#14 - Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle

Welcome to episode fourteen! Today we are travelling to a hotel that holds a special place in my family story. It is the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle and this podcast is being released to coincide with its 100th birthday celebrations on December 6, 2024! This episode is dedicated to the thousands of loyal team members who have brought this hotel to life over the past century. Here we go! I'm your podcast host, Peter DeMoor. I have a fascination for the hotel industry and over the last quarter-of-a-century I have studied it, been a hotel manager and passed the torch to next generation. Now, as part of an emerging hotel industry tech-startup, I am independent from any specific hotel or chain, and able to talk about the industry with a balanced perspective and with a certain level of expertise. It’s time to check-in! 03:14 – HISTORY (Official Video – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – ⁠HistoryLink⁠, Images – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – Peter DeMoor, Renovation – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Story - ⁠Fairmont⁠, Video – Peter DeMoor, Holidays - ⁠Fairmont⁠, Andrew Hoge – ⁠Rachael Podolsky⁠, Images – Todd Larson). 17:39 – TODAY’S LEADESHIP TEAM (Sunny Joseph – ⁠King 5 Evening News⁠, Video – Peter DeMoor, Sunny Joseph - ⁠Downtown Seattle Association⁠ , Guillermo Carreno – ⁠King 5 Evening News⁠). 21:41 – HOTEL ROOMS (Retreat – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – ⁠Fairmont⁠).   23:15 – F&B and EVENTS (Events – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Weddings – ⁠Fairmont⁠). 26:47 – FACILITIES (Experiences – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – Peter DeMoor, Retreat – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Urban Unveiled – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Video – Peter DeMoor). 30:38 – CELEBRITIES (Video – Peter DeMoor, Images – ⁠HistoryLink⁠, Images – Peter DeMoor, Ramones - ⁠Fairmont⁠). 33:58 – AWARDS (Experiences – ⁠Fairmont⁠, Images – ⁠HistoryLink⁠, Story – ⁠Fairmont⁠). Congratulations on reaching 100 years! This is an incredible milestone. I am so grateful to be a small part of your celebrations. Enjoy the next hundred!  Thank you for joining today’s episode. Whether you're an industry insider, a student of hotel management, or simply curious about the world of hotels, I hope you were inspired, amazed, and enlightened as we unlocked the secrets of the hotel industry's most iconic leaders and iconic hotels. If you had a wonderful time, the best way to say thank you is to follow our podcast, so that you never miss our monthly episodes. If you love showers in luxury hotels, please check-out our tech start-up, at ⁠showeraway.com⁠, where we hope one day to provide people on daytrips access to the very best hotel showers in the world. Farewell, until the next time you check-in to the Hotel Leaders podcast! Music by Musictown. ‘The Olympic’ - The story of Seattle’s Landmark Hotel is available for purchase at Amazon. You can read a sample of the hotel history at the official HistoryLink site curated by Alan J. Stein and Walt Crowley. To reserve you stay, visit the Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle website at https://www.fairmontolympic.com/. Please consider following the hotel on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.