At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2009 all of Toronto will join over 1000 cities worldwide in darkness for sixty minutes in honour of Earth Hour. Guests of The Fairmont Royal York hotel will have a chance to “green” it up by checking in by candlelight while enjoying a Greater Toronto Area (GTA) resident’s rate of $99 (exclusive of taxes, based on single or double occupancy). This great Toronto hotel deal is being offered to any guest with valid GTA identification for all available Fairmont Rooms on Friday, March 27 through to Sunday, March 29,2009.
The Fairmont Royal York has one of the Toronto skyline’s most prominent neon signs. It will be turned off for this global event created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Inside, members of the hotel’s “Green Team” will dim the lobby lights and light the grand candelabras and tea lights that will be on display throughout the hotel. Hotel guests are also encouraged to visit the candlelit pool and join in by turning the lights out in their guest rooms.
Throughout the Earth Hour evening, The Fairmont Royal York’s Library Bar welcomes lounging guests to candlelight service and a special Earth Hour drink menu created just for this year’s cause: the Polar Cap, a cool drink in a highball glass; the Organic Globe, an icewine martini; and the controversial Carbon Footprint.
On Saturday March 28, 2009 at 8:30 p.m., The Fairmont Royal York joins all 56 other Fairmont world-class hotels and resorts from Dallas to Dubai will go dark by turning off their lights for one hour – EARTH HOUR– and in doing so will reinforce the company’s pioneering commitment to operational sustainability and help draw further attention to one of the world’s single largest environmental issues: climate change.
For more information on the GTA resident’s rate call 1 (866) 540-4489.