Tourists warm to ice hotel

Quebec City - North America's first Ice Hotel opened yesterday, with 1,000 tourists, mainly from the US, already booked to spend…

Quebec City - North America's first Ice Hotel opened yesterday, with 1,000 tourists, mainly from the US, already booked to spend a night in a chilly building.

The hotel, built of 4,500 tonnes of snow and 250 tonnes of ice, opened for three months of business outside Quebec City. The New Year's Day opening followed a weekend snowstorm.

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