6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of October 2003

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

Canadian Pacific Tower, Ste 1600, 100 Wellington Street W.,
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1B7, Canada

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

     (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F o Form 40-F x

     (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

Yes o No x

     (If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-                        .

     This report furnished on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into each of the Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 of the registrant: Form S-8 No.333-13960.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
			(Registrant)
Date:	October 6, 2003	By		/s/     Thomas C. Griffiths
		Name:		Thomas C. Griffiths
		Title:		Assistant Secretary

Exhibits Index

     The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Report on Form 6-K.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
99.1	Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid

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For immediate release Exhibit No. 99.1

FAIRMONT HOTELS & RESORTS INC. ANNOUNCES
NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID

TORONTO, October 6, 2003 — Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“FHR”) (TSX/NYSE: FHR) announced today that it has received regulatory approval for a normal course issuer bid effective October 8, 2003. FHR has been authorized to purchase up to 3,900,000 of its common shares, or 5% of its estimated 79 million currently outstanding common shares, in the twelve-month period following the bid’s effective date. FHR expects to purchase its common shares, at certain times over the course of the year when it believes that the share price is attractive and that the purchase of common shares would be an appropriate use of corporate funds.

Purchases under the bid may commence on October 8, 2003 and will terminate on October 7, 2004, or on such earlier date as FHR may complete its purchases pursuant to the notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid filed with the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). Purchases will be made on the open market by FHR through the facilities of the TSX or the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) in accordance with the rules and policies of these exchanges. The price that FHR will pay for any such shares will be the market price of such shares on the TSX or the NYSE at the time of acquisition. Common shares purchased under the bid will be cancelled.

FHR purchased 747,100 of its common shares at an average price of C$31.84 within the past 12 months under its previous normal course issuer bid, which expired on October 2, 2003.

About Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.

FHR is one of North America’s leading owner/operators of luxury hotels and resorts. FHR’s managed portfolio consists of 81 luxury and first-class properties with more than 32,000 guestrooms in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados and the United Arab Emirates. It holds an 83.5% controlling interest in Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (“Fairmont”), North America’s largest luxury hotel management company. Fairmont manages 42 distinctive city center and resort hotels such as The Fairmont San Francisco, The Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac and The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. FHR also holds a 100% interest in Delta Hotels, Canada’s largest first-class hotel management company, which manages and franchises a portfolio of 38 city center and resort properties in Canada. In addition to hotel management, FHR holds real estate interests in 24 properties, two large undeveloped land blocks and an approximate 35% investment interest in Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns 24 properties.

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Contact: Emma Thompson
Executive Director Investor Relations
Tel: 416.874.2485
Email: investor@fairmont.com
Website: www.fairmont.com

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