myleakycondo.com's Blog

Le Soleil Hotel (Vancouver): Executive Hotels & Resorts contracts with Le Soleil Owners Group Inc.

Vancouver, February 28, 2002 %u2013 Executive Hotels & Resorts (CDNX:EIG) announced today that it has signed a long term agreement with Le Soleil Owners Group Inc. to manage all of its 93 hotel suites in the Le Soleil Hotel %u2013 Vancouver in British Columbia. The property will be operated as part of Executive%u2019s Preferred City Center Portfolio and management by Executive Hotels & Resorts is expected to commence within the immediate future. The 93 suite Mobile Four Star and AAA Four Diamond rated boutique hotel has been awarded many prestigious awards and accolades for its superior levels of accommodations and service; most recently Sheraton%u2019s %u201C Best In Brand Award %u201C for guest satisfaction. Located in the heart of Vancouver%u2019s financial and leisure district, the Le Soleil Hotel offers the city%u2019s best boutique hotel accommodations and services. Le Soleil Hotel 567 Hornby Street Vancouver "We are delighted to be able to expand our portfolio of premiere Executive managed city center hotel destinations where there are still many opportunities for us to grow,'' said Salim Sayani, Chairman and CEO, Executive Hotels and Resorts. "This excellent property will continue our unique brand of personalized service in the world of premiere boutique hotels and fulfill the growing need in Vancouver for stylish and exciting hotel accommodations with superior levels of service. The existing senior management of the hotel have now been retained by Executive Hotels & Resorts for the operation of the Le Soleil Hotel and the entire team looks forward to the upcoming Spring season with great enthusiasm'' With a history spanning two decades and a portfolio that now extends to eighteen properties in North America, Executive Hotels and Resorts is becoming the country%u2019s leading operator of executive level hotels, resorts and conference destinations. In 2001, the company opened four hotels in Canada and continues to expand, with 6 projects in development stages in choice locations across North America and Asia. The Canadian Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.

UBC: Leaky condo architect, Bryce Rositch, appointed to Board of Governors by Government of British Columbia

ORDER IN COUNCIL 115
Ministry Responsible: ADVANCED EDUCATION
Statutory Authority: University
The following appointments be made to the University of British Columbia Board of Governors:
For a three year term
Nicole Byers, Bryce Rositch, Karen Nishi, Martin Glynn, John Reid and Jay Grewal.
The following appointments be rescinded: Elsie McMurphy, Stephen Howard, Guninder C. Mumick, Joe Y. Wai, and Linda C. Crompton. [1]

ORDER IN COUNCIL 37
Ministry Responsible: ADVANCED EDUCATION
Statutory Authority: University
Bryce Rositch and Nicole Byres reappointed to the Board of Governors for the University of British Columbia effective February 11, 2005 for a term up to and including February 10, 2008. [2]

Mr. Rositch is a principal and partner of Rositch Hemphill & Associates Architects, a mid-sized, Vancouver architecture firm focussed on multi-family residential, mixed commercial-residential, and resort-related projects.

A graduate of the UBC School of Architecture, he developed the Design Guidelines for single family and multi-family zones in the University Endowment Lands. He also established and continues to fund the Gerry Allard Memorial Fund for the UBC School of Architecture. He also designed The Pemberley and St. James House at Hampton Place, UBC.

Mr. Rositch is past president and treasurer of the Architectural Institute of BC, past Chair of the AIBC Building Envelope Task Force, former Provincial Representative to the National Committee of Canadian Architectural Councils, former Canadian Representative on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico NAFTA Drafting Committee and former member, Vancouver Safety City Task Force and Vancouver Safer City Commission. He is a member of the Architectural Institute of BC, Alberta Association of Architects and Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. [3]

Sources:

1. Resume of Orders in Council (Vol. 29, No. 4)

2. Resume of Orders in Council (Vol. 32, No. 2)

3. http://www.bog.ubc.ca/members/rositch.html