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CORPORATE HISTORY

  • Larco Hospitality was formed in 1998 to manage a hotel portfolio owned by Larco Investments Ltd., and two additional hotels owned by other investment groups.
  • The Vancouver Airport Marriott, Larco Hospitality's first Marriott property, opened in June 1998 and has won Marriott's highest honor as Hotel of the Year along with several customer service awards and a General Manager of the Year award in 2001.
  • In June 1999, LH opened the first ever franchise hotel in Canada for Hilton Hotels Corporation, the Hilton Vancouver Airport. This hotel has since won numerous product and service awards from Hilton and in 2001 was awarded the prestigious Conrad Hilton "Connie" award for customer loyalty.
  • Also In 1999, Larco acquired the SkyDome Hotel in Toronto and LH now operates it as the Renaissance Toronto Hotel at SkyDome. At about the same time LH renovated and re-flagged two Radisson Hotels in Ontario and now operates them as the Ottawa Marriott and the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville.
  • The 541 room JW Marriott Resort in Las Vegas was purchased by Hotspur Nevada Resorts in November 2001. Larco's US subsidiary began providing management consulting and advisory services in December 2001.
  • Larco Hospitality is the largest full-service Franchise Hotel Management Company in Canada for Marriott International.