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Sad day for Montreal: the Grand Plaza Hotel (a.k.a Crown Plaza) shuts down

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Special K will be heartbroken. I doubt he'll ever come back to Montreal.
 
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Special K will be heartbroken. I doubt he'll ever come back to Montreal.

I know. I heard he owned some shares of that hotel. He certainly will be as heartbroken as i am......i hope he isn't considering jumping off the Champlain bridge.

First LeBlanc, then the Hard Rock Cafe. And now, that loveable Plaza Hotel closing down. Montreal loses another landmark. What's next? Cafe Cleopatra? Chez Paree? I don't know if i'll be able to cope with this recent loss!

Le Grand Plaza....so many wonderful memories come to mind when i think of that place. The last time i stayed there, the sp i was with nearly burnt the place down when her purse caught fire. Another time, i nearly bled to death when i broke a glass & accidently stepped on it just as my date was about to knock on the door. You should have seen the look of horror on her face when she took a look at the bathroom floor....it looked like a mini-massacre had just occurred there. I still remember parking my car in the underground garage & thinking it reminded me of a creepy dungeon. Now that i think of it....those memories aren't exactly good ones!
 
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I'm not really surprised that the Grand plaza Hotel is shutting down. The Hotel industry is really competitive in MTL and shitty hotels are really going through a very badtime. The economy downturn forced many hotels to change their pricing just to maintain the same volume of businesss.
 

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This news changes the dynamics of Priceline bidding. Many were avoiding bidding on the 3 stars out of fear of an acceptance by the Crowne Plaza. Now that this fear has been removed, 3 star bidding should again become de rigueur.
 

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Many hotels in Montreal have change hands in the past couple of years. As a whole the economics of Montreal hotels is not rosy...

Saw the same thing in Boston for exemple and around the world for that matter.
The hotel business is very competitive.
Hell even Ritz Carlton is owned by Mariott now.

And the one in Boston was sold to the Tata group.
Anyway !
 

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This news changes the dynamics of Priceline bidding. Many were avoiding bidding on the 3 stars out of fear of an acceptance by the Crowne Plaza. Now that this fear has been removed, 3 star bidding should again become de rigueur.

Good point, Eager. But exactly what are the 3* Priceline hotels in Montreal right now? Biddingfortravel.com lists these hotels as 3*, but these lists are usually not very up to date. Also, what were the previous names of the Crowne Plaza?

3 Star
Novotel Montreal Centre LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Delta Montreal LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Holiday Inn Select LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Holiday Inn Montreal Midtown
Grand Plaza (formerly Doubletree) LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Residence Inn Downtown LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Courtyard Montreal LINK TO HOTEL REVIEW
Gouverneur Place Dupuis
 

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I travel to Montreal every year with a group of about 100 people. We've stayed at the Grand Plaza every year for the last five years. We'll all miss it. A better location and much more charm than the sterile corporate shit holes downtown.
 

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I travel to Montreal every year with a group of about 100 people. We've stayed at the Grand Plaza every year for the last five years. We'll all miss it. A better location and much more charm than the sterile corporate shit holes downtown.

Now this is what I call the good life !
What'd you do ? turn the hole place into an orgie ?
Hooo weee ! Rumple ur da man !!!!
 

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In answer to my own question, from the Gazettte article:

The hotel, known as the Grand Plaza Montréal Centre-ville...The hotel has changed owners and names several times since 2006, switching from the Hôtel Crowne Plaza Métro Centre to the Double-Tree Plaza Hotel Centre-ville.

I never stayed there, but I was always afraid to bid on a 3* because of the many bad reviews this hotel had. Sorry Rumple, I trust your judgment, but this hotel just had too many people who hated it.
 

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Of the remaining 3 stars hotels on the priceline list, are there any not great for hobbying? i.e. not centrally located, need card for elevator....
 

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Sorry Rumple, I trust your judgment, but this hotel just had too many people who hated it.
Louis, If you read the reviews on TripAdvisor, they were 90% very positive until about a year ago, which pretty much coincides with the time new ownership took over. The reviews of the past year are horrible.

