Metropolitan Vancouver Hotel Explained

Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver
Map Type:	Canada Vancouver Downtown
Address:	645 Howe Street V6C 2Y9
Coordinates:	49.2839°N -123.1181°W
Rooms:	197

The Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver is a hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The hotel opened on May 2, 1984 as The Mandarin Vancouver,^[1] the first North American property^[2] of the Hong-Kong based Mandarin International Hotels chain.^[3]

The hotel has 197 rooms and 7,600 square feet of conference and banquet rooms, and its restaurant, Diva, is critically acclaimed,^{[4] [5]} and is headed by chef Dino Renaerts.^[6] The hotel, between the financial district and the shopping area of downtown Vancouver, is popular with businesspersons.^[7] The decor is French-inspired, with dark wood beams and high ceilings.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Davis . Chuck . 2011-01-21 . A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1984 . 2023-11-17 . Spacing Vancouver . en-US.
2. News: Martin . Douglas . 1986-07-06 . VANCOUVER ALSO EXHIBITS NEW HOTELS . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-17 . 0362-4331.
3. News: Farrow . Moira . 1985-08-04 . WHAT'S DOING IN; VANCOUVER . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-17 . 0362-4331.
4. Book: Explorer Vancouver: The Complete Residents' Guide. 22 April 2013. 2008. Explorer Publishing. 978-9948-03-384-4. 35.
5. Book: Canada: English Guide. 22 April 2013. 2004. Rough Guides. 978-1-84353-266-8. 818.
6. Book: Chef's Table Society of British Columbia. Vancouver Cooks. 22 April 2013. 10 November 2009. Douglas & McIntyre. 978-1-55365-261-8. 236.
7. Book: McBeath. Chris. Ernst. Chloe. Frommer's Vancouver and Victoria. registration. 22 April 2013. 21 February 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-09313-9. 72.
8. Book: Blore. Shawn. Vries. Alexandra de. Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2004. 22 April 2013. 3 February 2004. John Wiley & Sons. 978-0-7645-5885-6. 57.