Toronto's newest downtown hotel is open for business

Business travellers, baseball fans, and aquatic wildlife enthusiasts will be happy to know that a new hotel has opened up at Bremner and Lower Simcoe. The Delta Toronto Hotel opened today, boasting 567 rooms over 40 storeys that tower over the rapidly tourist-drawing and condo-ifying South Core area. It's a stone's throw away from half a dozen major tourist draws.

The new space looks modern, cheery and colourful, with bold pops of colour in the lobby and some swanky standing bathtubs in the rooms (which go for $179-$299 a night). On site will be a new eatery, SOCO Kitchen + Bar - reportedly Mediterranean-inspired, even though the menu features $19 burgers and hand-cut bison tartare; you'll also find Toronto's latest Prohibition-inspired whiskey and cocktail bar, Char No. 5.

See the new hotel in all its glory in person or online.