The Westin Bayshore

The Westin Bayshore is a hotel overlooking Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Westin Bayshore
General information
Location1601 Bayshore Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6G 2V4
Coordinates49°17′35″N 123°7′46″W
OpenedMarch 27, 1961
Website
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/yvrwi-the-westin-bayshore-vancouver/

Description

The hotel has 499 rooms, and is located in two buildings, one of which was formerly a low-rise building built in 1961 and one is a newer tower built in 1970.[1]

History

The main wing of the hotel opened as The Bayshore Inn on March 27, 1961. It was the first hotel constructed from scratch by Western International Hotels,[2] which had previously built its business on assuming management of already operating hotels up and down the West Coast. The tower wing was added in 1970.

On March 14, 1972, the world's most famous fugitive billionaire, Howard Hughes, moved into the hotel.[3] The eccentric business magnate lived in the hotel's three-room, top-floor penthouse for 6 months, and was never seen outside of his room, despite the media's best attempts to photograph him.

The Bayshore Inn was renamed The Westin Bayshore when the hotel chain was renamed Westin Hotels in 1981.

The hotel complex was sold for redevelopment in November 2015 for $290 million, which represented the largest single-asset sale in Canada in 2015 and a record for a Vancouver hotel on both a per-key and gross-value basis.[4][5]

  • Lobby
  • Ballroom front lobby
  • Outdoor garden

See also

References
  1. Olson, Donald (4 November 2010). Frommer's Vancouver and Victoria 2011. John Wiley & Sons. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-118-00297-1. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. "History of Westin Hotels and Resorts Worldwide – FundingUniverse". Fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. Comments, Posted: 06/21/2003 5:25 AM (21 June 2003). "Howard Hughes gave Vancouver's Bayshore its claim to fame". Winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. Lee, ,Jeff. "Vancouver’s Bayshore Hotel sold for redevelopment potential". Vancouversun.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. "A History of Record-Setting Value Creation" (PDF). Starwood Capital Group.
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