Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Adopts New Operating Performance Measure

TORONTO, Oct. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ("FHR" or "the Company") (TSX/NYSE: FHR) announced today that, commencing in the third quarter of 2005, it will begin reporting on operating performance using "Adjusted EBITDA(1)" in addition to EBITDA(1).

Management believes that the inclusion or exclusion of certain items such as gains and losses on asset sales and other non-operating items, is necessary to provide a more accurate measure of our core business operating results and is a more effective means for evaluating period-over-period results of the Company's on-going operations. The use of "Adjusted EBITDA" will also facilitate comparison between FHR and its competitors, most of whom report this earnings measure.

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA to net income for the last ten reported quarters is available below as well as on the Company's investor website at http://www.fairmontinvestor.com/ under "Supplemental Financial Information" in Investor Information.

About Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.

FHR is a leading owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts. FHR's managed portfolio consists of 88 luxury and first-class properties with more than 33,000 guestrooms in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom, Monaco, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. FHR owns Fairmont Hotels Inc., North America's largest luxury hotel management company, as measured by rooms under management, with 50 distinctive city center and resort hotels such as The Fairmont San Francisco, The Fairmont Banff Springs and The Savoy, A Fairmont Hotel. FHR also owns Delta Hotels, Canada's largest first-class hotel management company, which manages and franchises 38 city center and resort properties in Canada. In addition to hotel management, FHR holds real estate interests in 27 properties and an approximate 24% investment interest in Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns 24 properties. FHR owns FHP Management Company LLC, a private residence club management company that operates Fairmont Heritage Place.

  Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
  (in millions of U.S. Dollars)

  1.  EBITDA
      EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes and
      amortization. Management considers EBITDA to be a meaningful
      indicator of operations and uses it as the primary measure to assess
      the operating performance of the Company's business segments. EBITDA
      provides us with an understanding of the Company's operating results
      before the impact of investing and financing transactions and income
      taxes. It also facilitates comparisons between the Company and its
      competitors.

      Adjusted EBITDA
      Management adjusts EBITDA when evaluating operating performance
      because it believes that the inclusion or exclusion of certain items
      such as gains and losses on asset sales and other non-operating
      items, is necessary to provide a more accurate measure of our core
      business operating results. It is also a means to evaluate period-
      over-period results. We adjust our reported EBITDA, as set forth
      above, for certain items and refer to this measure as Adjusted
      EBITDA. The principal adjustments we make are to eliminate (i) gains
      and losses from asset sales; (ii) amortization, interest expense and
      income taxes in calculating our earnings from equity investments and
      (iii) other non-operating items.

      We have chosen to provide this information to investors to enable
      them to perform more meaningful comparisons of past, present and
      future core business operating results. Adjusted EBITDA may also be
      used by investors and analysts in their valuation of the Company.

      EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not defined measures of operating
      performance under Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
      It is likely that FHR's calculations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
      are different than the calculations used by others.

      The tables below provide a reconciliation of net income (loss) to
      EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

                              2005
                   --------------------------
                   For the three months ended
                      March 31    June 30
                        Actual     Actual
                   --------------------------

  Net Income (Loss)   $   (4.0)  $   34.1

  Add back:
  Interest expense, net    7.2        6.0
  Income tax expense
   (recovery)              2.5       (9.3)
  Amortization            16.5       16.4
                   --------------------------
  EBITDA              $   22.2   $   47.2
                   --------------------------
  Add back:
  Proportionate share
   of interest expense,
   income taxes and
   amortization from
   equity investments      8.9        9.3
  Stock appreciation
   rights(1)               2.3        0.4
  Other non-operating
   items(2)                  -        3.3
                   --------------------------
  Adjusted EBITDA     $   33.4   $   60.2
                   --------------------------


                                               2004
                   --------------------------------------------------------
                              For the three months ended         Year ended
                                            September  December   December
                      March 31    June 30       30        31         31
                   --------------------------------------------------------

  Net Income (Loss)   $   (0.6)  $   29.0   $  131.8   $   (4.4)  $  155.8

  Add back:
  Interest expense,
   net                    10.0        9.0        6.7        7.4       33.1
  Income tax expense
   (recovery)              5.2        6.5       52.4       (2.2)      61.9
  Amortization            19.5       18.0       16.8       19.6       73.9
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  EBITDA              $   34.1   $   62.5   $  207.7   $   20.4   $  324.7
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  Add back:
  Proportionate
   share of interest
   expense, income
   taxes and
   amortization
   from equity
   investments            10.1       10.0       10.3       11.0       41.4
  Stock appreciation
   rights(1)                 -       (0.3)       0.5        2.3        2.5
  (Gains) losses on
   asset sales(3)            -      (15.4)    (144.2)       0.5     (159.1)
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  Adjusted EBITDA     $   44.2   $   56.8   $   74.3   $   34.2   $  209.5
                   --------------------------------------------------------
                   --------------------------------------------------------


                                               2003
                   --------------------------------------------------------
                              For the three months ended         Year ended
                                            September  December   December
                      March 31    June 30       30        31         31
                   --------------------------------------------------------

  Net Income (Loss)   $   12.5   $   40.1   $   11.6   $  (13.5)  $   50.7

  Add back:
  Interest expense, net    5.9        8.3        8.9       10.5       33.6
  Income tax expense
   (recovery)              7.5      (22.2)       8.9       (5.7)     (11.5)
  Amortization            16.3       17.2       17.5       16.5       67.5
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  EBITDA              $   42.2   $   43.4   $   46.9   $    7.8   $  140.3
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  Add back:
  Proportionate share
   of interest expense,
   income taxes and
   amortization from
   equity investments      8.4        9.6        9.8       11.4       39.2
  Stock appreciation
   rights(1)              (0.8)         -        0.1        0.4       (0.3)
  Other non-operating
   items(2)                  -          -        7.4        3.7       11.1
                   --------------------------------------------------------
  Adjusted EBITDA     $   49.8   $   53.0   $   64.2   $   23.3   $  190.3
                   --------------------------------------------------------
                   --------------------------------------------------------

  (1) Reflects gains and (losses) associated with stock appreciation rights
      issued prior to the 2001 reorganization of Canadian Pacific Limited.
  (2) In the second quarter of 2005, $2.8M of costs are associated with an
      uncompleted portfolio acquisition opportunity; in the third and
      fourth quarters of 2003, $7.4M and $1.6M are costs related to the
      Bermuda hurricane damage, respectively.
  (3) In the second quarter of 2004, gain relates to the sale of
      undeveloped land; in the third and fourth quarters of 2004, gains and
      (losses) relate to the sale of Legacy units, The Fairmont Kea Lani
      Maui and The Fairmont Glitter Bay hotels.


DATASOURCE: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.



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