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Greater Vancouver’s Newest Luxury Boutique Hotel

Now Open

Versante Hotel Exterior & Pool Deck ©Versante Hotel

Minutes from Vancouver Airport, Versante Hotel is anything but a typical airport hotel

Years in the making and hugely anticipated, Versante Hotel — Greater Vancouver’s first new luxury boutique hotel in years, and the first hotel of its kind in the city of Richmond — finally opened its doors to the public.

Every detail at Versante, from leading-edge technology to vibrantly colorful interior design, has been carefully considered to offer the most unique and captivating hotel experience in the region.

“Having spent almost 20 years managing boutique hotels in Canada and the US, I can’t overstate how special a property Versante is,” says General Manager, David Curell. “In a region crowded with branded hotels, we’re proud to be Richmond’s only independent boutique hotel, and locally owned and operated. Our guests are independent spirits who seek out fresh and innovative experiences everywhere they go.”

Here are some of the many reasons why Versante is Canada’s most remarkable new hotel experience of 2021.

Deluxe King Guestroom Individual Design ©Versante Hotel

Suite ©Versante Hotel

ROOMS

100 guestrooms and suites boasting five bold décor themes – developed by Vancouver-based CHIL Interior Design – evoke a distinct personality. Wall coverings, fabric selections and furniture colours were customized to create an immersive experience within each room scheme. In addition to either two luxury queens or one king-size bed, each room features:

• Contactless check-in/out, room entry and lighting controls via the Versante App. The app also allows for contactless room-service ordering, as well as connecting with the Versante guest-services team

• Complimentary high-speed wi-fi with unlimited bandwidth

• 24-hour room service

• Spa-like bathrooms featuring the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer, large rainforest shower with heated floor, and, in most guestrooms and all suites, a freestanding soaker tub with view window

• Floor-to-ceiling windows in most rooms, offering expansive mountain and river views

• Energy-efficient View Smart auto-tinting windows

• State-of-the-art MirrorTM workout technology in select suites

• Versante is the only hotel in Canada featuring bath amenities by Red Flower, a women-owned New York City brand whose acclaimed bath and beauty products are biodegradable, vegan, and cruelty-free.

LOCATION

Situated in Richmond, Versante is only 20 minutes by vehicle from Downtown Vancouver, and mere minutes from Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The city of Richmond was cited by The New York Times as having the best Asian food in North America — so you can discover incredible culinary experiences just steps away. World-class shopping, golf, recreation, gaming, and much more are also close by.

REJUVENATE

In addition to a 24-hour fitness facility with Peloton bikes and Life Fitness cardio equipment, guests may retreat to the serene outdoor rooftop terrace with a saltwater pool and hot tub.

DINING

Versante is home to an array of thrilling new dining concepts. Experience Mediterranean flavours at Bruno, or ascend to Alaïa and marvel at sweeping 12th-floor views. Versante Bar is a sophisticated lounge offering delectable small plates and classic cocktails by night.

Front Reception & Lobby ©Versante Hotel

ADDITIONAL FEATURES & AMENITIES

• A showstopping lobby evoking the vibrancy of a Chinese night market, including one-of-a-kind pieces by world-renowned Vancouver artists Andy Dixon and Marie Khouri
• Complimentary airport transfer by luxury car
• Complimentary bike rental
• Pet friendly
• Over 5,500 square feet of function space for meetings, events, weddings, and more.

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As stay-at-home orders due to the ongoing pandemic have forced many of us to learn to love solitude and become reacquainted with our homes, one couple’s life has remained virtually unchanged.

Ten miles north of Tofino, British Columbia, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Catherine King and Wayne Adams live on a sustainable, floating compound. It’s called “Freedom Cove,” a labor of love, hand-built using recycled and salvaged materials. It’s been their home for the past 29 years.
Freedom Cove is a 25-minute boat ride away from the closest town, and don’t even think about hopping in a car. “The only option to get here is by water,” Adams says. “There are no road accesses. The water is our highway.”

