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Toronto: Thompson Hotel Toronto To Open (Like a Lion?) in March

juliana — 2009-11-10T16:21:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/thomptoronto1.jpg" class="top"> While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/thompson hotels">Thompson Hotels</a> is busying itself with "Thompsonizing" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/4/113358/015/hotels/On_December_1st_The_Hotel_Sax_Chicago_Will_Be_Thompsonized">The Hotel Sax</a> in Chicago, they shan't forget about our neighbors to the North. When we last checked in with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877">Thompson Toronto</a>, it was June and they were hinting at a 2010 opening. Judging from Thompson's past hotel opening delays we figured Summer 2010 would be a kind estimate. But Thompson co-owner <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/stephen brandman">Stephen Brandman</a> has told us they are looking at March 2010 and they seem very confident in that date. Now, the old adage says "March comes in like a lion but goes out like a lamb" yet we say that with the Thompson's penchant for soft-openings, TT will come in like

Toronto: What is Happening With Thompson Toronto?

Jenna — 2009-06-26T09:00:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/thomptoronto3.jpg" class="top"> Um, remember <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877">Thompson Toronto</a>? Perhaps not, as it hasn't opened up yet and there hasn't been a whole lot of buzz about the place in recent months but we assure you, it's still on its way. At least: we were assured the place is still on its way. We don't have an exact opening date for you, but a fairly official Thompson-er told us the place was set for the end of 2009 (and the hotel's website still exists and lists 2009, which is promising) but all the press releases we'd seen for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/1/113016/3343/hotels/The_Thompson_Dudes_Form_Do_Not_Disturb_Restaurant_Group">Do Not Disturb</a> restaurant group [sidenote: yes, the Thompson dudes started their own restaurant group in case you

Toronto: What the Rooms at Thompson Toronto Will Look Like

juliana — 2009-03-06T10:07:33-05:00

It seems as if it's always one step forward, one step back for Thompson Hotels, except this time around it's one step back, one step forward. We were crushed to hear that the free WiFi we so depended on from Thompson Hotels is gone. Out the window with the boom years of the hospitality industry, we presume. Sadly, you will now be asked to pony up at least $10 to surf the web in your fancy designer room.

But we perked up again today when we found photos online of the rooms inside the upcoming Thompson Toronto.

New York: Toronto Chef Opening Restaurant in Thompson LES

juliana — 2008-04-02T11:54:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/susurlee.jpg" class="imgborder">More news on the Thompson Hotel front. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Allen+Street-Thompson+LES/local/31">Thompson LES Hotel</a> will get a Pan-Asian restaurant from Susur Lee, considered Toronto's Rock Star Chef for his namesake restaurant, Susur.And the Thompson Hotel peeps must be paying him good. Lee is closing down his fancy Toronto shop to move to NYC and open a restaurant inside Thompson LES. (His casual restaurant, Lee, will remain.) Here's what Lee and the <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=415173">National Post</a> had to say about the project: <blockquote>"Jason Pomeranc is great," he tells me, referring to the cool-dude hotel warrior who is considered by many as the "next Ian Schrager," and the one behind this up-and-coming crash pad. Called the "thinking person's sex symbol" by Vanity Fair

Toronto: Thompson Toronto Coming With Pool and Ice Rink

amandak — 2008-02-18T09:40:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Thompson_Toronto.jpg" class="imgborder"> Listen up, Canadians: Thompson Hotels co-owner Stephen Brandman says "We think of Toronto as a great extension of cities where we already have hotels, in New York and Los Angeles." Sure, we might be taking him a little bit out of context, but that's what the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+Hotel+Toronto/local/877">Thompson Hotel Toronto</a> really is: a test case for expanding the brand outside of the US.Due to open in the summer of 2009, the Canadian expansion of the Thompson brand will be a 102-room hotel paired with a 340-unit residential project, all with some fairly spectacular features. A few of these include:<blockquote>floor-to-ceiling windows, 42-inch plasma TVs, private 40-seat screening rooms ... an outdoor skating rink with an ice-side lounge, and