" l WATERLOO Quorum ~Wednesday. September 24, 2014 - 17 I The four- star treatlnent o , o o t Qty 3 ï¬rst four-star hotel opens wtth new Delta Waterloo m the uptown [whim . - ; Ch" Suï¬ , . p . ‘1 ' ’ -ï¬ #333 I t has long been seen as a oen- W 5).». ‘ V. 3 treplece to the development of , ‘ 1‘33 t ‘1 , ,~ . _ .~ Waterloo‘s uptown core. ‘ ‘W' 4' >‘ , A hotel in the heart of the city \- - 3"" i ‘ If . o -, thatwillmeettheneedsofintema- . - _ " " I "K ,' tional travellersandthose coming 3"" V f‘ " __ . g w 5 .' to do business with leaders in the ., ‘9'! ; ,. :v. . - A! localknowledge-basedeoonomy. ¢ ‘ ' "'7‘ _,, (_ f" * , _ . , {a 27% ' ‘ a, The new Waterloo Delta ï¬nally a ' a ’ ' ‘ ' ' .. -~r ' y ‘ V ‘~ ' ' ‘ _ opened its doors last week at the ‘ ;.: l A t . â€" -' “ 3" M4" " Barrel Yards m the area's ï¬rst four- .. J , "_ '1; " . , w t W " . - starhotel and provides therypeof ' _ cg" ( “I E guest experience.that one would t; t“ .: . {A f . \ ‘ only see in bigger centres. said Ken if ‘ ’ . g“ Greene. president and (IEO of Delta “ ' aâ€; 'z 1’ '5: Hotelsandllasonx _. {_. . ‘ “It's really the only four-star. full « ~ .. ' V 2 ' -_.__:...-- _ ._ .â€"._..___.__, service hotel in the marketplace. TheWatedoo Dettaopeneditsdoorslatweeku‘timarm " 5:44?†‘3 V and I think it's really something the dations for international and him traveller; It features W ‘1‘ " marketplace needs given all the mode rooms. modem ï¬nishes and amenities like a restart". content-Ice * ‘ _ business that's around there, and and meeting rooms and an todoor pool. 2mm *7 5‘: R that it will be a destination for the r †" ‘ ' § . international b95106? traveller as the rooms are also wired to meet delivering and how happy the V -; Q â€72‘ well as domestic busrness travel the expectations of modern comâ€" man? a. i ‘ N l ‘ ers." said Greene.“There are a munimtions Nowinsteaiofcmnpaniahlv- -." ‘ig - 5 number 0’ “9m“ coming '" that “Our new mode rooms will be ing to put people up out Mm to r . i 55 1- ; thtsprtxluctlwrllreallyappealto afletopmvideahighâ€"tech experi- givethanthatkindsolexpetiemx 3 J 3‘ ‘3- ‘ .‘ “.9 53d "5 location and do“ ence for our guest where they can they'll be able to ï¬nd it right in f a. “ ‘ pronnuty to more than '3‘“) b“. be connected in many different Waterloo “ 5â€"" x K \: highâ€"tech compames, think tanks ways,’ said Green. about their ‘People want to come to Water- ~: g," ‘ suchasthePemneterIrthneand smandeskhuha'Theroomde-‘gn loobutilyoudon'thavetheright -N“;_ (.lGl, and the universrties has It itself will very much appeal to the type “my they my stay in ' W0†positioned ‘0 "‘9‘" "‘9 "‘3" travellers coming to the city' Waialoo. and they weren’t staying.‘ I “‘1? needs . Delta signed on in late 20l2 to said Greene. 'Now they will. and l ; you luï¬l cant ask for a hem" take over operations of the hotel think that's an economic driver for I I ‘ Imam)“ said WM l†30mg ‘0 site being developed by Auburn theentirec‘rty" ' x y caret '0 the blames dm‘dfa l3"! Developments at the 38"de mun McFadden. the my; enac- . , - evenlortheletmretravelleryouve 'lherewassomedelayinopen- utivedirectoroleuirxxnicdevebp- ». .‘ . x«»tallmgrwtmaflmumfl .ngtimnewhoteiunuianthehght Hieanaidit'sata'r'iï¬caddititmtn E gt :; ~ and It's In the middle of many amenitiesweteinplathleuialid theuptownoore. ,~ 4; I â€"ngs '? 5“ â€8m the†3‘ the the parties involvedhavemreyeta ‘lt's really in the bean of the ,' t f WWW“)? In trying to make sure the property region in a lot of ways. and it's .’ ‘ a Q l â€I?! Inc'm P future '0" Stop would he well‘positioned it in the m to be: mm not and ‘ . â€1‘" “u connect " ‘0 all the pomts marketplace. something that uptown Waterloo ' â€(I {7‘ of Interest along the new central 'You 0W0?!“ a â€Wyn,“ hm really needed,‘ McFadden said E tmnsrt eomdor: . and you want to do it right.’ said 'It will be put for the businesses '"s'de “ '" add'm’“ ‘0 3" (.reene. â€The only things anybody indieupwwnanditwillbe areal indoor pool. new reataurant and remembers is the quality of the catalyst that rounds out the Barrel «(inference and "men“ rooms ' ‘ product and the service you're Yank development I \ I ‘ . , .' . '1 , . l I “\ ( )I{Sl \ m hymn/up o . L .