While there are lines that tether the compound back to the shore, it is not anchored to the ocean floor.
When you arrive, you’re immediately greeted by bright magenta buildings with dark turquoise trim. An archway of whale bones welcomes you in.
The compound has everything you could possibly think of and more: a dance floor, an art gallery, a candle factory, four greenhouses, six solar panels, and access to a small waterfall that provides constant running water.
It has its own waste management system
The couple has even figured out their own waste management system.
“It’s the most common question we’re asked,” Adams says.
They installed a floating tank to, in Adams’ words, “deal with the affluence.”
If they wanted to, King and Adams could completely self-sustain on Freedom Cove without ever needing to go into the city.
It was inspired by nature
As artists, King and Adams always drew inspiration from nature.

Adams is a carver, using found elements in nature – like feathers and bones – to create his works.
King is an artist, dancer and a natural healer, having studied homeopathy.
But why live off the grid?
“I wanted to be a successful, wealthy artist, live in Tofino and have a studio in the wilderness, like all good rich artists should,” Adams says.
“I was hoping to make a lot more money as an artist. We could never buy real estate, so we had to make our own.”
A call from nature pushed them to make their dreams a reality.
It was the result of an accident
After staying in a friend’s cabin in Cypress Bay, a large storm blew wood onto the property.
King and Adams gathered the wood and used it to build the bones of what would become their future home.
“I guess we were being given a sign that this is the time to begin,” Adams recalls.
As they continued to further grow their home, the couple followed with their precedent of only using recycled and salvaged materials.

Many parts were gathered from loggers and fishermen in town. Adams would trade them art for whatever they had in their backyard, whether that was old fish farms or floats.
A piece of Plexiglass scrounged up from the Victoria Hockey Rink forms a clear glass floor in their living room, which Adams can lift up to fish from the comfort of his couch.
It began as a sort of ‘downsizing’
Prior to Freedom Cove, the couple lived in an apartment in Tofino. They call their move into nature a “deceleration process.”
“We had all kinds of things like food processors and items that would require a lot of electricity,” King remembers.
“We gave them away to people and unloaded a lot of things in preparation.”
They had no choice. The first iteration of their floating home had no running water and no power.
Today, their day-to-day is quite a bit different to what it was in Tofino.
“Living out here, you can’t just get instant anything,” King says. “We can’t just order a pizza … we can’t just go to the corner store … You have to do the work to get what you want, if you want it.”
It’s more than just home, they say
Doing that work is an ongoing process of learning, changing and growing.
King starts her day by sweeping and shaking out the carpets.
“In the wilderness, there’s always a lot of dirt and dust,” she says.

She then waters her thousands of plants and vegetable gardens – all germinated from seeds – and rows out in her canoe to gather seaweed for compost.
Adams begins by gathering firewood and starting a fire to make sure the house is heated.
They both work on building new components for their home.
“It is a project,” King says. “It is a project in growing food to provide for the family. It is an art project … It is a project to have a space to move, to dance, to play music, to do things spontaneously that you couldn’t just do in the same way if you were in the city.”
Their neighbors are … unusual
And while they may not have any human neighbors for miles, the couple still has plenty of company.
“We have some resident crows here who are part of the family,” Adams says. “We know all the birds here.”
“We have named Harry the heron, Sylvie the seal,” King adds. “Gertrude and Heathcliff the seagulls.”
“I had lived in the big city, I knew what that was like,” King says. “I really needed the peace of the wilderness.”
Twenty-nine years later, that’s still the greatest draw of their home.
“Going into a city is just shocking in the sound department,” King says. “I get kind of jangled up inside … the noise starts to get to me, I find it’s easy for me to lose my center.”
“We have carved a piece of the world out for ourselves here,” King says. “We can live uniquely, differently than anyone else on the planet.”
But, how about seasickness?
“I don’t get seasick,” Adams says. “When I go to town, I get land-sick.”
To learn more about life on Freedom Cove and hear directly from King and Adams, check out the latest episode of Great Big Story, a new podcast from CNN.

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