Live Your Chardham Dreams With Chardham Tour Operators

Winters have already passed and now summer is at your doorstep tempting you come out of your shells and enjoy the nature. Advent of summer certainly heats up buzz for the chardham yatras. One of the most enjoyable and loved religious tours across the world. A mammoth number of devotees irrespective of caste, creed and sex embark on chardham yatra every year. The motive for a char dham yatra can vary individual to individual. One may either kick off chardham yatra to please the almighty and show his/her dedication/devotion to the almighty or simply flow with the mass movement. Even if you come to char dhams just as part of your holiday, the yatra never lets you down.

Catering to ever-varying motives of mankind, char dham destinations namely Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath stand as the most mesmerizing places to discover true meanings of religion. Chardham 2011 is the most awaited extravaganza for the state of Uttarakhand which is expecting a great number of people this year. Like others you may also be planning to embark on chardham yatra this year. Considering the advantages and extra facilities available nowadays, you mustn’t miss chardham tours at any cost.

You have two options-- either you can yourself book the tickets, accommodation and transportation and plan the entire trip or simply hire a good chardham tour operator and focus on aesthetical part of the tour. The second option certainly sounds better as you do not need to worry about transportation, accommodation or anything else. After all a worry-fewer journeys is the motive of your chardham yatra.

Finding a good chardham tour operator is certainly not any rocket science but yes process can be tedious one as you will not want to risk your time and money investment. Here are few tips and guidelines that you should keep in mind before choosing the tour operator for four dhams:

1. Credibility is the key factor. An authentic tour operator ensures you error and hassle free char dham.

2. Affordability is very important. There are loads of chardham operators who can give you tours fitting to your budget.

3. Experience. The tour operator with tones of experience will ensure a well-planned tour that will have no confusion or troubles of any kind.

4. Convenience. A chardham operator in Delhi or your city will certainly be of great advantage. Delhi is normally centre of such tours and facilitated with great infrastructure.

Chardham tour operators are in plenty but only few have specialized in them. Go for such chardham specialists. Considering the expected escalating demand for chardham, it’s high time you book and plan your tour for chardham.

Enjoy your Char dham Yatra with us. Chardham-darshan.com is always working to make your chardham yatra cheaper and convenient. Find here ek dham yatra, do dham yatra, kedarnath yatra, badrinath yatra, Kedarnath Badrinath Tour, hotels in chardham and more.

Chardham Helicopter Tour or Char Dham Bus Tour, Ways of Reaching Divinity

Hindus living in India as also abroad believes that the visit of chardham helps them in attaining Moksha. The moksha is the other name of divinity and to achieve that they perform the holy pilgrimage of Chardham which makes to go through the valley of Himalaya, where the two abodes of four Gods are located. The Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath are located in the valley of Himalayas in the Uttarakhand. They are naturally beautiful and have perfect scenic background is the feature of here which attracts people to forget the hard ships.

The journey of chardham takes you to the lanes of the Himalayas unveiled lanes for this you need to go to lot hardships in the journey as also the journey takes time. So if you do not have that much time to take the long journey then you may go for Chardham Helicopter Tour. It is a luxury way of making the journey in less time. The journey of a lifetime is also done like this. There are various online travel agents who can arrange for such a tour. This Chardham Helicopter Tour is also suggested to those who are suffering from physical problems of old age. They are going to have this pilgrimage trip in ease as also get the maximum satisfaction of life to get rid of sins easily.

The chardham yatra starts from Delhi, then moves to Barkot and then Srinagar and then Guptkashi and then to other places. As soon reach Phata take helicopter to kedarnath. The journey of a life time takes a new shape with them. If you think that this is more expensive then you will have to go for Char Dham Bus Tour. The Char Dham Bus Tour is also available in luxury, deluxe and budget packages. Booking is advance is always safe.

Chardham yatra packages are really good for you to attain moksha and make you get rid of the sins that you have performed in this life. The trip of a life time can be performed easily with the help of buses according to your budget. So take a trip and make yourself go into the natures valley with the joy and ecstasy of divine truth coming nearer to you.

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Jim Corbett National Park: An Ultimate Experience Of Wildlife

Jim Corbett National Park is prefect wildlife destination for everyone. The Corbett National Park is the first venue in India that offers a peaceful sanctuary to endangered animals. Its green landscape offers a blissful scenario to anyone who tried to visit it and it is perfect for the animal lovers out there. The park is full of adventure thriller and also one of the best places to spill your heart and mind. In recent days it is one of the most demanding wildlife destinations in north India. This national park is located in Kumaon region of Nainital district, Uttrakhand India. Jim Corbett National Park is named after the great hunter and reformer Jim Corbett. The national park is abode of more than 25 types of mammals and 500 types of birds and 25 types of reptiles and it is spread over 500sqr km in the Himalayan foothills Corbett National Park is also famous for its rich Flora and Fauna.

For safety purpose of tigers the park has been divided in four parts or zones, which is called Safari Zones In Corbett national park or tourist zone of Corbett national park. The safari zones are Bijrani Safari Zone In corbett, Dhikala Safari Zone In corbtt, Durga Devi safari Zone, Jhirna safari Zone. Bijrani Safari Zone is only one km from Ramnagar. This safari zone is open from 15th October to 30th June. Dhikala Safari Zone is the best safari zone in this park. It only 10 kms from Ramnagar. This safari zone is one from 15th November to 15th June. The next is Durga Devi safari Zone. This safari zone is open from 15th November to 15th June and the last is Jhirna safari Zone. It is open from 15th October to 30th June. There are three kind of safari is available in these safari zone called Elephant Safari In Corbett, Canter Safari In Corbett, Jeep Safari In Corbett.

The forest loges of Corbett national park provide you the ultimate experience of wildlife. The Dhikala forest lodge is famous among all. These Forest Lodges In Corbett are very simple. These are government rest house.

There is many tour packages for Corbett national park provided by several tour provider. You can easily find Corbett Tour Packages online. Corbett Fun Tour, Dhikala Tour, Corbett Tiger Tour, Corbett Nainital Tour, Corbett Bird Watching Tour are some of famous tour packages in Corbett national park.

A wildlife tour in the Corbett National Park is a life time experience for the tourists coming here. One gets an opportunity to delve deep into the splendid beauty of nature while on a wildlife tour of the Corbett. This tour gives one a vivid of the wildlife in their best suited natural ambience where they are provided a hassle-free environment to grow and live. One can have a much better experience of visiting the Corbett National Park by hiring a travel guide.

