BMW helps Fairmont guests cruise into fitness.

Whitby - BMW Canada has announced an extension of its partnership with Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts to include a complimentary hotel bicycle service featuring BMW
Cruise Bikes. This offer furthers Fairmont Hotels & Resorts' quest to provide
guests with a healthy environment to stay fit and maintain a balanced lifestyle.

Beginning Spring 2009, Fairmont hotels across Canada will introduce these
state-of-the-art bikes as the newest benefit for guests, granting active and
adventurous travelers the opportunity to explore the vibrant cities and
stunning landscapes of Fairmont's distinctive locales. In addition to offering
a selection of BMW Cruise Bikes, each hotel will also boast a variety of
child-sized BMW bikes, allowing families to enjoy the great outdoors together.

The perfect companion for both busy urban streets and scenic trails, the BMW
Cruise Bike promises a smooth ride on any surface, thanks to a distinctive
design and a Suntour suspension system. A striking frame, achieved through
hydro-forming manufacturing, an advanced process using high-pressure water to
allow the walls of the tube to expand inside a mold and free the aluminum of
any shape restrictions, complements other original features including an
integrated brake routing system that enables riders to stop on a dime.

"BMW's stylish Cruise Bikes will allow our guests even greater access to
experience the destination and reinforce Fairmont's reputation of providing
guests with thoughtful services that make their travels more convenient,
comfortable and memorable, " said Brian Richardson, Fairmont's Vice President,
Brand Marketing & Communications. "We are delighted to work with such a
well-respected partner to offer this unique service to our guests."
With a diverse collection of iconic hotels and picturesque resorts throughout
Canada, guests will have no trouble putting the bicycles to use in exploring
the sundry sights and landscapes of Fairmont's unrivalled destinations. The
Fairmont Chateau Whistler offers unsurpassed biking trails, from paved paths to
thrilling mountain descents, ideal for the athletic traveler, and Quebec's
Fairmont Le Château Montebello is every nature-lover's dream getaway, with bike
pathways through woods where riders are certain to spot local wildlife. For
guests hoping to see some city sights, Fairmont Château Laurier is the perfect
starting point before biking past Canada's Parliament Buildings, or the area's
historic ByWard Market, where riders will find quaint cafes, boutiques and
more.

"We are very pleased to offer Fairmont customers this unique experience," said
Tracy Bulmer, Accessories and Lifestyle Product Manager, BMW Group Canada.
"The bike program will provide guests with an adventurous way to explore their
surroundings while getting the 'BMW Experience' on a Cruise Bike."

With a strong company-wide focus on health and wellness, the introduction of
BMW Cruise Bikes acts as an extension of the company's Fairmont Fit program.
Offered to member's of Fairmont President's Club (FPC), the brand's guest
loyalty program, Fairmont Fit provides guests with easy access to adidas
training gear during their stay, delivering exercise apparel and footwear
directly to guestrooms for use in room, in the gym, or to enjoy outdoors. In
addition, guests are provided with pre-loaded mp3 players, offering a
wide-range of tracks and genres, to use during their workout. Afterwards, the
training gear can simply be returned or purchased through the hotel's guest
services desk.

BMW offers a line-up of bicycles that offer performance with no fuel
consumption or emissions. This is part of the company's environmental strategy
called Efficient Dynamic that incorporates a short, medium and long-term plan
to improve driving dynamics while significantly lowering fuel consumption and
emission levels. Since 1988, BMW Group Canada has voluntarily reduced fleet
average fuel consumption of passenger cars by 25%, reducing carbon dioxide
emissions commensurately.

The new benefit is one of many ways guests can tread lightly on the environment
at Fairmont. As a pioneering leader on responsible tourism for close to twenty
years, Fairmont offers a wide-range of eco-minded options for guests. At The
Fairmont Royal York, guests can tour the hotel's rooftop herb garden and newly
introduced apiary featuring six beehives. Quebec's Fairmont Le Chateau
Montebello, in partnership with Environment Canada's world-renowned Biosphere,
offers kids a chance to get up close and personal with nature by way of daily
educational sessions and outdoor adventures, while travelers to Fairmont
Mayakoba can explore the area's diverse eco-system of forest, mangrove and
beach through Tatich (guide) led bike tours. Moreover, at a selection of
Fairmont locales, including The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston and Fairmont
Scottsdale, guests enjoy free parking when arriving in a Hybrid vehicle. For
more on Fairmont's award-winning environmental programming, please visit
www.fairmont.com/environment.

As part of the new bicycle initiative, Fairmont is offering FPC members
priority access when reserving the bikes. Free to join, Fairmont President's
Club provides guests with special benefits and privileges designed to reflect
individual travel preferences and offer an enhanced level of service.
Personalized travel profiles afford members customized stay experiences, while
in-hotel benefits include private check-in, complimentary room upgrades,
high-speed Internet access, and TaylorMade golf clubs at select locations.
Guests can enroll at time of booking or online at www.fairmont.com/fpc.

About Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
A leader in the global hospitality industry, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a
celebrated collection of distinctive hotels, which includes iconic landmarks
like Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Québec City, Kenya's Fairmont Mount Kenya
Safari Club, and London's The Savoy, reopening later this year following an
extensive restoration program. Fairmont hotels are one-of-a-kind properties
where sophisticated travelers can discover culturally rich experiences that are
authentic to the destination. Situated in some of the most exclusive and
pristine areas in the world, Fairmont is committed to responsible tourism and
is an industry leader in sustainable hotel management with its award-winning
Green Partnership program. Fairmont's portfolio includes 56 world-class hotels,
with plans to develop over 30 new properties in the coming years in
destinations as diverse as Shanghai, The Philippines and India.

Fairmont is owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, a leading global
hotel company with 91 hotels worldwide under the Raffles, Fairmont and
Swissôtel brands. The company also manages Fairmont and Raffles branded
Residences, Estates and luxury private residence club properties. For more
information or reservations, please call 1-800-441-1414 or visit
www.fairmont.com.

BMW Group Canada, based in Whitby, Ontario, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW
AG and is responsible for the distribution of BMW luxury performance
automobiles, Sports Activity Vehicles, Motorcycles, and MINI. BMW Group
Financial Services Canada is a division of BMW Group Canada and offers retail
financing and leasing programs and protection products on new and pre-owned BMW
and MINI automobiles, as well as retail financing for new and pre-owned BMW
Motorcycles. A total network of 40 BMW automobile retail centres, 19 BMW
motorcycle retailers, and 25 MINI retailers represents the BMW Group across the
country.