Five-star Thompson Toronto hotel to boast 42-inch plasmas

New York-based Thompson Hotel is branching out, and reportedly, it's getting set to break ground on a new building outside of US borders. Set to open in the summer of 2009, Thompson Toronto is slated to become yet another five-star hotel in the Canadian city when it opens at 550 Wellington St. W. at Bathurst. Apparently, the venue will consist of three high-rise towers with "floor-to-ceiling windows, 42-inch plasma TVs, private 40-seat screening rooms, and creative, interdisciplinary decor by Barcelona design studio Estudio Marsical." In case that wasn't enough, you'll also find an outdoor skating rink and a rooftop pool and bar, but sadly, we've no idea how many high-definition channels will be allowed to grace those PDPs.

[Via HotelChatter]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2008 12:31PM]

Heh, no big deal. I was watching HD plasma screens that big in the Taj and Meridian hotels in Mumbai, India last year!

Or course, one can only take so much of HD Bollywood movies before tuning to CNN (that Hong Kong anchor is cute!) and going to sleep.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2008 12:35PM]

Guys, thanks for bringing us all the HD news goodness! But, all this stuff about hotels opening with plasmas or putting HD programming in their rooms is just spamming the news pipeline.

[Lestrade Posted Feb 19th 2008 12:55PM]

I'm looking at the site of this building right now; I work right beside it. I wish it wasn't being built; it's really making the neighbourhood ugly and will block a lot of sun.