RAMADA MARLBOROUGH HOTEL

The largest conference hotel in the province, the Ramada Marlborough Hotel in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, occupies a restored 1914 building that is a major piece of the city's heritage architecture. The hotel sits in the heart of the city's financial district close to the exchange district, museums, theatres, shops, nightclubs restaurants, and the Forks Market, a vast array of shops offering fresh and specialty foods, ethnic delicacies, locally handcrafted items, arts and crafts. In fact, guests won't have to go far to satisfy the munchies: the Ramada shares its grounds with three restaurants, including a fine dining establishment world renown for soaring cathedral ceilings and fairy tale, stained glass windows. The nine story Ramada's 148 guestrooms feature coffeemakers, pay movies, video games, TV Internet access and data ports. Families and corporate guests needing extra space can book suites, while couples on romantic getaways can check into suites with jetted tubs. Business class rooms include working desks. Cyber aficionados can surf the 'Net via high speed or wireless Internet access. The Ramada's conference center features a state of the art digital presentation theater and 40,000 square feet of banquet facilities good for family get togethers, business confabs and other gatherings. Other perks include room service, fitness room, hair salon, meal plans with some rates, the welcome mat for pets on certain floors and complimentary shuttle to Winnipeg International Airport. When the day is done, guests at the Ramada Marlborough can relax in the hotel's whirlpool and enjoy the city's only downtown waterslide. Kids will enjoy the hotel's birthday party packages for the pool and waterslide.