Metropolitan Vancouver Hotel

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Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver
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General information
Address645 Howe Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2Y9
Coordinates 49°17′2″N123°7′5″W / 49.28389°N 123.11806°W / 49.28389; -123.11806
Other information
Number of rooms197
Website
www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/yvrbr-metropolitan-hotel-vancouver/overview/

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]

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