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Emirates Hills is a world class development, a place of paramount wealth and beauty, an unrivalled master plan community. Emirates Hills exclusive properties look out over the lush green fairways of the world-class Montgomerie 18-hole Championship Golf Course, created by master architect Desmond Muirhead and seven-time European Order of Merit winner, Colin Montgomerie. Accordingly, living in Emirates Hills is a golfer's paradise.

Emirates Hills is built on an area of 2 km², containing 600 villas, with a variety of sizes starting from 1080 m² up to an incredibly huge 4050 m². Each villa comprises modern facilities, a huge private pool, and fantastic landscaped gardens to realise your dream of luxury living.

When the project was launched, nobody imagined that from the middle of the desert, this exclusive lavish community will emerge. However, currently the prices have tremendously increased and have almost tripled compared to the original selling prices. Indeed, they start now at 3 million Euros for small villas up to 7 million Euros for the bigger ones. This community is ten minutes away from Dubai Marina, the sandy beaches of Jumeirah, and 15 minutes from the Mall of the Emirates.

This community includes children play areas, fitness centre, swimming pools, a Spa, and tennis courts. Residents have also access to the Montgomerie Golf Club and its facilities, like the Golf Academy, the driving range, pro – shop, clubhouse and restaurants. This community is 24 hours secure.

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Luseland: Ryans Reign at the Royal George Hotel

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Sixty-two years -- must be a record for hotel ownership!

After a difficult delivery, the Royal George Hotel in Luseland has had a long and successful life. When it was first built in 1911, it immediately burned down. The owners, Smith and Gardner, sold their holdings in the hotel to William Engelbrecht. According to the first issue [1911] of the Luseland Despatch, “the townspeople were much relieved when the final arrangements were made public as the need of a good hotel at this point is most urgent, the only public-sleeping quarters being bunkhouses. A full force of men will be put to work at lathing the building Monday. As soon as the first floor is completed the plasterers will follow and then the finishers and, should no unlooked-for delay occur, the hotel will open February 1^st [1912].” 

Dennis and Margaret Ryan, 1910

In 1915, Dennis Ryan and his wife Margaret began what would turn out to be a 62-year-long run of Ryan family management of the Royal George Hotel. Born in Ontario, Dennis worked for a time in the hotel at Scott, Saskatchewan, where he met and married Margaret in 1910. The couple homesteaded for a few years before they and their two little daughters moved to Luseland and bought the Royal George Hotel. “The hotel was a haven for many bachelors,” the Luseland history book recounts. “Maggie tried to cater to them as much as possible whether it be a stack of pancakes, a crisp dandelion salad or fresh doughnuts for the priests that stayed there because there was no Roman Catholic church or rectory in town. The first masses were held in a room upstairs.” Three Ryan children were born in the hotel – Laurence in 1917, Albert in 1918, and Leo in 1923. 

Operating the hotel in those days was a 24-hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year job. The ‘Dirty Thirties’ were especially difficult at the Royal George. “The dust blew so hard that it was necessary to spread wet cloths on the window sill to try to keep it out," Kay Ryan Heffner recalls. "It was also a chore to keep all the lamp globes clean and the wicks trimmed to provide light for all the rooms. In the winter it was a full time job to keep all the stoves going to keep all three floors even moderately warm. When the coal stoker was installed and the boiler provided steam heat to all the floors, conditions were much more comfortable.” Dennis Ryan passed away in 1936, and his widow Margaret continued to run the hotel. All the Ryan boys went off to war in the 1940s, leaving one of their sisters to help their mother look after the hotel operations. When Leo returned from his stint in the Navy, he worked for his mother until 1950 when he and his wife Kay took over the Luseland hotel. 

Leo and Kay Ryan, 1949. Luseland Hub and Spokes (1983)

The 1950s brought new prosperity to the Ryans and the Royal George Hotel. The Saskatchewan oil boom and pipeline operations were in full swing. Unfortunately, it was not until 1955 that flush toilets, sinks, showers and bathrooms were installed in the hotel. Before that, each room was provided with a basin, a pitcher, and “a slop jar.” In 1952, the Ryans purchased the first clothes dryer in Luseland which made drying the hotel sheets a lot easier. The average cost of a single room at the Royal George Hotel was $2. “ This was not very profitable when, say on July 1 a ‘cowboy’ would rent a room for $2, invite two dozen more friends to join him and make a big mess,” Leo Ryan’s wife recalls. “Needless to say the yearly stampede was not looked on with joy.”  Hunting season was also a busy time for the hotel – every room would be full. 

In 1960 the hotel industry in Saskatchewan underwent a big change. Women were allowed to enter hotel beverage rooms “making the atmosphere much more pleasant for both guests and workers,” in Kay’s opinion. At this time women started working in the beverage room and Kay was able to help there, too. Leo Ryan passed away in 1977, and the Luseland hotel was bought by Hopfner Holdings. Thus ended the Ryan family reign at the Royal George Hotel. In 1995, Luseland’s old hotel had to be shut down for five months to repair damage done by a fire. Today,the hotel still operates with eight semi-modern rooms available on a daily or monthly basis for $18 per night.

Royal George Hotel, Luseland, 2010.  Courtesy of Gregory Melle

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Preeceville's Golden West Hotel

Golden West Hotel, Preeceville, 2006.  Courtesy of Ruth Bitner

Swan Carlson and his wife Emma moved the Preeceville in 1911 and set up a soda fountain and restaurant. After their business was destroyed by fire in December 1914, Swan decided to buy the Golden West Hotel. The three-storey hotel had been built in 1912 by Scott Rattray. The Carlsons operated the Golden West until 1917. A few other owners followed. 

Swan and Emma Carlson, n.d.  Lines of the Past (1982)

In 1929, the Oscar Mattison family bought the Golden West Hotel for $5000. For about a year and half, the Mattisons managed to meet the payments on the hotel. Then the Depression of the 1930s took its toll, and for many years the owners were only able to pay the interest and taxes. To help make ends meet, Mrs. Mattison made all the bread for the hotel. She also kept a couple of cows for milk until about 1938. The Mattison family continued to operate the Golden West Hotel until 1968.   

