Queen Elizabeth Hotel hotel closed its doors for renovations and reopened on July 10, 2017. Queen Elizabeth Hotel The Queen Elizabeth Hotel (; official English name Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth) is a grand hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. From June 17, 2016 to June 10, 2017, the hotel was closed for a series of year-long, $140M CAD renovations. Completed in 1958, the hotel was built by the Canadian National Railway and managed for many years by Hilton Hotels. CN Hotels were later sold to Canadian Pacific Hotels, which is now known as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. With 1039 rooms and 21 floors it
MS Queen Elizabeth and 1948, when Cunard's original "Queen Elizabeth" was in service at the same time as the Royal Navy battleship . The Royal Navy's aircraft carrier went to sea the summer of 2017, six and a half years after the cruise ship entered service. "Queen Elizabeth" is almost identical in design to "Queen Victoria", although because of the steeper stern, her introduction into service the passenger capacity was slightly higher with up to 2,058 compared to "Queen Victoria's" 2,014. Also unlike many previous Cunard Queens, "Queen Elizabeth" is not a true ocean liner as she does not have the heavy plating