Made With Love Regional Finals Monday, November 28, 6pm Westin Nova Scotian, Commonwealth ballroom 1181 Hollis Street $65/$75, enjoymadewithlove.com This year marks five years since Made With Love became a key component to establishing Halifax’s behind-the-bar stars. Every year, a crop of the city’s most talented bartenders test their mettle, serving up creative cocktails at […]
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Gold Winner The Prince George Hotel Silver Winner Lord Nelson Hotel Bronze Winner The Westin Nova Scotian The elegant Prince George has a lot to offer not just visitors but locals too, and you’ve rewarded it with gold. “It’s absolutely awesome. We pride ourselves on being part of the city,” says general manager Scott Travis. […]
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Gold Winner Prince George Hotel Silver Winner Lord Nelson Hotel Bronze Winner The Westin Nova Scotian Consistency is the hallmark of a great hotel. No matter which room you’re checking into on which day, you want to rest easy knowing it’ll be clean, quiet and comfortable. The Prince George must be doing something right, as […]
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Kwestomar Kreation’s 3rd Annual Fashion Show Tonight
“The company was started by my mom Victoria Aidoo in 1995. She has a really good eye for fashion,” says Esi Aidoo of clothing distributor Kwestomar Kreations, “My family is from Ghana so we mostly feature Ghanaian clothes and designs, with designers from the Ivory Coast, Sudan and other areas in Africa.” After two successful years, Kwestomar Kreations […]
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Gold Winner Prince George Hotel Silver Winner Lord Nelson Hotel Bronze Winner Westin Nova Scotian A hotel should be many things—clean, peaceful, convenient, professional, a good place to get a bite to eat. Prince George Hotel has ticked those boxes for you and then some. The hotel restaurant Gio is a gem of a spot, […]
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Gold Winner The Prince George Hotel Silver Winner The Westin Nova Scotian Bronze Winner The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites Our three winners this year have shared the podium each year since 2006, but this is the first year the Prince George has taken top honour. Credit luxurious rooms, a “pets are people too” policy […]
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Gold Winner The Westin Nova Scotian Silver Winner The Prince George Hotel Bronze Winner The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites We’re not sure how locals make decisions about the best facility built primarily for out-of-towners, but we have some guesses. Maybe it’s the Westin’s practice of cutting rates during blizzards and tropical storms so downtown […]
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Gold Winner Westin Nova Scotian Silver Winner The Prince George Hotel Bronze Winner The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites For locals, Halifax hotels aren’t places to sleep as much as they are where you attend events, host your big day or even go out to dinner. So Coast readers probably cast their Best Hotel votes […]
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One of the coolest moments in the past year at the Lord Nelson was when the hotel was taken over by Tusken Raiders. Well, maybe not the whole hotel, but a series of the conference rooms at least. For those who aren’t Star Wars nerds, Tusken Raiders are also known as Sand People. And for […]
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The Westin gets a Patio
Shoptalk has learned that the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel (1181 Hollis Street, 421-1000) lobby lounge Eve now boasts an exterior patio extending out towards Cornwallis Park. Open until midnight seven days a week, consider it for a drink or bite to eat while the good weather continues into the fall.
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It was a big deal for the city and it was a really big deal at The Lord Nelson. We’re talking about The Cute Beatle’s visit. “It was pretty cool,” says Carol Parrott, the Lord Nelson’s director of sales, who was a little star-struck when Paul McCartney arrived to stay at her hotel this summer. […]