New Ice Hotel to Open Doors

From Reuters 

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Canadian entrepreneurs announced plans on Tuesday for North America's first Ice Hotel and said 1,000 tourists had already signed up to spend a night in a chilly building made of ice and snow.

加拿大的企业家周二宣布了北美首家冰雪旅馆的计划，并称已经有1000个旅游者签约准备在这个由冰雪建筑的冰冷的建筑内度过一夜。

“We've already received more than 1,000 reservation requests. These numbers exceed our expectations and we predict a big success for our first year of operation,'' Ice Hotel communications director Francis Leonard told Reuters.

“我们已经收到了1000多个预定房间的要求。这个数字超过了我们的期望，我们预期第一年的开业获得大的成功。”冰雪旅馆的交通部主任对路透社的记者如是说。

The hotel, built of 4,500 tons of snow and 250 tons of ice, is scheduled to open next January just outside Quebec City. It will stay open for the three months, before it melts next spring.

这座由4500吨雪和250吨冰建成的旅馆计划在即将到来的一月开业。旅馆位于魁北克城外。它将对外开放三个月的时间，直到来年春天融化为止。

The historic city is already well-known for its Winter Carnival in early February.

这座历史上著名的城市每年二月的冬季狂欢节闻名遐迩。

The Ice Hotel's facilities will include a bar, a cinema and art galleries, with exhibits made of ice, as well as executive suites complete with an ice bed. The cost -- C$165 ($109) a night -- will include a hot breakfast.

冰雪旅馆的设施包括一个酒吧，一个影院和艺术展馆，其中有冰制的展品，以及包括一张冰床的经理套房。其价格是每夜165加元（109美元），同时包括一顿热的早餐。

The concept of an ice hotel is being imported from Sweden, which constructed what its owners say was the world's first ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi, some seven hours' drive from Stockholm.

冰雪旅馆的想法是从瑞典引进的，据该旅馆的主人称，那是世界上第一家冰雪旅馆，该旅馆位于Jukkasjarvi，距离斯德哥尔摩(瑞典首都)约七小时的汽车的路程。

The Canadian structure will cost C$350,000 to build, including C$125,000 from Quebec's government.

该加拿大建筑耗资350,000加元，其中有来自魁北克政府的125,000加元。

“This bold new project will add a major activity during the winter period, a time of the year that we need to develop more,'' Quebec Tourism Minister Maxime Arseneau told a news conference. 

“这个大胆的新工程将使整个冬季增添一项较大的活动，冬季，是我们在一年中间需要大力发展的一个时刻。”