http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:15:00Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/551 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/4/15724/3627 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/thompsontoronto2.png" class="imgborder"><p>The other day we told you that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thompson%20hotels"><b>Thompson Hotels</b></a> has plenty of other hotel projects lined up now that Six Columbus has finally opened its doors.<p>And they are moving fast. The <a href="http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/263472">Toronto Star</a> reports that ground-breaking is expected today at 550 Wellington St. W. in Toronto's King Street West area, which is described as similar to NYC's Soho neigborhood.<blockquote><p>The modernist condominium and hotel complex at 550 Wellington St. W. is expected to be completed by the summer of 2009. It will feature design by Estudio Mariscal, a Barcelona company that created a cutting-edge look for the hotel across from Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.</blockquote></p><p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877"><b>The Thompson Toronto</b></a> will also feature condos and four juliana 2007-10-04T15:28:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/7/144643/5013 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/toronto_gladstone.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>In response to last week's Annual WiFi Report, a tipster wrote us to tell us that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gladstone+Hotel/local/551"><b>Gladstone Hotel</b></a> in Toronto has a great <i>free</i> wireless network that worked pretty much all over the hotel.<p>Our reader also let us know that what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/12/22/134219/53/hotels/Gladstone_The_Artist_Designed_Hotel">we previously said about the hotel's neighborhood</a> is not altogether accurate.<blockquote><p> While this quote--"Gladstone is a bit outside the city (10 minutes or so from downtown Toronto) and the neighborhood is kinda sketch, however, there is a on-site Karaoke bar that should ease your worried mind."--is basically right, it leaves one with the wrong impression. The Gladstone is in the west end of the city, not outside of the city. The neighborhood is not juliana 2007-05-07T15:02:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/24/114717/174 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/gladstone_review.jpg"><p>We've talked about Toronto's <a href="http://www.gladstonehotel.com/"><b>Gladstone Hotel</b></a> before, but it's always interesting to see what the <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/">New York Times</a> thinks of a place. They recently checked in and out of the boutique hotel whose rooms were all designed by different artists and thus have different themes. Among the art that adorns all the walls, other renovations were also made including flat-screen TVS and DVD players. There are a couple locally-loved bars in the hotel too, including one that features regular karaoke. <p> But where they added new, fun amenities, somehow it seems they or perhaps the artists that designed the rooms, forgot some relatively important additions. The Times reviewer stayed in the "Canadiana Room", a tribute to Canada--where Courtney 2006-07-24T12:15:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/12/22/134219/53 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/gladstone_hotel.JPG" align="right"> <p> The folks at <a href="http://www.gridskipper.com">Gridskipper</a> fill us in on <a href="http://www.gladstonehotel.com">Gladstone</a>, a historic building cum artist designed hotel. <p> The building sports a rare iron and glass hand operated elevator, hard wood floors, high ceilings, and 37 out of the 51 rooms are designed by local artist.<p> Highlights include: <p> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Teen Queen</b><br> A room with Tiger Beat pull outs all over the walls, <br> <br>&#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>The Map Room</b><br> Invites visitors to explore the Gladstone neighbourhood by carving local cartography all around the room.<br> <br>&#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Lehtinen Lodger</b><br> A tribute to 1930's Canadian Modernism<br> <br>&#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Faux Naturell</b><br> "Room 304 feels like a woodsy retreat where lesbian separatist commune meets Storybook Gardens"<p> Gladstone is a bit outside the city (10 minutes or markj 2005-12-22T13:51:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/