Golden West Hotel, n.d.  Lines of the Past (1982)

Roger and Shannon Prestie have been the owners of this venerable Preeceville hotel since 1991. In January, 2001, Shannon Prestie was recognized by the Stanford Who’s Who, an elite organization of selected executives, professionals and entrepreneurs from around the world, as a leading professional for her work in the hospitality industry. The press release reads: “As owner of Golden West Hotel for the past 21 years, Shannon has consistently demonstrated the vision, dedication and diligence necessary to be successful in the business world. It is the only historical business in the [Preeceville] area operating as it was originally built. The establishment has a tavern that serves food and alcohol as well as providing casino machines. The Golden West Hotel is currently undergoing restorations on the hotel rooms. Shannon is responsible for running the operation along with Roger Prestie. She manages the hotel and bar scheduling, accounting, bookkeeping, and ordering. In addition, Shannon oversees the work of three employees. She is a certified Video Lottery Operator and also has National Food and Safety Certification. Shannon is a member of the Saskatchewan Hotels and Hospitality Association. Actively involved in the community, she donates to the local figure skating club and participates in school fundraisers.”

Preeceville hotel, 2006.  Courtesy of Ruth Bitner

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Golf Course Management: The Complexities Of The Career

It's easy to picture a golf course manager as someone who just makes sure everyone is having a good time playing, but golf course management is actually a complex and challenging career. Anyone who wants to enter this field should understand just how many different hats he or she will be wearing and how many different types of jobs they will be doing to make sure the facility they manage is running smoothly and their customers are happy.

The most obvious focus of the work is Operations; keeping the day to day working of a course, country club or driving range running smoothly. Operations management includes everything from making sure the course opens up on time to making sure cart rental is handled properly and that caddies are lined up for patrons. In the end, it is all about making sure that things happen without a hitch so that patrons are happy and can enjoy playing the game without worries.

The nuts and bolts of Business and Accounting are never far from the mind of a successful course manager, from tracking inventory in the pro shop to knowing what the monthly cash flow is in each department of the course, the manager will oversee millions of dollars and will need an in-depth understanding of how to budget and allocate funds. Fortunately, a bachelor's degree offers business and accounting courses that prepare students for handling all of these details.

Actual course management is another part of the job that contributes to the success of a facility. It requires knowledge of everything from pest management to course design and renovation to make sure the course is always in peak condition and able to compete successfully with other facilities. Changing environmental requirements must also be a concern for anyone in course management.

There is also a portion of managing that requires the same skill set that is needed to successfully run a fine restaurant or hospitality suite. Food and beverage management is taught at academies as a part of the curriculum so that managers can oversee everything from beverage service at the driving range to catering of weddings and banquets in the dining facilities at the club house. These courses will also cover the essentials of ordering and organizing the preparation of the proper quantities of food for special events and tournaments. Decor, inventory and understanding cooking and wait staff needs are all a part of making sure that those dining or drinking at a club's facilities will have a memorable experience.

Marketing and Publicity is essential to successful management. No matter how smoothly the business runs or how fabulous the food and drink service is, if you aren't consistently bringing in new business and successfully retaining the current customers, you won't grow the business. This is why management schools prepare students with courses in marketing, public relations and media relations. Developing strategic partnerships, designing and promoting tournaments, promoting in-house activities and special events and encouraging community outreach are all a part of the success of any club or course, and an experienced administrator will excel in these areas.

Finally, Human Resources are crucial to being the best possible administrator. Recruiting professionals who are the right fit for your green, finding chefs and wait staff who will be an asset to your club's restaurant and understanding how to properly train and retain employees are all crucial skills. You will also need to understand complex payroll, safety and worker's compensation issues. A university offering a bachelor's degree in this industries management will cover all of these areas thoroughly in its coursework.

It's obvious that it takes a well-rounded, highly educated individual to run a country club successfully. A strong business sense is needed in addition to a love of the game and genuine people skills in order to pursue the long term goals of a growing golf facility. Today's academies offer a balanced blend of classroom work and on the greens instruction to prepare students in order to enter the field of golf course management prepared for anything.

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Prohibition: Hotel Bars Close Their Doors

From July 1, 1915 to 1924, Saskatchewan was dry. With the closure of 406 bars, 38 liquor dealers, and 12 clubs, it was estimated that liquor consumption in the province dropped by ninety percent. The number of convictions for drunkenness dropped from 2,970 cases in 1913 to 434 in 1918. When the bars closed down, however, so did many small-town hotels. “The hotelmen knew that without beverage revenue they could hardly hope to make ends meet,” writes H. G. Bowley in his 1957 history of the Hotels Association of Saskatchewan. “One of the cornerstones of the art of hospitality was to be removed, and they knew the whole structure of their industry would inevitably totter, and perhaps crash.” Indeed, hotels values in the province plummeted. Many hotel businesses never fully recovered from the blow of 1915. It may not be a coincidence that so many hotels burned down during the Prohibition years. 

The Lafrenieres. Footsteps in Time: Meota  (1980)

The last days of June 1915 before Prohibition came into effect were hectic ones for small-town Saskatchewan hotels. Prior to the closing of the bars on the July 1^st deadline, hotel owners were faced with the necessity of disposing of their stocks. There was a great rush to purchase liquor. At the Clarendon Hotel in Gull Lake, “more than one kerosene can, brought to town to be filled with coal oil, found its way home filled with liquid other than coal oil,” the town history (1989) reports. “Rye whiskey sold that afternoon of June 30^th at $1.00 per gallon and some sizeable stocks were laid in against the drought.”  That same day at the King Edward Hotel in Meota, Edward and Ferris Ann Lafreniere recalled that, prior to closing, “Anxious buyers filled the bar pushing and shoving. Money was thrown and bottles snatched in return. The doors finally closed and Ed and Ferris Ann literally swept the money from the floor with broom and dust pan. The following day the law moved in and destroyed the remaining stocks.” 

Closure and arson weren’t the only coping strategies used by Saskatchewan hotel owners when Prohibition hit. Charles Hitts sold the hotel at Griffin. “When the liquor licenses were rescinded it was hard to keep the commercial travelers over the weekends in the small places,” Griffin historian Mable Charlton writes (1967). “Although the menus were as good they went on to bigger places where there was more amusement.” The owner of the Imperial Hotel at Frobisher, John Klaholz, approached the town council in 1920 requesting that the sales of soft drinks, cigars and cigarettes be confined to the hotel to help make it pay – otherwise, he said, he would have to close it. Some hotel owners applied for government grants for the maintenance of public restrooms and reading rooms in their establishments. Unable to operate profitably, the Last Mountain Hotel at Strasbourg established a movie theatre on the second floor. Ice cream parlours often took the place of hotel bars. In 1916, F. A. Wright got a license to operate five pool tables in the Commercial Hotel in Herbert. Two years later, the Commercial Hotel was destroyed by fire.

