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Stéphane Dion in Calgary "Green" Hotel

CALGARY - September 28, 2008: Stéphane Dion entered enemy territory today at a stop in Calgary. Appropriately, the rally was held inside the Evergreen Ballroom at the Greenwood Inn. Greenwood-Green Shift-Evergreen ---- coincidence? It also seems appropriate that the Liberals chose an establishment with less than stellar ratings - kind of like the Liberals. The following is a smattering of the comments left at http://www.tripadvisor.com. The headings may also to applied to voters reactions to the Liberal Party in general as well....... I especially like "Never again!"

Stephane Dion waves to supporters at a campaign rally in Calgary September 28 at the Greenwood Inn. (Ryan Remiorz, The Canadian Press)

“Extremely HORRIBLE experience!!!!!”

We had left for the day, when we came back a locked container had been broken into. We later discovered that it was a housekeeper. When we went to the staff they said that they would cover the cost of the night, but later charged it to a credit card.

“Awful”
I found the desk staff to be unhelpful and abrupt.Our room was poorly cleaned(floor was dirty/we found food all along our bed).Bathroom was in rough shape,toilet did not flush properly.Huge crack in wall...Drapes had a 18 inch rip in it.But by far the largest problem was the noise!We were kept up well into the night by a wedding reception.The hotel wouldn't do a thing about this.I thought hotels were a place you go to sleep?

“So insulted”
I travel four times a month for work, so I've seen my share of the best and worst. The Greenwood has really nailed it on this stay though. When my colleague and I checked in we were told that the rooms had been cancelled and they were now full. My one colleague had in fact cancelled HIS room not all three. Something I confirmed simply by reading their own copy of the fax. The hotel's on-duty manager walked out of her office and just stared at us. When I politely asked to speak to her she said, "Ya." and remained a good 20 feet away. She found us two rooms while only speaking to her staff. Not to my colleague and I. Our keys didn't work. Room service took THREE tries to bring us our meals. One extra trip for the forgotten cutlery. Another for the forgotten ketchup for fries. When it DID arrive the salsa had gone bad! lol. I don't say this to be malicious, it was just a really disappointing night for a seasoned traveller. If you wanna see what it feels like to sleep on a bag of rocks, and shower under the water pressure of a garden gnome, be sure to check out the greenwood inn airport.

“Never Again”
I live in hotels 9 months of the year for work, so I think I am qualified to write a review. The rooms definitely are not first class. The lobby is very nice, but the rest of the hotel is very much a budget super8. I would be comfortable paying $80/night no more. There was a wedding the night of my stay. Music was supposed to be over by 11:00. I was on the third floor and still my pictures and lamps were vibrating. I could hear a car start and people talking from the far end of the parking lot. There is no sound proofing at all. I phone 4 times to the front desk after 11:00 for them to shut the music down. The night manager claimed he could not control the wedding party, they would not listen to him, so there was nothing he could do. The music carried on until around 2:00am. I made it clear at this time I was not paying for the room. I checked out at 4:00am with 2hrs sleep. I made it clear to the same night manager I was not paying for the room until I spoke with the hotel manager. It took me 2 days to get a hold of the hotel manager. She said they had already charged my card with out my consent so there was nothing she could do. I argued for 1/2hr with her. After she told me it was my own fault for staying in the room and not leaving, she finally refunded my card $20, which I have not seen. Nice service!!