I haven't stayed there in over a year, but I quite liked it. While it wasn't as luxurious as the Vogue, HDLM, or Intercontinental, it also wasn't corporate sterile like the Sheraton and Hyatt. It also wasn't as beat up as the Holiday Inns. Among the things most guys here didn't like about it was it's location, removed from the downtown. I found its location, at the junction of the Plateau and Latin Quarter a big plus.

Also the fact that they didn't charge for internet and that there is plenty of free parking on neighboring streets both make it less expensive than other Priceline hotels selling for the same price.

My sense is that most of the guys who didn't like the place would stay at a Sheraton in Paris.
 
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stayed there 4 nights in the summer of 2008
the Doubletree By Hilton Montreal Centre-Ville
$57 on priceline
close to the bus station
free fast internet
they gave me a high floor looking west
I banged a sp at the window with the curtains open when it was still light out
I stumbled up the hill from hanging in the LQ a few times
good times good memories for me
 

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stayed there 4 nights in the summer of 2008
the Doubletree By Hilton Montreal Centre-Ville
$57 on priceline
close to the bus station
free fast internet
they gave me a high floor looking west
I banged a sp at the window with the curtains open when it was still light out
I stumbled up the hill from hanging in the LQ a few times
good times good memories for me

I stayed there back in 2002-2003.
Parked my car in the scary dungeon-like parking garage.
Got drunk.
Cut my foot on a piece of glass on the bathroom floor.
Sp then arrived thinking someone must have bled to death in the bathroom.
Sp's purse caught on fire during lovemaking session....what can i say? It was THAT intense!
Got drunk again.
Called another sp
Smoked some weed.
Banged sp.
Smoked more weed.
Got the munchies so ordered from Alto.
Checked out a couple of days later & never looked back.
I hate this fucking place!
 
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I stayed there back in 2002-2003.
Parked my car in the scary dungeon-like parking garage.
Got drunk.
Cut my foot on a piece of glass on the bathroom floor.
Sp then arrived thinking someone must have bled to death in the bathroom.
Sp's purse caught on fire during lovemaking session....what can i say? It was THAT intense!
Got drunk again.
Called another sp
Smoked some weed.
Banged sp.
Smoked more weed.
Got the munchies so ordered from Alto.
Checked out a couple of days later & never looked back.
I hate this fucking place!

what no bed bugs bites too? ;)
 

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Also the fact that they didn't charge for internet and that there is plenty of free parking on neighboring streets both make it less expensive than other Priceline hotels selling for the same price.

I think it is 50-50 on the Priceline hotels charging for Internet. It's free at the Omni and the Maritime and some others. The Intercontinental, Sheraton and Hyatt all charge. The Hilton offers free wireless internet in the lobby and cable in the rooms for $10/day, this due to the unusual construction of that hotel with fortress-like concrete walls. Personally I believe that wireless internet should be free in every hotel and eventually it will be.

The issue of on street parking is a somewhat controversial one. Most tourists prefer not to have their cars subjected to thieves so some minimal security is usually deemed appropriate. Parking prices vary widely, depending on the hotel and whether valet privileges are sought.
 

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I think it is 50-50 on the Priceline hotels charging for Internet. It's free at the Omni and the Maritime and some others. The Intercontinental, Sheraton and Hyatt all charge. The Hilton offers free wireless internet in the lobby and cable in the rooms for $10/day, this due to the unusual construction of that hotel with fortress-like concrete walls. Personally I believe that wireless internet should be free in every hotel and eventually it will be.
My experience, Beav, is that the more expensive the hotel, the more likely they are to charge for internet.

The issue of on street parking is a somewhat controversial one. Most tourists prefer not to have their cars subjected to thieves so some minimal security is usually deemed appropriate. Parking prices vary widely, depending on the hotel and whether valet privileges are sought.
I have no problem parking my car on the streets overnight and have done so over 100 nights since the start of 2010. I almost always have a fairly expensive bicycle in my car in plain sight. I would not, however, leave my bicycle parked on the streets of Montreal overnight even with the best of locks.
 

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Is this a sign that the general trend of Montreal economy has been declining in recent years? Perhaps someone familiar with the city can elaborate?
 
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