Bootleg operations flourished in small-town Saskatchewan hotels during Prohibition. The thirsty traveler staying at the Arlington Hotel at Maryfield was usually able to satisfy his wants through the good graces of John Dodds, the proprietor. Dodds was caught on at least two occasions by a provincial liquor inspector, and paid the appropriate fines for his indiscretion. 

The Wilkie local history book provides the following account of a suspected bootlegging case at the Empire Hotel. On August 17, 1915, the Royal North West Mounted raided the hotel between 10 a.m. and noon. “In room No. 6, which was occupied by the hotel proprietor [W.H. Smith] and his wife, after a vigorous search was made, 28 bottles of liquor of various descriptions were found, the contents of two of which had been partially consumed. Upon being asked how this exceptionally large ‘private’ stock came to be on the premises, the defendant, during the hearing before Mr. T. A. Dinsley, J. P., stated that she had taken this liquor from the hotel cellars prior to the date upon which intoxicants had to be removed from the premises, July 1^st, and had secreted the bottles, unknown to her husband, in her trunk in which they were found. ... The room in which the liquor was found had been occupied exclusively as a private living room during the entire period that her husband had been proprietor of the house and that it had never been used as a guest chamber. … When the police commenced to search the trunk she told them that it only contained linen. When asked why she made this statement, she could give no reason. When asked why she had kept her husband in ignorance of the fact that she had a private stock she stated that had he known he would probably not have allowed her to retain it.” Verdict: Not guilty.

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Hotel Hygiene

Room with a sink still conveniently located beside the bed, Borden Hotel, 2010.  Joan Champ photo

Sink in the room, toilet and bath down the hall.  Still, some small-town Saskatchewan hotels have come a long way from the “thunder mug” under the bed.  In the days before indoor plumbing, hotel rooms were equipped with chamber pots, wide-mouthed vessels used by the room’s occupants as a toilet during the middle of the night. The container was then covered with a lid or cloth and slid under the bed until the chambermaid retrieved it in the morning. People used to joke that these were traditional baseball hotels - "pitcher" on the dresser, "catcher" under the bed.

Tony Thibaudeau explained how the sanitation system worked at the Macklin Hotel in Prairie views from Eye Hill (1992):  “In those days the hotels provided a large wash bowl and a jug of water in each room and a matching chamber pot under the bed, and on each floor there was a sanitary toilet.  The chamber maid would change the beds, clean up the rooms, empty her scrub water and the contents of the aforementioned containers into a metal chute that was attached to the fire escape at the back of the hotel with an opening on each floor and had a barrel at the bottom to catch the flow, the contents of the barrel were bailed out with a pail and disposed of in a covered pool down the lane. I was fortunate enough to have this job for 35 cents a week.”  

The Golden West Hotel in Preeceville, operated in the 1930s by the Oscar Mattison family, did not get water works installed until the 1940s. “We had a pump in the kitchen to draw water from a cistern. A pail sat under the sink to catch the waste water. Every day pails of water were carried upstairs to fill the large pitchers.  Each bedroom was equipped with a wash basin and water pitcher. … The toilet facilities consisted of a commode.  It had to be emptied two or three times daily, thoroughly rinsed and sterilized. A septic tank was installed in the back yard. There was a bathtub in the upstairs linen closet for family use only. The water was heated on the kitchen wood stove and carried upstairs.”   

During the 1930s at Nipawin, the Avenue Hotel was owned by the Puterbaughs.  It had 16 guest rooms, a dining room, kitchen, laundry room, electricity, a wood furnace – and no running water. Instead, there was a cistern pump in the kitchen. Guests were given a pitcher of hot water with their wake-up call (a loud knock on the door) which they then used to fill a porcelain wash bowl sitting on a wash stand.  Guests were also supplied with soap, towels and a pitcher filled with cold water.   

A circa 1950s guest room at the Imperial Hotel, Sturgis, 2008.

These primitive conditions continued well into the 1940s and into the 1950s at some small-town Saskatchewan hotels. “It is not so many years ago (1940s),” the Wilkie local history book (1988) states, “that you might catch the hotel housekeeper emptying ‘pots’ over the fire escape on the second floor.”  In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Roitman completely renovated the interior of the Wilkie Hotel. The most modern touches of all were newly installed bathrooms, hot and cold running water, and a septic tank.  In his book, To Get the Lights; A Memoir about Rural Electrification in Saskatchewan (2006), Dave Anderson recalls that life on the road in the early 1950s without running water in hotel rooms was more than inconvenient.  “It was a hardship,” he writes. “Most municipal roads I travelled on were gravel …so choking dust in our vehicles was routine. … At day’s end it was impossible to get refreshed with a washcloth in the wash basin with a quart of two of cold water from a pitcher in which often floated a dead fly, moth or wayward ant. So the communal tub at the end of the hall, if there was one, shared with 20 or so other guests, was reluctantly used.”

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Melville's King George Hotel: Royal Heritage

The King George Hotel, Melville, 2006.  Joan Champ photo

Originally named the Windsor Hotel, the King George Hotel in Melville was built in 1909 by J. N. Pomerleau. Its name was changed after the Royal Visit of 1939. That year, over 60,000 people thronged to Melville, population 3,000, to catch a glimpse of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The visit was to be a ten-minute whistle-stop, but in view of the magnitude of the crowd, organizers agreed to stop for half an hour. 

Crowd waiting for the Royal Couple, CN station, Melville, 1939.

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By 2006, the three-storey hotel on Main Street had been through many upgrades and renovations. Stucco had been applied over the brick exterior. The 212-seat Windsor Tavern on the hotel’s main floor was open seven days a week. It had six video lottery terminals (VLTs), a dance floor, a DJ booth, a big screen TV and a Bose sound system valued at over $20,000. The tavern featured occasional live entertainment, and weekly specials such as “Sunday nine-ball tournaments, Wednesday Night Slow-Pitch BBQ in the beer patio, Friday Night "wing night" with tricycle races and more!” Ten guest rooms on the second floor, two of which were suites, had been modernized with full bathrooms, new windows and air conditioning. The hotel’s third floor had not been renovated in 2006. 

The kitchen of the King George Hotel, Melville, 2006.

