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Hotel Grand Pacific is a 4.5-star hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] It was built by Murray Gammon, acquired by Standard Life in the mid 1990s, and sold to Pacific Sun in 1996. [3] It underwent a $5 million renovation in the mid 2010s. [4] The hotel hosts tea, [5] and has hosted the Victoria Whisky Festival. [6]
In 2007, BC Investment Management Corp. bought Delta Hotels, which was purchased by Marriott International in 2015. Empress Hotel, Victoria BC, 2013 Château Frontenac, Quebec City QC, 2009
The hotel was to serve business people and visitors to Victoria, but later as Canadian Pacific ceased its passenger services to the city, the hotel was successfully remarketed as a resort to tourists. Victoria emerged as a tourist destination beginning in the mid-to-late 1920s. The Empress in August 1930, years after the hotel's expansion in 1928
The company rapidly expanded, opening at least one property every year. In 1976, a new tier of hotels was added to the company profile with Sandman Hotel Vancouver. In 2007, the Sandman Signature brand was added as a higher end brand. The Northland-owned chain currently has 47 properties across Canada and 4 in the United Kingdom.
The 308-room hotel was designed by Vancouver architect Douglas C. Simpson [4] in a T shape, with a low-rise four-story wing facing the street, and a taller eight-story wing jutting out towards the water. The Bayshore Inn opened on March 27, 1961. [5] The chain became Western International Hotels in 1963. The tower wing was added in 1970.
The downtown area is an extremely popular place for tourists and local Victorians as that is where many of the movie theatres, stage theatres, hotels, restaurants, pubs, night clubs, and shops are. Many tourist attractions are located in and around the area including Bastion Square, heart of the 19th-century city's professional district.