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- The first Four Seasons Hotel opened in 1961 in Toronto , Ontario as a motor hotel in the downtown area.
- In 1970 , Four Seasons Hotels opened their first European hotel in London , England – Four Seasons Hotel London.
- Throughout the 1970s and 1980s , Four Seasons grew and opened more hotels throughout North America . During this time, Four Seasons Hotels developed and incorporated its now standard use of luxury items within guest rooms. These include terry-cloth robes, 2-line telephones in the guest room and bath, European-style concierge services, room service 24 hours a day, twice-daily housekeeping service, one-hour pressing, and round-the-clock laundry and dry cleaning service.
- The hotels now consider spas as an integral part of the luxury hotel experience. Since 2001 , every Four Seasons resort includes a distinctive spa experience and every property worldwide offers on-site spa services.
Four Seasons is a private corporation headquartered in
Toronto ,
Ontario .
Isadore (“Issy”) Sharp founded the company in 1960 and opened the first Four Seasons Hotel on Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto in 1960. The company currently manages 70 hotels in 31 countries, and more than 20 properties under development.
Microsoft Chairman
Bill Gates has a substantial holding in the company along with Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abduaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
The Four Seasons name was introduced to the
Middle East by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abduaziz Al Saud, who owns some of the properties that carry the brand in the region as well as a substantial stake in the Canadian parent company, including
Egypt ,
Jordan and
Saudi Arabia Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Zawya.com .
Four Seasons Hotels operates an exclusive residential program called the Residence Club that involves the sale of .
On
June 19 ,
2002 the
Canadian Opera Company announced Four Seasons Hotels as the naming donor for the COC's new Opera House, the
Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts , located in
Toronto ,
Canada .
In late 2006, it was announced that the Robin Paterson (former CEO of Hamptons International) and Mike Pemberton (West Indies Hotel Developer) were planning to build a new high-end Four Seasons Resort on the Mount Hartman Estate on the
Caribbean island of
Grenada .
This has been subject to much debate, as it is an important site for the
Critically Endangered Grenada Dove . The Grenada Government has issued statements saying the resort can be built on the site without significantly affecting the dove. This has been questioned by
BirdLife International , which, together with other organizations (such as
American Bird Conservancy ) and private individuals (such as
Graeme Gibson and
Margaret Atwood ), have started a campaign against the plans.