On February 17, 2010, the King George Hotel was destroyed by a suspicious fire that started in the kitchen. Sam Pervez, who had purchased the hotel only a few weeks before, intended to do more renovations to the 100-year-old building. A resident and former owner of the historic King George Hotel pleaded guilty to setting the fire. “I didn’t like the way things happened there,” the 63-year-old Roland St. Amand told the court. Several hundred people gathered to watch the firefighters battle the blaze. One of the on-lookers shot this video:  

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Hotels In Chardham Destinations Uttarakhand

Garhwal region of Uttrakhand blessed with four famous Hindu pilgrimage called chardham (Sri Badrinath, Sri Kedarnath, Sri Yamunotri , Sri Gangotri ) who represents four well known Gods and Goddess of Hindu religion , Lord Vishnu , Lord Shiva , Goddess Ganga and Goddess Yamuna. These places have their strong religious value and beatify surrounding also best for a light spiritual vacation.

Hotels of Badrinath and Hotels In Kedarnath are well furnished and provides all current and modern facilities with luscious cuisine and clean accommodation. Hotels are deluxe , budget and standard .Some most nice hotels of Badrinath and Kedarnath are.

Hotels In Badrinath- All hotels of Badrinath are clean , hygienic and having nice facilities with suitable charges .

Hotel Dwarikesh- Most comfortable and moderate price Hotel of Badrinath provides you 2 bedded and 4 bedded room with attach bath electricity back up and 24 hour room service.

Hotel Nand Residency- A nice Hotel with very nice surrounding from here you can enjoy the beauty of Nar, Narayan and Nilkanth Mountain. Badrinath temple is only 5 minute walking distance from Hotel.

Hotel Narayan Palace- Hotel Narayan palace is one of the best Hotel of Badrinath it offer 40 figurative rooms in 3 category, suit rooms, super deluxe, standard room with all current facilities like clean accommodation attach Bath , colour T.V. in room, 24 hour room service Doctor on call, safe deposit facilities parking , Laundry , power backup ,Restaurant etc.

Hotel Sarovar Portico- Finest four star hotel with 56 comfortable and nice guest rooms and suits. A centrally heated Hotel with aesthetically designed and all current and modern facilities like attach clean bath colour T.V. dining and conference facilities laundry, 24power back up , Restaurant , tea coffee maker, safety vault.

Hotel Snow Crest- A nicely build Hotel provides you all major credit cards accepted CCTV, clean and quality lines, laundry, T.V., attach bath etc. Hotel is only 500 meter away from temple.

Hotels In Kedarnath – Hotels of Kedarnath are nicely build and highly comfortable with all current and necessary facilities .

Bikaner House- A deluxe hotel provides nice luxury and comfortable accommodation with world class facilities.

Hotel Himachal House- A clean hygienic hotel provides you nice modern facilities like cable TV, electricity back up, Telephones, fine line the Kedarnath temple is 500 meter away from the hotel by trekking.

Hotel Marwar House- It an standard hotel with most comfortable rooms and nice facilities like attach bath, electricity backup in moderate prices.

Hotel Punjab Sindh Awas- It offer you two and four bedded rooms in moderate prices with all necessary facilities like, electricity back up 24 hour room service.

Hotel Jalandhar House- A comfortable hotel provides two, four bedded rooms in suitable prices with 24 hour room service ,attach bath and electricity backup .

All these are Hotels In Chardham Destination In Uttrakhand

Source: http://blog.chardham-darshan.com/hotels-in-chardham-destinations-uttarakhand/

Downtown Disney: Raglan Road and Cooke’s of Dublin

With Pleasure Island in the midst of an extensive “reimagining” project at the Downtown Disney dining, shopping, and entertainment district, it is easy to miss the two Irish restaurants that stand at the gateway between Pleasure Island and Disney’s Marketplace. Raglan Road and Cooke’s of Dublin serve traditional Irish fare both indoors and outdoors, with an atmosphere that will make visitors want to stay around a wee bit longer and have a pint of Guinness.

Of the two adjoining locations, Raglan Road is the more formal sit-down restaurant. Raglan Road has a wait staff, a bar, and a stage for nightly entertainment—and don’t forget the gift shop with items imported from Ireland. Raglan Road’s main dishes include the Fada Burger, Keen Eye for the Shepherd’s Pie, Lobster Club, and the signature One & One beer battered fish and chips with fresh tartar sauce.

The One & One is also on the menu at Cooke’s of Dublin, which has a smaller menu, fast food service and guests must order their food at the front counter. The main courses include battered chicken, beef & lamb pie, chicken and field mushroom pie and smoked haddock pie. Like all Disney restaurants the portions are hearty and a single One & One dish can easily feed two people, or at least one adult and one child (and British patrons will be pleased to know that there is plenty of malt vinegar to go around).

When the sun goes down, both Irish restaurants come alive with music and laughter. The Hole in the Wall is the outdoor section that joins the two restaurants together, where customers can enjoy a drink or two while watching the throngs of tourist crowds traverse the length of Downtown Disney.

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Dubai Lagoons

Sama Dubai, the international real estate investment and development arm of Dubai Holding, launched Lagoons, a 70 million square foot, Dubai Creek waterfront project.

Located near the heart of Dubai, 'The Lagoons' will offer a unique environmental living experience created by a series of enhanced waterways and delightful buffer islands next to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. 'The Lagoons' is a landmark real estate project being formed by extending the Dubai Creek further inland and creating a series of seven lush interconnected islands earmarked for a mixed-use project unique to Dubai.

The Lagoons are giving prospective buyers the opportunity to live in an area that will allow easy access to arteries and central areas of Dubai. Buyers will be drawn to the numerous qualities of the master planned development including its close proximity to Dubai International Airport, excellent access to Emirates Road and Sheikh Zayed Road, as well as other major arterial routes in Dubai. The lagoons can also be reached by sea from Bur Dubai, and Deira. A new bridge will cross the creek to Al Jadaf.

'The Lagoons' will offer freehold property with 100 per cent ownership to all nationalities. Half of the project will be sold to third party investors for development. The remaining 50 per cent of the area will be developed, marketed and operated by Sama Dubai.

'The Lagoons' is set to offer inspiring landscaped surroundings enhanced by a plethora of waterways, parks and green belts with reduced density housing and reduced building heights. Sama Dubai recently unveiled the project's master plan showcasing the upscale residential communities (with villas and apartments), 5 stars Hotels, Marinas, as well as world-class retail complexes and business facilities which 'The Lagoons' is to host. The project will also offer great shopping, fine restaurants, and exciting nightlife, Spas, along several cultural attractions. As well as its natural surroundings, and in line with the project's promise of an idyllic living experience, residents will have culture on their doorsteps in the form of Dubai's first Opera House, designed by an internationally acclaimed architect. Other cultural elements will include a planetarium, museum, art centre and theatre.

