Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.

Skip Hutton, the irrepressible co-owner of the Chateau Promenade in Canada, convinces his creditors to cease their foreclosure procedures for one night, when he will have Norwegian millionaire Hjalmar Ostgaard as his guest. Skip hopes that the presence of Ostgaard and his niece Nora, a world amateur skating champion, will stimulate business, despite the trepidations of his partner, Freddy Austin. Freddy is displeased that Skip has lied to Nora, who believes that they will be staying in the world-famous Chateau Frontenac, and so, upon picking her up at the train station, reveals the truth about her shabby accomodations. Nora kindly overlooks the deception as Ostgaard, sleepy from a cold, is put to bed, and joins Freddy for a cookout over the hotel fireplace. Nora and Ostgaard must remain in Canada to receive their quota numbers, with which they will emigrate to the United States, and while they wait, Nora schemes with Freddy, Skip and Brad Barton, the hotel band's wolfish singer, to trick Ostgaard into buying a fifty-percent interest in the chateau. With Ostgaard's money, Freddy is able to modernize the chateau and attract more business. Although Freddy and Nora begin to fall in love, Freddy is distracted by the appearance of Marian Daly, a photographer for an influential winter sports magazine. Marian makes no secret of her attraction to Freddy, who is forced to spend time with her in order to get a good review for the chateau. Nora becomes intensely jealous, and her problems increase when Ostgaard's money is frozen after Germany invades Norway. With no more money coming in, Ostgaard is afraid that the hotel will be taken from him, and Nora decides to help by accepting promoter Jay Rogers' offer to star her in an ice skating show in New York City. Due to the invasion of Norway, however, Nora's quota number is no longer valid and she cannot enter the United States unless she marries a U.S. citizen. Her relationship with Freddy having deteriorated, Nora plays up to Brad, who is unaware of her dire financial state. Thinking that he is marrying an heiress, Brad accepts Nora's suggestion that they elope, but Skip, determined to reunite Freddy and Nora, interferes with their plans. Thanks to Skip's machinations, Freddy and Nora reconcile and are soon married, after which Rogers presents Nora in her big show.