jimmac

Has anyone tried the Executive Inn in Edmonton? Is it reasonable?

parnel

I believe there are two of them in YEG one at the airport and one on the westside of town. I have stayed at the one near the airport and it is fine and reasonably priced.

AlmostThere

The Coast Hotel on 105th is also very nice.

respectable_man

I usually stay at a place called Tower on the Park Apartment Hotel. Suites with full kitchen, breakfast included, overall nice. It does not compare with any of the major hotel chains, but I like it as it is conveniently located 50meters from a subway stop, close to the Legislative Assembly.
See http://www.toweronthepark.com

Sunny Day

The rooms are very spacious and some offer spectacular views of the River Valley. It is located next to the Shaw Conference Centre. Rates are quite reasonable when I checked it out for a client's upcoming stay. The restaurant on main floor has an incredible patio that IMO has one of the best view of the Saskatchewan River. I heard Alanis Morrisette stayed there during the Juno Award 2004

shuuy

Carrying forward for ease-of-search-in-the-future-sake...

Have early morning interview at YEG (at the airport). Contemplating staying in Nisku/Leduc. Any hotel recommendations there? I haven't really stayed at a bad HI Express yet, although its in Nisku

Altaflyer

Haven't stayed there but it looks like a decent, fairly new property.

parnel

The Royal executive Inn is one I use often and is quite reasonable and closest to airport~$95 plus tax last time and hi speed internet.

Shareholder

Well, if it's for that consulting job interview, and given the ads HIXpress has been running on TV, that decision would seem a no-brainer... Good luck.

tcook052

Just thought I'd update this thread with the news that Hilton is back in business in YEG. Well, at least a Hilton Garden Inn:

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/s...questid=750599

Singlepoint

The Westin is priced right but in my mind, not SPG quality. For the money (less than $100 CAD), I try to use the Holiday Inn Express downtown. Great location, nice rooms, high speed internet, OK continental breakfast, nice pool (albeit small) and hot tub, smallish workout area etc. You can collect Priority points and then convert them to Air Miles (1 AM for every $5 spent if I recall). If you want something nicer - but no points - try Canterra Suite hotel on Jasper Ave & 110th St. Full kitchen suites, high speed internet, berber carpets, fireplace, 1-2 bedrooms, terry cloth robes etc - rates anywhere from $100-150. Edmonton also has opened a few new boutique hotels like Canterra but, unfortunately, I don't know much about them.

Cheers,

Singlepoint

Lee A Carney

Last time I was in Edmonton, I tried the Union Bank Inn.

http://www.unionbankinn.com/

IIRC, I paid $149 for the room, and that included breakfast plus a plate of cheese and a glass of wine delivered to my room in the evening. The rooms are a tad bit small, but certainly not tiny, otherwise it was terrific. My only real beef was parking - they only have a handful of spaces available for indoor, during the day parking.

The hotel is located beside the Telus building on Jasper.

parnel

I stay at the Delta Edmonton South for under $100 with free heated indoor parking and good hi speed internet. There are good restaurants all around there and its easy to downtown, the west end, east end and the airport since its right a tthe Whitemud.
I've also had over 5000 bonus aeroplan miles from Delta this year in their last promo and with platinum status also get a bunch of upgrades and a $300 free spend on their card.

Scott218

There is also a Crowne Plaza in downtown Edmonton.

I have also noticed that a hotel is being converted into a Courtyard by Marriott.

Speaking of Edmonton and Hamilton.. What is the population for each?

tcook052

With a population of just under 938,000 at the time of the 2001 Census of Canada, the Edmonton CMA is the sixth largest metropolitan region in Canada.

http://www.edmonton.com/statistics/page.asp?page=84

according to the 2001 Census, Hamilton’s population is 490,270 - after adjusting for the Census undercount, Hamilton's population is estimated to be over 503,000

http://www.city.hamilton.on.ca/Plann...nformation.asp