'The Lagoons' will have seven beautifully landscaped islands, comprising of residential units, shopping centres, office buildings, and marinas. These detached islands will be linked by bridges. The project will also incorporate a unique work environment with its own Central Business District (CBD), where multi-nationals and regional corporations can establish their headquarters.

Protection of the environment is a key component of the development. 'The Lagoons' is one of the first projects in Dubai to undertake a comprehensive Integrated Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) following international standards across all facets of the project.

In addition, Sama Dubai is working in cooperation with Dubai Municipality to explore ways to protect and enhance the internationally-important wildlife sanctuary in Ras Al Khor which will provide 'The Lagoons'' future residents with spectacular views and vistas.

The project was launched in April 2006, and was planned to be completed in 2010.

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10 Common Career Management Misconceptions

Most people do not believe in career management, they only believe in career damage control which means when something goes wrong they will fix it. Until then, most people don't bother to manage their careers to prevent disasters from occurring in the first place.

Listed below are ten misconceptions with regard to career management:

1. Only the most qualified people get the job - This is simply not true. It does not matter how qualified you are for the job. What matters is the way you have presented yourself during the interview process. Qualifications are not the only criteria for getting good jobs, other things like dedication, confidence and attitude also matter.

2. No need to work at a career just because you have a job - This could be the biggest mistake you make and quite possibly the most popular misconception. This way of thinking has potential for disaster. You never know when you may be downsized or laid off from your current job, and if you do not have a career plan then you are in serious trouble. Make sure that you spend some time on managing your career even if you have a job. Do small things like update your resume and network with your peers.

3. Professional education stopped after graduation - This cannot be further from the truth. You need to continuously work at your professional education to maintain a competitive edge. Read trade magazines, write articles for relevant magazines, attend seminars, and pursue certificate and training courses.

4. The most generous salary is always offered - This is not true. In fact most employers offer a low salary just to see your negotiation skills. This is an old trick of the trade, where the employers check to see whether the candidate has done sufficient research from every angle.

5. I have job Security if I perform well - This is not true, especially in an economy where downsizing, mergers and outsourcing seem to be the order of the day. No one has a secure job, no matter how well you do your job. You have to take a hands-on approach by managing your career properly to ensure security.

6. Only a resume is required - All job seekers need to have certain tools for job hunting and the resume is only one of these tools. Other tools include cover letters, references and so on.

7. Recruiters are sufficient for job searching - No, they are not. Yes, recruiters will help you and guide you in the best way possible, but you cannot leave it completely up to them to get you the best job. You have to be proactive and take charge in your job-hunting process.

8. Employers are responsible for defining career paths - No, employers aren't responsible for anything except getting the job done. You are the only person who is responsible for getting your career on the right path and for defining the way you want your career to head.

9. No need to network - Networking is essential to every business and for every person. You as a career oriented person need to constantly network. It is one of the most important aspects of career management.

10. Jobs are easily identifiable - Most people think that jobs are posted on the Internet or advertised in newspapers. This also is not true. Only a small percentage of jobs are advertised in this manner. Most people identify jobs by networking.

By keeping in mind the above misconceptions, you can avoid them and keep your career on the right track!

Ranthambore National Park: Experience Of Wildlife Beauty

Ranthambore National Park, the wildlife beauty of West India. The Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan become one of major wildlife attraction recent time. The natural beauty of Ranthambore National Park can’t be described in words. Ranthambore park tour is full of adventure and thriller. This national park is also very famous as a birding destination in west India. The famous places to see in and around see are Padam Talao In Ranthambore, Rajbagh Talao In Ranthambore , Malik Talao, Ranthambore Fort, Raj Bagh Ruins, etc.

The ranthambore tour gives you an extra ordinary experience. The resorts of ranthambore welcoming you. Do not restrict yourself to visit the amazing wildlife destination of Ranthambore National Park. We all set to make your ranthambore tour more exciting even before. We are one of the cheapest tour planners for ranthambore. We have greatest selection of ranthambore tour packages. You can book your ranthambore tour online with us.

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Acoustic Sessions with CARL DIXON at Hard Rock Hotel Orlando

Acoustic Sessions with CARL DIXON formerly of The Guess Who

Thursday, March 3, at 7:00 pm
Join us for a special unplugged-style Acoustic Sessions with Carl Dixon, formerly of The Guess Who, performing hits "American Woman," "The Point Of This Life," "Undun," No Sugar Tonight," "Long Lost Friend," "Faithful" and more.

SHOW ENTRY IS COMPLIMENTARY
Cash bars and cocktails service, plus free self parking or $5 valet parking

Magic Kingdom: Main Street Confectionery

While it is easy to find sweet treats throughout Walt Disney World, nobody does it sweeter than the Main Street Confectionery in Magic Kingdom. Here you will find hundreds of colorful treats, including lollipops, fudge, candy coated crisped rice treats (in the shape of Mickey Mouse and other fun shapes), Mickey marshmallows, cookies, chocolate and caramel apples, Disney character PEZ dispensers, and much more.

The Main Street Confectionery also sells Disney-themed utensils for the home cook who would like a little help in the kitchen from Mickey and Minnie. And those items are just a sampling of the kitchenware that can be found in other shops around Magic Kingdom and Downtown Disney.

Just about any confection in the shape of Mickey’s head can be found at the Main Street Confectionery, with one main exception that can be found nearby: the very popular Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar, which is always just a few steps away at vendor stands located throughout the Disney World theme parks.

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Hotel Fires

The Franklin Hotel, Assiniboia, burned down on December 16, 2008.  Photo by Landon Ullrich

Another small-town Saskatchewan hotel went up in flames this past weekend. Carol MacCallum, the owner of the Choiceland hotel and bar, vows to rebuild the hotel. “This is a great town, these are great people” MacCallum told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. “They need a bar. The bar is a community centre.”

Many hotels that once commanded the corners of Railway and Main have burned to the ground over the years.  It didn’t take much – a live cinder drawn up the chimney by a strong wind and igniting the flat tar roof; the explosion of a coal oil stove – to set these rambling old wooden buildings ablaze.  

Queen’s Hotel fire, Macrorie, 1957.

