The Opus Hotel in downtown Vancouver's Yaletown district offers guests upscale, boutique accommodations and a location near the waterfront, financial district, shopping, and theaters. Guests will find the location convenient to David Lam Park, the waterfront seawall, False Creek, Orpheum Theater, Stanley Park, Chinatown, the GM Place Arena, and Granville Island Market. The water taxi is just two blocks from the hotel.
For onsite recreation and relaxation, the hotel features a fitness room and can arrange massage and full spa services upon request. For dining, the Elixir Restaurant and Bar offers a charming French brasserie atmosphere for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Room service is available 24 hours a day. The Opus Bar is a swank location serving cocktails, snacks, and a tapas menu. There is also an Italian espresso bar onsite that serves coffee drinks and snacks throughout the day. For pet owners, the hotel allows furry friends and also offers walking and daycare services. The hotel also offers concierge service, shoeshine, personal shoppers, laundry and pressing valet, underground valet parking, cell phone rentals, and complimentary sedan service for in-town destinations.
Rooms feature classic modern decor and commissioned works of art. High-speed wireless Internet access is available in all rooms and public areas for a fee. Standard amenities include CD/DVD library, bathrobe, cordless phone, high-speed Internet access, hairdryer, and complimentary newspaper.
Opus Hotel accommodations offer a luxurious combination of style and comfort in the upscale Yaletown district.
Property Information:
Property Layout: Opus Hotel is a 96 room property with up to 7 floors.
The place of lodging actively promotes the environmentally friendly practices of their property. They do so in their advertising, web site, and promotional literature.
The property utilizes sources of renewable energy. Examples are: biomass, photovoltaic conversion, small hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, etc. and do not use fossil fuels.
As the property is maintained old equipment and fixtures (wasteful toilets, light bulbs, shower heads, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.) are updated with more efficient and conserving replacements.
High energy consumption fixtures and appliances have been replaced with their energy efficient counterparts. Sensors are used to automatically turn off lights, air conditioning, and heating. Rooms have optomized to retain heating or cooling through improved insulation.
Xeriscape is landscaping designed to conserve water. Water is conserved through the use of native plants and minimal plant groundcover. Desert landscaping utilizing indigenous plants, and gravel for a majority of the groundcover is an example to xeric landscaping.
Organic cotton sheets and towels do not add VOC's, thereby improving air quality. Organic cotton is a sustainable product whereas synthetic fabrics are not because of their reliance on petrochemicals.
The property uses environmentally friendly chemicals for cleaning. Also included are perfumed or scented laundry supplies, carpet cleaners, cleaning supplies, or air fresheners, and other products tha could be harsh or harmful.
Many plastic and foam disposable products (cups, bowls, plates, and clam-shell boxes) are not recyclable or bio-degradable and are manufactured from non-sustainable petrochemicals. Recyclable disposable products are good alternatives.
Using gray water for irrigation of gardens and landscaping. Gray water is wastewater from bathrooms sinks and showers/tubs, kitchens, laundry sinks and tubs, and washing machines where only non-polluting, biodegradable detergents are utilized.
Containers located in the common areas of the property, properly labeled, for the express purpose of enabling guests and staff to separate trash from recyclable items.
The biological decomposition of solid organic materials by bacteria, fungi, and other organisms into a soil-like product that can be used to enrich garden soils.
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