Chateau Frontenac

How the Stage was Set HISTORY IN BRIEF: 1893: Opening year of the hotel. 1999: The hotel becomes part of the Fairmont brand, when Canadian Pacific bought the American Fairmont hotel chain. HISTORY IN DETAIL 1893: The hotel was inaugurated. Commissioned by William Van Horne and designed by New York architect Bruce Price, who had already designed Montreal's Windsor Station, the Château Frontenac was one of the first of a long series of "château" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. The railway company sought to encourage luxury tourism and bring wealthy travelers to its trains. 1899: Construction of Quebec’s Citadelle. 1908: Construction of Mont-Carmel. 1920: Construction of Saint-Louis. 1924: Construction of the Tour Centrale. 1943: The Quebec Conference of 1943, in which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for World War II, was held at the Citadelle while much of the staff stayed nearby in the Château Frontenac. 1993, June: Inauguration of the Claude-Pratte Wing, which offers guests a superb indoor pool, a physical fitness center and a magnificent outdoor terrace. 1999: Canadian Pacific spun-off Canadian Pacific Hotels, along with all its properties. The new company was renamed Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in an effort to reflect its growing global presence and ambitions. 2000, October 31: The hotel was sold by Fairmont on October 31, 2000 to the Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust for CAD $185 million. Fairmont struck long-term management agreement with Legacy Hotels. 2005, August: Fairmont bought an 11.4% stake of the Legacy Hotels REIT.

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