delta chelsea is the mesh host hotel
Great news for out-of-town mesh-ers. We now have a Host Hotel, The Delta Chelsea in scenic, downtown Toronto. They have given us a great rate for Premier rooms which are newly renovated, have WiFi available, and the hotel is only about a 10-15 minute walk from MaRS. Plus, on Monday evening, we plan to run a shuttle from MaRS to the after-party at The Drake and back to the Delta Chelsea until 10:30pm – on one of those snappy, freakishly-yellow Expedia.ca airport buses, no less. See? I knew starting that up would come in handy one day 
Book the Delta directly here with a form on their mesh-ed out special page, or do so by phone.
For those of you looking for something more hip, The Drake has rooms too, though they don’t have many and aren’t handy the venue. Now, if swish is your thing, MaRS has a deal with the Sutton Place Hotel, which includes a limo transfer from the hotel to the venue. Quote code 111mars when reserving.
General heads-up that there are a lot of big events happening in Toronto that week, so book early. And if you haven’t done so yet, register now.
There. Something for everyone.
Now I can stop being The Travel Guy.
Update: Mathew blogs about it here, and Mark here.
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I snagged a room at the Sheraton for 90$/night from Hotwire.com. Most of the cheapest seem gone from there though, but Pricegrabber.com seems to have some alright deals left.
Jevon, good point about Priceline. To see what others are getting through Priceline, see http://www.betterbidding.com/index.php?showforum=166 and http://p070.ezboard.com/fpricelineandexpediabiddingfrm211
I used to get great rooms in Toronto through Priceline a lot when I used to come up here (now live here) on my own dime. 50$/night for the Hilton or Sheraton.
Also, The Courtyard By Marriott, which is about 10 minutes walking to MaRS tends to have great rates anyway and is a clean, well run hotel.
There are always lots of Toronto hotels up for bidding on Priceline.com as well.