From Jubilee Reminiscences:

A History of Macrorie (1957)

Hotel fires caused death and destruction. In 1912, the hotel in Antler, Saskatchewan, caught fire after an explosion of the gas works which provided the building’s light and heat. According to the town’s history book (1983), the guests in the front part of the hotel escaped unharmed, but it was a different story for staff members in the back of the building. “Two chambermaids were saved by the Chinese cook, who forcibly threw these two frightened girls over the hole, and they escaped unhurt. Dan Morrison, who was also in the back part, had his hair and face badly burnt. Fred Brown, a man of German descent, a carpenter and resident of the hotel, died in this event. He was found with his mattress still under him; evidently he died of smoke inhalation, never waking. They had held a birthday party for him the day before the fire.”

Aftermath of the Macoun Hotel explosion, 1914.

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One of the most tragic hotel fires in Saskatchewan’s history occurred in Macoun on a windy April day in 1914. Thirteen people died and many were injured when an acetylene lighting plant in the hotel basement exploded. It was lunch time, and the hotel dining room was filled to capacity. The owner’s son smelled gas and decided to go down to the basement to investigate – with a lit cigar in his mouth. As soon as he opened the basement door, the place exploded. The entire building was thrown about thirty feet in the air, and then crashed back down. The young man with the cigar survived with only a few bruises, singed hair and eyebrows. Everyone else caught in the conflagration – save two – perished in the fire, or died later as a result of their injuries. 

In the early days, few of Saskatchewan’s small towns had the means to extinguish the flames of a big fire. A disastrous hotel fire prompted many a town council to buy firefighting equipment. Other town passed bylaws mandating the construction of firewalls between adjacent buildings.  Roofs had to be made of incombustible materials. The front verandas and covered balconies that once graced most old hotels had to be removed as they added to the fire hazard. In 1933, the town of Radville passed a bylaw forcing every hotel to provide fire escapes, signs leading to theses escapes, fire extinguishers on each floor, and a rope for each guest room. The minute book of the town of Webb records Hotel Bylaw No. 19: “Every public hotel shall be provided with one cotton rope at least three-quarter inch in diameter to be firmly fastened at least two feet above the windowsill in each bedroom.”

Firefighting demonstration, Comstock Hotel, Halbrite, n.d.

Plowshares to Pumpjacks (1984)

Not everyone was sad to see the town hotel burn down.  When the women of Clavet heard that the hotel was on fire in 1915 - the year Prohibition was introduced in Saskatchewan, it is reported they said, "Hell is burning." 


Small-Town Saskatchewan Hotels Destroyed by Fire (list in progress):

1. Aberdeen: Aberdeen Hotel, March 3, 1997 
2. Abernethy: King Edward Hotel, May 27, 1909 
3. Aneroid: Aneroid Hotel, June 3, 1953 
4. Antler: Antler Hotel, 1912 [started in the hotel gas works; several injured, one killed]
5. Ardill: Ardill Hotel, October 1965
6. Asquith: Asquith Hotel, October 24, 1911 [explosion; four injured] 
7. Assiniboia: Franklin Hotel, December 16, 2008 
8. Atwater: Atwater Hotel, 1927 
9. Avonlea: King George Hotel, 1916 
10. Balgonie: Balgonie Hotel, November 7, 1909 
11. Beechy: Closes Hotel, December 1948 
12. Bengough: Bengough Hotel, 1978 
13. Biggar: Eden Hotel, July 13, 1982 
14. Broadview: Broadview Hotel, Jan. 1956 [$100,000 fire; and café] 
15. Brownlee: City Hotel, June 30, 1929 [smaller hotel built in its place] 
16. Cadillac: Vendome Hotel, December 27, 1923 
17. Cadillac: Cadillac Hotel, 1946 [rebuilt] 
18. Carnduff: Clarendon/Queen’s Hotel, 1921 or 1924 
19. Carrot River: Carrot River Hotel (Derniuk’s), 1933 
20. Ceylon: Ceylon Hotel, December 25, 1911 
21. Chamberlain: Chamberlain Hotel, June 21, 1942 
22. Chaplin: Chaplin Hotel, September 1933
23. Chaplin: Chaplin Hotel, October 1956 [$80,000 damage] 
24. Choiceland: Choiceland Hotel, Feb. 19, 2011 
25. Clavet: French Hotel, 1915 
26. Craik: Craik Hotel, January 31, 2003 
27. Craven: Iroquois Hotel, 1908 
28. Craven: Empress Hotel, 1961 
29. Cudworth: Cudworth Hotel 1973 
30. Debden: Debden Hotel, 1926 
31. Debden: Debden Hotel, early 1930s 
32. Debden: Debden Hotel, early 1960s
33. Delmas: Delmas Hotel, 1912 [at least one person killed] 
34. Disley: Disley Hotel, July 1954 
35. Earl Grey: Hotel Grey, 1924 
36. Eastend: Cypress Hotel, March 1916; rebuilt 
37. Eldersley: White (Tice) Hotel, December 1927 
38. Elrose: Elrose Hotel, September 12, 1993 
39. Elstow: Elstow Hotel, 1916 or 1918 [two people killed] 
40. Estevan: Estevan Hotel, Feb. 27, 1936 [hospital also destroyed] 
41. Fairlight: Fairlight Hotel, 1978 
42. Fielding: Fielding Hotel, July 22, 1922 
43. Fiske: Fiske Hotel, May 27, 1919 
44. Flaxcombe: Silver Hotel, January 26, 1929 
45. Fort Qu’Appelle: Fort Hotel, Feb. 1974 [$250,000 damage]
46. Gainsborough: Queen’s Hotel, between 1900-1905 
47. Glen Ewen: Glen Ewen Hotel, 2007 
48. Goodeve: Goodeve Hotel, January 19, 1982
49. Govan: Silver Plate Hotel, 1960 
50. Govan: Govan Hotel damaged, February 1978 
51. Gravelbourg: Cecil Hotel, August 12, 1926 
52. Gravelbourg:  Gravelbourg Hotel, May 1972 
53. Grenfell:  King’s Hotel, 1927 
54. Gull Lake: Lakeview Hotel, June 12, 1921 
55. Harris: Commercial Hotel, 1924 
56. Hazel Dell: Hazel Dell Hotel, October 2, 1978 
57. Herbert: Commercial Hotel, 1918 
58. Herschel: Herschel Hotel, December 25, 1979 
59. Hoey: Hoey Hotel, 2004 
60. Hudson Bay:  Etoimamie Hotel, 1935 
61. Hudson Bay: Red Deer Motor Hotel, February 1979 
62. Humboldt: Humboldt Hotel, 1923 
63. Indian Head: McIntosh Hotel, early 1890s 
64. Indian Head: Indian Head Hotel, 1993 
65. Ituna: Carlton Hotel, 1925
66. Jasmin: Jasmin Hotel, 1920 
67. Kandahar: Lakeview Hotel, 1925 or 1926 
68. Kelliher: Grand Trunk Hotel, December 22, 1931
69. Kinistino:  Kinistino Hotel, March 1950 [two killed] 
70. Kuroki: Kuroki Hotel, April 30, 1922 [one man killed] 
71. Lampman: Lampman Hotel, January 24, 1932 
72. Lancer: Lancer Hotel, 1958
73. Lanigan: Lanigan Hotel, October 25, 1958
74. Laura: Laura Hotel, November 1, 1966 
75. Leask: Hotel Windsor , Feb. 9, 2011 [arson suspected] 
76. Lebret: Lebret Hotel, October 5, 1916 [and dance pavilion] 
77. Lebret:  Lebret Hotel, September 6, 1927 
78. Limerick: Dickenson Hotel, early 1920
79. Lockwood: Lockwood Hotel, March 9, 1951 
80. Loverna: Vernon Hotel, 1960s 
81. Lumsden: Maple Leaf Hotel, February 23, 1909 
82. Lumsden: Lumsden Hotel, Sept. 1977 [caused by smoking; people killed] 
83. Lumsden: Lumsden Hotel, Nov. 21, 1998 [damages in excess of $600,000] 
84. Macleod: Commercial Hotel, July 13, 1891 
85. Macoun:  Macoun Hotel, April 20, 1914 [13 people killed] 
86. MacNutt: MacNutt Hotel, 1924; rebuilt 
87. Macrorie: Queen’s Hotel, January 31, 1958 
88. Manitou Beach: Manitou Beach Hotel, 1943 
89. Manor: Manor Hotel, 1910 
90. Margo: Margo Hotel, November 5, 1954
91. Maryfield: Arlington Hotel, 1945; rebuilt 1946 
92. McGee: Van Alstyne’s Hotel, 1915 
93. Meath Park: Meath Park Hotel, October 22, 1995 [arson?] 
94. Meota: King Edward Hotel, 192
95. Melville: Killaly Hotel, November 11, 1981 
96. Melville: King George Hotel, February 17, 2010 [arson]
97. Milden: Milden Hotel, 1985
98. Moosomin: Queen’s Hotel, 1905 
99. Moosomin: Moosomin Hotel, Jan. 19, 1969 [one man dead, two missing] 
100. Neilburg: Golden Oak Inn / Pitt's Bar & Grill, April 23, 2011
     
