Toronto's Royal York Offers "Room at the Inn" to Families in Need

TORONTO, Ontario - During the festive season the spirit of giving comes alive at The Fairmont Royal York.� The hotel is once again making Room at the Inn for out-of-town families visiting hospitalised relatives in Toronto. The program, now in its 19th year of operation, will run at The Fairmont Royal York from December 1 to December 30, 2011.

Room at the Inn is designed to provide short-term, complimentary accommodation to families in need. The Fairmont Royal York has once again partnered with St. Michael's Hospital, Casey House Hospice and Hospice Toronto.�

The hotel will provide up to ten "Room at the Inn" guestrooms per night. A maximum of seven room nights will be made available to each family in need.� Eligibility is determined by the medical partners based on assessments of individual family needs.

A previous guest of the Room at the Inn program at The Fairmont Royal York wrote, "the program offered by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a true example of corporate involvement within the community.� I congratulate The Fairmont Royal York for bringing comfort and concern to both the patients and their families as they experience difficult situations."

This is the 19th consecutive year of the program at The Fairmont Royal York.� Since 1993, Room at the Inn has provided thousands of complimentary room nights for families across North America.� The Room at the Inn program will also continue throughout December 2011 at select Fairmont properties in the Central Canada region, including the The Fairmont Winnipeg and Calgary's The Fairmont Palliser.

A leader in the global hospitality industry, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a celebrated collection of 59 distinctive hotels, which includes iconic landmarks like The Fairmont San Francisco, Fairmont The Norfolk, Nairobi and Canada's Fairmont Banff Springs and more than 20 new properties in development, including London's The Savoy and the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai re-opening next year following extensive restoration programs.

Fairmont hotels are one-of-a-kind properties where sophisticated travelers can discover culturally rich experiences that are authentic to the destination. Situated in some of the most exclusive and pristine areas in the world, Fairmont is committed to responsible tourism and is an industry leader in sustainable hotel management with its award-winning Green Partnership program.

Fairmont is owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, a leading global hotel company with 94 hotels worldwide under the Raffles, Fairmont and Swiss�tel brands. The company also manages Fairmont and Raffles branded Residences, Estates and luxury private residence club properties.

For more information or reservations, please call 1-800-441-1414 or visit www.fairmont.com .