"This 109-room waterfront hotel in Halifax’s Queen’s Marque district blends thoughtful design with local maritime heritage: a lobby art installation of glass glows like a lighthouse, rooms feature midcentury-modern furniture and custom tartan blankets that nod to Nova Scotia’s Scottish history, and the culinary program highlights regional classics such as hodge podge. The property also houses a speakeasy bar whose cocktails reference the province’s rum-running past." - Nikki Bayley, Aislyn Greene