. asi-group.com LOOKING BACK Volume 26, Number 7| October~November 2014 Cont ents THE 2014 WHO’S WHO MARKET ALMANAC ISSUE Features 8 BUILT TO LAST Hilton Canada Co. has made an impact on the country’s hotel fabric with more than 100 properties coast to coast By Jackie Sloat-Spencer THE WHO’S WHO MARKET ALMANAC HOTEL BRANDS 17 LISTINGS 19 DIRECTORY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND FRANCHISORS 26 LISTINGS 31 DIRECTORY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES 37 LISTINGS 41 DIRECTORY 42 ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS 43 CERTIFIED VALUATION CONSULTANTS 44 CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES 46 CONSULTANTS 46 HOTEL BROKERS 48 HOTEL LODGING REITS 48 PURCHASING COMPANIES 48 SOURCES OF FUNDING Departments 2 EDITOR’S PAGE/ MASTHEAD 3 CHECKING IN Scan to view our website COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES INGRAM hoteliermagazine.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 HOTELIER 1 EDITOR’S PAGE IN THE KNOW ontent is king. That’s a fact we’ve quickly learned in this information- based millennium. Today, we often MITCH KOSTUCH | PRESIDENT & C GROUP PUBLISHER measure power by how in the know we are. [email protected] Whether we are entangled in the tentacles ROSANNA CAIRA | EDITOR & PUBLISHER of technology or just trying to live as simply [email protected] as possible without being overwhelmed by MARGARET MOORE | ART DIRECTOR it, many of us are driven by what’s new, [email protected] who’s doing what and how it may impact BRIANNE BINELLI | MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] our business or personal life. HELEN CATELLIER | ASSOCIATE EDITOR In today’s increasingly complex hotel [email protected] JACKIE SLOAT-SPENCER | ASSISTANT EDITOR industry, being in the know means having [email protected] an intricate understanding of the hotel DEREK RAE | MULTIMEDIA MANAGER ownership structure — sometimes referred to as a labyrinth — with a focus [email protected] COURTNEY JENKINS | GRAPHIC DESIGNER on how it affects business. [email protected] Consumers don’t necessarily care about ownership structures as they MEGAN O’BRIEN | WEB COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST are more concerned with what the brands promise and whether or not [email protected] an individual hotel is actually delivering on them. It’s the hotel owners, BRENDA JAMES | SALES & MARKETING MANAGER managers and franchisees who dictate how a hotel will run and ultimately [email protected] CHERYLL SAN JUAN | SALES & MARKETING ASSISTANT whether it delivers on the brand promise and attracts the hotel guests [email protected] needed to survive and thrive. JIM KOSTUCH | DIRECTOR As has become customary every fall, in this double issue of Hotelier, [email protected] we’re happy to present this year’s edition of The Who’s Who Almanac, CIRCULATION | PUBLICATION PARTNERS [email protected] (905) 509-3511 listing the industry’s top players, including the owners, developers and managers who are part of the dynamic hotel industry as well as the design- DANIELA PRICOIU | ACCOUNTING [email protected] ers, brokers, bankers and consultants who supply them. TINA ALEXANDROU | OFFICE MANAGER In addition to providing this in-depth almanac, featuring addresses [email protected] and contact information, we also produce a visual of the complex owner- ship structure, known as the Who Owns What? Poster. In the almost two ADVISORY BOARD: decades of producing this mammoth project, it has taken on a life of its David McMillan, AXIS HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL; Bill Stone, CBRE; Anthony Cohen, CRESCENT HOTELS — own. Though its genesis came at a time when REITs were changing the GLOBAL EDGE INVESTMENTS; Christiane Germain, GROUPE face of the industry daily, today the changes are less frenetic but always GERMAIN HOSPITALITE; Lyle Hall, HLT ADVISORY; Charles Suddaby, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD LTD. — HOSPITALITY impactful on our understanding of the Canadian hotel structure. & GAMING GROUP; Scott Allison, MARRIOTT HOTELS And what better way to see just how complex this industry truly is than CANADA; Ryan Murray, HARBOUR HOUSE HOTEL — NIAGARA’S FINEST INNS; Drew Coles, OXFORD unfolding the poster and placing it on your office wall to help you navigate PROPERTIES; David Larone, PKF CONSULTING; Geoffrey Allan, the hotel landscape. In fact, it’s always gratifying to see this chart displayed PROJECT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HOTELS; Stephen Renard, RENARD INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY & SEARCH by many leading hoteliers as well as industry analysts and at the universi- CONSULTANTS; Anne Larcade, SEQUEL HOTELS ties and colleges producing the next stars in hospitality. It means we’re & RESORTS; Michael Haywood, THE HAYWOOD GROUP; effectively doing our job. The always changing and fluid industry will keep David Whitaker, TOURISM TORONTO everyone guessing as to how this chart will continue to evolve over the HOTELIER is published eight times a year by Kostuch Media Ltd., 23 Lesmill Rd., Suite 101, Toronto, Ont., M3B 3P6, coming years. (416) 447-0888, Fax (416) 447-5333. All rights reserved. Happy reading! Subscription rates: Canada: $25 per year, single issue $4, U.S.A.: $30 one year; all other countries $40 per year. Canadian Publication Mail Product Sales Agreement #40063470. 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