[vc_row][vc_column][dfd_single_image enable_retina=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb image=\u00a0\u00bb23325″ tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=\u00a0\u00bb20″ screen_normal_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb800″ screen_mobile_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb480″][dfd_heading subtitle=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb content_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbtext-left\u00a0\u00bb delimiter_settings=\u00a0\u00bbdelimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb title_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h3″ subtitle_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:div\u00a0\u00bb tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]Canadian Lodging News \u2013 Before & After[\/dfd_heading][dfd_heading subtitle=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb content_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbtext-left\u00a0\u00bb delimiter_settings=\u00a0\u00bbdelimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb title_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h2″ subtitle_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:div\u00a0\u00bb tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]Mont Laurier Comfort \u2013 the real renovation[\/dfd_heading][vc_column_text]MONT LAURIER, QC-Mont Laurier, QC is strategically located on a major highway in the Laurentians north of Mont Tremblant. With 40 rooms, it attracts sports teams, salespeople and business travelers. In November 2012, the owners contacted Patricia McClintock & Associ\u00e9s Inc. They had already worked on the guestrooms-they were ready to address the lobby.<\/p>\n
The results, completed in time for last month’s holiday season, included construction of a port coch\u00e8re at the entrance, and a lobby that is almost double in size going from 480 to 775 square feet.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Lobbies have become a focal point, an introduction to what a property has to offer,\u00a0\u00bb said
\nPatricia McClintock, principal of the Montreal based hospitality design firm. \u00ab\u00a0The traveler is more intent on making the lobby an interactive experience.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
By increasing the size, they also improved access to the front desk, improved the look of the front desk, and added more seating and a fire place. The designers opened up the lobby by adding windows.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Before, the lobby was small with not enough seating, darker and typical of a small town hotel\u201d, said McClintock. The new design incorporates artwork consisting of glass panels with pine trees and snow caps, typical of the area.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0While hotels are looking at standard amenities for the brand , they also want people who are travelling to remember where they went. The investors wanted to introduce a sense of wow and a sense of place.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Mont Laurier is on the road to Baie James [James Bay]. We created that sense of place through the artwork, through the type of colouring. Quebec has its own specificities; it’s more daring, with more of a Latin influence. We put in a fireplace, where before there was none. It says, ‘come in, it’s cold, stop and see our welcoming fire place.\u2019\u00a0\u00bb[\/vc_column_text][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=\u00a0\u00bb30″ screen_normal_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb800″ screen_mobile_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb480″][dfd_simple_image_gallery dfd_layer_image=\u00a0\u00bb23356,23357″ items_offset=\u00a0\u00bb20″ image_width=\u00a0\u00bb900″ isotope_columns=\u00a0\u00bb2″ images_style=\u00a0\u00bbmasonry\u00a0\u00bb tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][dfd_single_image enable_retina=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb image=\u00a0\u00bb23325″ tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=\u00a0\u00bb20″ screen_normal_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb800″ screen_mobile_resolution=\u00a0\u00bb480″][dfd_heading subtitle=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb content_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbtext-left\u00a0\u00bb delimiter_settings=\u00a0\u00bbdelimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb title_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h3″ subtitle_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:div\u00a0\u00bb tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]Canadian Lodging News \u2013 Before & After[\/dfd_heading][dfd_heading subtitle=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb content_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbtext-left\u00a0\u00bb delimiter_settings=\u00a0\u00bbdelimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb title_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h2″ subtitle_font_options=\u00a0\u00bbtag:div\u00a0\u00bb tutorials=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]Mont Laurier Comfort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23358,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23355\/revisions\/23358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmadesign.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}