101. Nipawin: Anderson Hotel, 1923 
102. Nipawin: Nipawin Hotel, 1933 
103. Nipawin: Park Hotel, 1953 
104. Nipawin: Nipawin Hotel, May 17, 1979 
105. Nokomis: Patricia Hotel, May 25, 1926
106. Nut Mountain: Mountain House Hotel, Novemver 22, 2006 
107. Ogema: Little Amego Inn, April 20, 1958 
108. Otthon: Otthon Hotel, March 1925 [$20,000 loss] 
109. Oxbow: Palace Hotel, August 1907 [rebuilt as Alexandra Hotel] 
110. Parkbeg: Temperance Hotel, August 1919 
111. Parkside: Parkside Hotel, 1961 
112. Paynton: Paynton Hotel, 1915
113. Paynton: Leland Hotel, 1920 
114. Penzance: Penzance Hotel, May 18, 1941 
115. Piapot: Piapot Hotel, January 15, 1932 
116. Plato: Rymal’s Hotel, 1919 
117. Ponteix: Windsor Hotel, 1929 
118. Ponteix: Ponteix Hotel, June 26, 193
119. Portreeve: Portreeve Hotel, February 1919 or 1920 
120. Prelate: Prelate Hotel, August 10, 2009 
121. Prud’homme: Flanders Hotel, 1957 [rebuilt the same year] 
122. Punnichy: Glenrose Hotel, December 14, 1955 
123. Ravenscrag: Ravenscrag Hotel, 1954 
124. Redvers: King’s Hotel, 1951 
125. Riverhurst: Riverhurst Hotel, 1975 
126. Rosthern: Klondike Hotel, 1906 
127. Rosthern: Occidental/National Hotel, August  26,1928 
128. Rosthern: Queen’s Hotel, 1961 
129. Rush Lake: Rush Lake Hotel, October 5, 1926 
130. Ruthilda: Boon’s Hotel, summer 1926 
131. Shaunavon: Empress Hotel, December 17, 1914 
132. Shell Lake: Shell Lake Hotel, 1956 
133. Shellbrook: Former Tynen Hotel, January 18, 1943.
134. Somme: Somme Hotel, 1943 
135. Sonningdale: Sonningdale Hotel, March 19, 1995 [cooking oil to blame]
136. Sovereign: Sovereign Hotel, 1915
137. Spalding: Spalding Hotel, 1922 
138. Speers: Speers Hotel, December 7, 1989 
139. Spy Hill: Spy Hill Hotel, 1940 
140. Stoughton: King Edward Hotel, February 1, 1905 
141. Sturgis: Hotel Sturgis, March 1926 
142. Swift Current: Empress Hotel, December 25, 1931 [$100,000 loss] 
143. Tantallon: Tantallon Hotel, December 5, 193
144. Tisdale: Imperial Hotel, February 7, 1933 [seven died in fire] 
145. Turtleford: Glenhavon Hotel, February 1, 1922 
146. Tway:  Tway Hotel, April 5,1996 
147. Vidora: Vidora Hotel, Feb. 19, 1925 [also pool hall and a store; $14,000 loss] 
148. Vonda: Vonda Hotel, 1924 
149. Walpole: Walpole Hotel, 1923 or 1924 
150. Wapella: Wapella Hotel, June 1890 [two arsonists convicted of setting fire] 
151. Webb: [Weere’s] Hotel, January 1962
152. Willow Bunch: European Hotel, November 11, 1959
153. Willow Bunch: Willow Bunch Hotel, Feb. 1995 [caused by electrical short] 
154. Wolseley: Windsor Hotel, 1905 
155. Wolseley: Leland Hotel, October 5, 1923 
156. Wynyard: Wynyard Hotel, March 6,1932 
157. Yellow Grass: Yellow Grass Hotel, November 13, 1994 [arson]
158. Young: Young Hotel, November 13, 2011

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