In California’s storied Monterey, the city’s namesake conference center is a modern, state-of-the-art meeting facility with over 40,000 square feet of flexible functional space — a total that rises to 85,000 with the two adjoining hotels, the Monterey Marriott and the Portola Hotel & Spa with easy access to more than 1,200 hotel rooms. Together, the three properties offer over 700 guest rooms and 19,150 square feet of exhibition space.
In the Monterey Conference Center proper, two beautiful ballrooms are available to groups, including the 19,150-square foot Serra Ballroom, with a maximum capacity of 1,800 people, or 1,000 at rounds); the 9,730-square-foot Steinbeck Ballroom, for groups of up to 984, and the Colton Room for up to 150. On the sustainability front, the facility has officially been certified LEED Platinum.
Connected to the 158-room Hilton Garden Inn, the Edmond Conference Center in Edmond, Okla., just north of Oklahoma City, features 20,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, which breaks down as follows: Special event capacity, 1,000 people; banquet, 700; theater-style, 1,000; and classroom-style, 400. Edmond itself is a picturesque town offering a variety of restaurants and shops, and there’s often a festival of some sort going on in town.
Having established itself as one of London’s most stylish conference destinations, etc.venues’ 155 Bishopsgate recently added a second floor with 20,000 square feet of space that now doubles the venue’s size to 40,000 square feet, creating a total capacity of more than 1,000 guests. The two expansive multipurpose floors, with 12 rooms, can accommodate large groups of 600 (floor one) and 475 (floor two) for events and exhibitions, while state-of-the-art tech and digital screens provide opportunities for branding, flexibility and creativity.