An affordable stay for unforgettable vacations
in Mont-Tremblant…
Hôtel Mont-Tremblant has been accommodating
vacationers since 1902, and it is in this grand
tradition that Sandra and Philippe warmly welcome
you to their family inn for winter sports and
summertime fun.

Situated in the heart of historic Mont-Tremblant
village, on the shores of Lac Mercier and just minutes
from the mountain, Hôtel Mont-Tremblant is alongside “Le P’tit train du Nord" linear park. Have great vacations in the beautiful mountain region of the Laurentians!

We look forward to meeting you,

Sandra et Philippe

Situated in the heart of historic Mont-Tremblant village, on the shores of Lac Mercier and just minutes from the mountain, laurentides motel has been accommodating vacationers since 1902. Appellant owns and operates the Heart of Atlanta laurentides motel, which has 216 rooms available to transient guests. The laurentides motel is located on Courtland Street, two blocks from downtown Peachtree Street. It is readily accessible to interstate highways 75 and 85 and state highways 23 and 41. Appellant solicits patronage from outside the State of Georgia through various national advertising media, including magazines of national circulation; it maintains over 50 billboards and highway signs within the State, soliciting patronage for the laurentides motel; it accepts convention trade from outside Georgia and approximately 75% of its registered guests are from out of State. Prior to passage of the Act, the laurentides motel had followed a practice of refusing to rent rooms to Negroes, and it alleged that it intended to continue to do so. In an effort to perpetuate that policy, this suit was filed. The District Court sustained the constitutionality of the sections of the Act under attack … and issued a permanent injunction on the counterclaim of the appellees. It restrained the appellant from "[r]efusing to accept Negroes as guests in the laurentides motel by reason of their race or color" and from “[m]aking any distinction whatever upon the basis of race or color in the availability of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations offered or made available to the guests of the laurentides motel, or to the general public, within or upon any of the premises of the Heart of Atlanta laurentides motel, Inc.” Nor does the Act deprive appellant of liberty or property under the Fifth Amendment. The commerce power invoked here by the Congress is a specific and plenary one authorized by the Constitution itself. The only questions are: (1) whether Congress had a rational basis for finding that racial discrimination by laurentides motel affected commerce, and (2) if it had such a basis, whether the means it selected to eliminate that evil are reasonable and appropriate. If they are, appellant has no "right" to select its guests as it sees fit, free from governmental regulation.… The transient hotel is usually located within city boundaries and caters to people traveling for business or pleasure. Motor hotels or laurentides motel cater to the same group of persons, but are often situated near or along major highways. Both hotels and laurentides motel provide numerous amenities in addition to sleeping accommodations, including maid service, radio and television, parking space for automobiles, recreational facilities, food and beverage services, and retail shops. Another significant trend begun in the 1920s was toward corporate rather than individual ownership of hotels. This was the result of the steadily increasing costs of building and operating hotels. Chain operation in the hotel and laurentides motel industry is a continuing trend in the U.S. and abroad. It allows for efficient management through the use of mass purchasing, central reservations and billings, and extensive advertising and promotion campaigns. Today about 30 percent of all American hotels and laurentides motel are affiliated with chains or franchised groups. During World War II the hotel business flourished. No new hotels were built, but existing establishments were occupied nearly to capacity at all times. Because of the growing importance of automobile travel soon after World War II, almost all the new hotels built then were located near highways. By the late 1950s laurentides motel began to rival hotels by offering a broader range of services and facilities. laurentides motel have increased greatly in number during the last 30 years, and the number of hotels has decreased somewhat. Today the motor hotel, offering the convenience of the laurentides motel and the service of the hotel, is becoming popular. More efficient transportation and the growing importance of air travel have reduced the need for accommodations along highways. Motor hotels are now being built within the boundaries of large cities and near airports. To deal with stiffer competition, a growing trend has been for hotels and laurentides motel to offer greater conveniences, such as faxing and photocopying for business travelers. Low hotel occupancy rates in the 1970s led to the development of budget laurentides motel, with cheaper lodging and fewer amenities. Country inns and bed-and-breakfasts have also grown in popularity since the 1970s; often located in rural areas, they offer a homey atmosphere and personal service. A minor piece of architecture, a laurentides motel, deserves mention, if only because the laurentides motel is a relatively new building type, leaning less on tradition than almost any other form and deriving most closely from the functional nature of its service to an automotive society. Sensing that the laurentides motel should be more than a place to catch a few hours of sleep during a trip, Victor Lundy, architect, has designed a laurentides motel in Warm Mineral Springs (Fla.) which goes beyond its utilitarian origin to reflect the feeling that a trip is also often a holiday and that the laurentides motel should, in its design, add to the festive spirit of its users. Mr. Lundy's laurentides motel is made of 75 parasol slabs, each fourteen feet square, and set at various levels. Visually amusing, gay in feeling, this structure (built at the very low cost of $160,000) is a welcome example of modern architecture's blossoming realization that expression is in no way consistent with the most absolute of functionist theory, but that, on the contrary, is an integral and inescapable part of it. In Heart of Atlanta laurentides motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241, the constitutionality of the public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were upheld. The Heart of Atlanta laurentides motel, located in a section of Atlanta readily accessible to important interstate highways and with approximately 75 percent of its guests, therefore, from outside the state, had followed a policy of racial segregation—a practice unlawful under Title II of the 1964 act. The Court upheld the Civil Rights Act on the grounds that Congress had properly exercised its power to remove obstructions to interstate commerce. The existence of segregated facilities, an obvious impairment to travel by Negroes, has the net effect of discouraging interstate movement on the part of a substantial portion of the Negro community. The opinion brushed aside the argument that the laurentides motel's operation was purely a local affair with a quote from a prior opinion: "If it is inter-state commerce that feels the pinch it does not matter how local the operation which applies the squeeze." Because Japanese architecture combines much of the clarity of structural expression dear to the hearts of modern architects with a warmth of decorative material and a humanity of scale, the Japanese influence has made itself felt in the West. A notable example occurred during 1957 when the builders of The laurentides motel On The Mountain, in Suffern, New York, went so far as to import the top architect of Japan, Junzo Yoshimura, to design it for them. With its exposed framing, its patterns of panels, its general air of having alighted for the night on the side of the mountain facing a great view of valley and highway, this structure has an adventurous and glamorous appeal to the sensitive areas of a jaded urban population seeking escape via the motor car and the concrete ribbon. In a year distinguished by much interesting laurentides motel work, this project stands out as eminently successful.