Delta Hotel & Resorts

It all began with a single 62-room motor inn in Richmond, British Columbia.

Founded in 1962, Delta Hotels and Resorts has grown to become Canada's leading first-class hotel management company. Today, we boast a diversified portfolio of 44 city-centre, airport and resort properties.

Widely viewed as the brand of choice for discerning owners and guests, we also take pride in being an exemplary employer to more than 7,000 people and an active corporate citizen building stronger Canadian communities from coast to coast.

A Tradition of Leadership and Vision
As a company, our history is one marked by leadership and vision. After becoming the leading hotel operator in British Columbia by 1970, our company embarked upon an aggressive eastward expansion strategy. By 1975, we had opened the Delta Chelsea in downtown Toronto - with 1,590 rooms, the largest hotel in Canada, and still the largest in our portfolio - and in 1977, the Delta Ottawa Hotel and Suites was added in the nation's capital.

As an innovator, we can proudly claim a number of firsts. We were among the first to offer a chain-wide family program and children's creative centres. For frequent guests, we introduced Delta Privilege, our signature guest recognition program, in 1989. That program's hallmark and most enduring feature - the famous "One Minute Check-In Guarantee" - is another industry first. Unmatched by the competition then or now, it guarantees members that they will be checked in within one minute, or the first night of their stay will be free. Not far behind was Delta Works, a loyalty program for small to mid-size businesses.