An encore for TORONTO
Canada was the talk of the travel scene last year, when the country honored its 150th anniversary with 365 days of celebrations from coast to coast. But in Toronto, the party is just getting started. This spring, the Ontario capital’s well-established cultural scene will expand anew with the opening of the Museumof Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (museumofcontemporaryart.ca), a 55,000-square-foot institution set within a long-abandoned industrial building in the burgeoning Junction Triangle. Phase one of the city’s ambitious Bentway (thebentway.ca) —an urban-park project combining art and exhibition space across seven neighborhoods—is also slated for completion this year. And come September, when T-Dot is flooded with celebs and cinephiles for the annual Toronto International Film Festival (tiff.net), three new hotels will be open for business: the 44-story Bisha Hotel (bishahoteltoronto.com), with its glamorous design and rooftop pool; the sprawling Hotel X (hotelxtoronto.com), an “urban resort” leading downtown’s lakefront expansion; and the Kimpton Hotel Toronto (kimptonhotels.com), set in the heart of upscale Yorkville. — J.C.