Marriott Hotel Chateau Champlain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

View from the 15th floor of Marriott Chateau Champlain

I was assigned a class for Hitachi Data Systems in Montreal a couple of weeks ago. The training was to be conducted at the ExitCertified office in the Sun Life Building downtown, so I chose this hotel. The Marriott Chateau Champlain is only two blocks from the office. It's also two blocks away from Centre Bell, the arena where the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL play.

The rooms are a bit smaller than newer Marriotts, but not as bad as some of the "boutique" hotels, like the Courtyard on E34th in Manhattan, where a king bed fills the room. The building you see through the window is the office building where I taught.

Workstation space pretty much what you expect from a Marriott. The wi-fi at this hotel was adequate.

Because of my Platinum status with Marriott, I was given access to the concierge lounge on the 31st floor. Similar view to what I had from the room, just a bit higher up. I didn't eat in any of the hotel restaurants on this trip, but the bar/grill appeared to be busy most of the time I was there. Five elevators service the rooms, and I didn't experience any major waits.

Overall, a comfortable, non-complicated experience.