By DAVID EISEN
COVER STORY
DOUBLE DUTY
ACCOR ’ S OMER ACAR HAS NOT ONE BUT TWO LEGACY LUXURY BRANDS ON HIS WATCH .
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hey began July 24th . A series of Instagram posts by the actor Bryan Cranston . These were neither about the mezcal his name is attached to , nor his acting exploits . The dispatches were all about vacation . It turns out , Cranston is not bad and he sure isn ’ t broke .
Instead , he appeared jovial , sharing with his 5.5 million followers a trip he was on through Western Canada , celebrating 35 years of marriage with his wife , Robin . “ Come along for a little armchair traveling ,” he wrote , and so he did , detailing the cities , the national parks , the restaurants , the train rides , the lakes and the wildlife — even quipping that he went mostly unrecognizable , beyond the occasional : “ Has anyone ever told you that you look exactly like Bryan Cranston ?”
Within the four separate posts cataloging the journey , one name kept popping up : Fairmont . There was Cranston giving the thumbs up outside the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle and four scrolls later a pic of the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver , where , in “ the beautiful room ,” a personalized chocolate treat and bottle of champagne awaited . An ensuing post detailed a train trip to Jasper , Canada , which ended with a stay at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge , where , in one image , a robed Cranston enjoys a morning coffee outside his cabin .
From there , it was onto the turquoise Lake Louise within Banff National Park in Alberta , and a stay at the Fairmont Château Lake Louise , which , in a post , Cranston referred to as a “ must stay ” because it ’ s the only hotel on the lake , a photo he posted depicting just that . A last communiqué , dated August 12th , carried with it a photo of the Fairmont Banff Springs and an earnest coda : “ I want to thank the management and staff of Fairmont Hotels . I chose them because their hotels are right in the heart of everywhere we wanted to stay . They are
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