The strata overseeing the tower’s residential uses removed the controversial “TRUMP” branding as soon as possible after the hotel closed, rebranding itself as “1151 Residences.” The exterior of the main entrance of the former Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, before its closure. The 616-ft-tall, 63-storey tower - one of the last designs by late architect Arthur Erickson - is the second tallest building in Vancouver, containing 147 guest rooms, amenities, and ballrooms within the first 15 floors of the tower, and 217 luxury condominium homes in the upper levels. The hotel permanently closed in August 2020 due to the accumulated impacts of the pandemic, with TA Hotel Management declaring bankruptcy. The developer had partnered with the Trump Organization to use their branding and hotel chain, but the Trump family never had an ownership stake in the building. Holborn Group opened the Trump-branded Vancouver hotel property in February 2017, with TA Hotel Management, the Canadian subsidiary of TA Global Berhad, operating the hotel. Cadillac Fairview has yet to announce the luxury hotel operator replacing the Four Seasons. Industry insiders also told Daily Hive Urbanized that The Ritz-Carlton is expected to be the new hotel operator of CF Pacific Centre’s former Four Seasons Vancouver hotel tower, which is now past the halfway point of its extensive renovations. The Ritz-Carlton did not return after the project was restarted in the early 2010s. The Ritz-Carlton was Holborn Group’s original hotel partner for the tower during its planning stage in the late 2000s, until the 2008 recession put the project on hold. Several industry insiders previously told Daily Hive Urbanized that it is possible that non-competing brand covenants on the former Trump hotel are still in effect, specifically with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and possibly with Trump Hotels, effectively limiting possible luxury international hotel brand options for the property. Paradox Hotel’s first two locations in Asia could potentially be the rebranding of TA Global Berhad-owned hotels - the Movenpick Resort & Spa at Karon Beach in Phuket, and the Swissotel Merchant Court in Singapore.ĭaily Hive Urbanized reached out to Holborn Group for comment, but they suggested they were unable to make any formal statements about the new direction for their hotel property in downtown Vancouver at this time.Ĭhampagne Bar at Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. Both Summit Lodge and the former Trump-branded tower are owned by local developer Holborn Group.īut it is not immediately clear whether Paradox Hotel is a new hotel division of Malaysian real estate giant TA Global Berhad, which is closely affiliated with Vancouver-based Holborn Group under the same ownership and leadership. Paradox Hotel is now also the operator of Summit Lodge Boutique Hotel. This is a brand new international hotel chain, which is also planning to open locations in Phuket (Thailand) and Singapore in 2022.
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6 luxury hotel brands we'd love to see come to Vancouver.CF Pacific Centre announces new hotel will replace Four Seasons.New hotel brand to open at former Trump Hotel Vancouver in 2022.Changes are forthcoming for the shuttered Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, ahead of its reopening sometime in 2022.ĭaily Hive Urbanized is able to independently confirm that the upscale hotel property’s second life will carry the brand of Paradox Hotel.
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