Nationality Canadian | ||
Residence Rancho Mirage, California Occupation Hotel owner
Casino owner
Restaurant owner
Producer
Playwright Alma maters Washington State University, University of Alberta | ||
Howard Pechet is a Canadian hotelier and producer. He is non-executive producer of Stage West and chairman of Stagewest Hospitality, which includes several hotels, dinner theatres and casinos. Pechet started what became his Stage West empire in Edmonton, Alberta, expanding to Calgary and Winnipeg and then eventually the Toronto region, with the Mississauga theatre on Dixie Road, which opened in 1986. The first show in Mississauga was a small-scale comedy, Social Security by Andrew Bergman. Pechet has produced almost 1,000 plays and has co-written 14 musical revues.
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Awards and achievements
Pechet has produced almost 1,000 plays and has co-written 14 musical revues, setting the Guinness World Record for producing the most theatre productions.
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Pechet is a director of several corporations, including the Canadian Western Bank, which the Pechet family began in 1984.