Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto

A six-minute walk from Queen Street West on University Avenue, Shangri-La Toronto is surrounded by the best the city has to offer. Brimming with an elegant, international flavour, the warm and welcoming Shangri-La embodies total luxury. Its renowned lobby lures both locals and travelers and is truly an urban living room in the heart of the city. On the third floor, almost 15,000 square feet of event and meeting space is set across four areas and includes two large ballrooms—one with a garden terrace (complete with apiary) and the other, a two-storey glass box overlooking University Avenue set with 13 Italian crystal chandeliers. A sumptuous 42-seat screening room can be booked for films, junkets and events. On the fifth floor, the 24-hour fitness centre is available for use, with an adjacent yoga studio. Luxurious changing rooms are equipped with large steam rooms and there is a pool area with cascading water columns, a solarium seating area, a sumptuous whirlpool, private terry-lined cabanas with built-in televisions, and an infrared sauna.