Conference venue, local transport, and hotels
Conference venue
Registration and all sessions will take place at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and neighboring buildings, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fXZLcFm4Da1swzMb7
Local geography and accomodation options
The University of Toronto is located in the heart of Toronto, just south of the Annex and Yorkville neighborhoods and just north of Downtown Toronto. There are numerous hotels and AirBNB/VRBO options available nearby, within a 20-minute walk. Lodging in this area tends to be expensive during the late spring/summer.
Cheaper accommodation may be available at University dormitories. These would consist of private rooms with shared bathrooms. We will provide information about this as soon as possible.
Cheaper accommodation can also be found closer to Pearson Airport or to the east side of Toronto. Given the efficient local transportation, these are realistic accommodation options.
Hotels
We recommend you book hotel as soon as possible. Hotels in downtown Toronto are in short supply and late reservations tend to get very expensive.
You must make your own hotel booking. DRUID does not arrange accommodation. Some recommandations include:
Closest to the Rotman School
Kimpton Saint George, 280 Bloor Street West
Madison Manor Boutique Hotel, 20 Madison Avenue
Yorkville Royal Sonesta, 220 Bloor Street West
Park Hyatt Toronto, 4 Avenue Road
Hazelton Hotel Toronto, 118 Yorkville Avenue
Avalon Suites Yorkville, 155 Yorkville Avenue
Anndore House, 15 Charles Street East
Town Inn Suites Hotel, 620 Church Street
Downtown (walking distance to the Rotman School)
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West
Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre, 525 Bay Street
Chelsea Hotel Toronto, 33 Gerard Street West
Windsor Arms Hotel, 118 St. Thomas Street
Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Downtown, 108 Chestnut Street
Cambridge Suites Toronto, 15 Richmond Street East
Intercontinental Toronto Centre, 225 Front Street West
Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West
Residence Inn Toronto Downtown, 255 Wellington Street West
Sutton Place Hotel, 355 King Street West
Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square
Radisson Blu Toronto Downtown, 249 Queens Quay West
Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West
Airport
Sheraton Toronto Airport (connected to Terminal 3)
Alt Hotel Toronto Airport (a free 4-minute train ride from UP Express in the airport)
Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Mississauga
Element Toronto Airport
Quality Inn Toronto Airport
Hilton Toronto Airport
Hampton Inn Toronto Airport
Fairfield Inn and Suites Toronto Airport
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Airport
Airport transfers
Toronto Pearson International Airport is Toronto’s main airport for domestic and international flights. It is located 25 km from the Rotman School.
The UP Express train runs between the airport and downtown Toronto every 15 minutes for 20 hours/day. It does not run between 01:00 and 05:00. The train costs $12.35 for a one-way ticket. The train takes 25 minutes. There are two intermediate stops between Pearson Airport and Union Station.
Depending on your choice of lodging, Union Station will either be walking distance or a short subway/taxi/Uber ride from your accommodations.
Taxis are also available at Pearson Airport, and Ubers can be arranged. Taxi fares are typically $70-$80 to downtown Toronto. You can get a fare estimate here. The trip by taxi/Uber can take anywhere from 30 minutes to slightly more than one hour, depending on traffic.
Billy Bishop Airport, also known as Toronto Island Airport, handles domestic flights and flights from select U.S. cities (Boston, Chicago, New York, and Washington DC). It is also possible to fly to Billy Bishop Airport from some European cities by connecting in one of the U.S. cities. This airport is located 5 km from the Rotman School.
Taxis are available at Billy Bishop Airport, and Ubers can be arranged. Taxi fares to downtown lodging should be less than $15.
There is also a free shuttle from the airport to Union Station.
One idiosyncrasy of this airport is that it is located on an island 300 meters from the Toronto mainland. To get to/from the airport, passengers either take a free ferry (departing every 15 minutes; the trip is less than two minutes) or walk for 300 meters through a pedestrian tunnel to reach the Toronto mainland
Local transport
The Rotman School is a 20-30 minutes walk from most downtown hotels.
Here is the main web site for Toronto public transport.
Here is the Toronto subway map. The Rotman School is one block south of the St. George subway station. The subway runs from 06:00 to 02:00 every day except for Sunday, when it begins at 08:00.
