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ADVERTISING SECTION
Meeting
and Conference Destinations:
Williamsburg
Meet where the forefathers did
Williamsburg has been the meeting spot for some of the
world’s top leaders. If it’s good enough
for them, couldn’t it be perfect for you? In addition
to important pre-Revolutionary War meetings and the
capital of early Virginia, the area has attracted leaders
from around the world. Ronald Reagan held the Economic
Summit of Industrialized Nations in Williamsburg in
1983. CEOs of the country’s 100 largest public
companies meet there annually for The Business Roundtable.
The region has also hosted the U.S. Senate Democratic
Caucus and NATO’s defense ministers and frequently
hosts heads of state as guests.
Williamsburg offers guests a variety of entertainment.
They can step back into the 18th century at Colonial
Williamsburg, the world’s largest living history
museum, play golf at championship golf courses, visit
nearby theme parks and shop at discount retail stores.
The Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism
Alliance
P.O. Box 3495
Williamsburg, VA 23187-3495
(800) 368-6511
(757) 229-6511
www.visitwilliamsburg.com
Contact: Kate Hamaker, director of conference sales
hamaker@visitwilliamburg.com
Conference Hotels
Colonial Williamsburg Hotels (view
PDF ad)
P.O. Box 1776
310 S. England St.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(800) 822-9127
www.colonialwilliamsburg.com
Contact: Thomas Spong, director of sales
tspong@cwf.org
Adjacent to the historic attractions, taverns and shops
of Colonial Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg Hotels
offers four hotels plus the Colonial Houses-Historic
Lodging, offering a total of 1,051 rooms. Since 2000,
Colonial Williamsburg has invested more than $150 million
for improvements to its facilities and properties, including
the 323 new and refurbished guest rooms of the Williamsburg
Lodge, the new Ashby and Custis guesthouses each with
30 rooms, a full-service spa opening in late 2006 and
a brand-new 45,000-square-foot conference center. The
conference center includes 31 versatile meeting rooms,
advanced audiovisual resources and high-speed Internet
availability. The Williamsburg Inn also underwent extensive
renovation and the Woodlands Hotel & Suites opened
in 2001.
The hotels offer 53 meeting rooms with a combined 66,000
square feet of meeting and banquet space, including
two ballrooms of 12,000 and 7,000 square feet. The largest
room can hold up to 1,000 people for a banquet and 1,300
if seated in a theater style.
In addition to being adjacent to the world’s
“largest living history museum,” Colonial
Williamsburg offers 45 holes of championship golf at
the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, which includes the Gold
Course, one of only eight golf courses in the country
to be awarded the gold medal from Golf magazine and
“Five Stars” from Golf Digest. The hotels
also include four outdoor pools, 10 restaurants, eight
tennis courts and trails for hiking, cycling and running.
Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort Magruder
(view PDF ad)
6945 Pocahontas Trail
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 220-2250
www.iohotelsgroup.com
Contact: Laura Flint, director of sales
lflint@sunstonehotels.com
Built on a Civil War battleground, the Crowne Plaza
Williamsburg at Fort Magruder offers an ideal location
for both visitors and meeting planners. The hotel features
newly renovated guest rooms, stately décor, private
gardens and an award-winning culinary team. The Crowne
Plaza Williamsburg recently completed a $4 million renovation
to update each of its meeting facility rooms. It also
enhanced each of its 303 guest rooms. The hotel offers
26,000 square feet of meeting space. Its largest room
can hold 500 for a banquet and 700 people sitting in
a theater style.
Amenities at the hotel include an indoor and outdoor
pool, tennis courts, fitness room and dining at the
Veranda Dining Room and J.B.’s Lounge. The hotel
is within walking distance of Colonial Williamsburg
and close to championship golf courses. The hotel also
offers the Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage Program, which
gives members several features to ensure a good night’s
rest, including quiet-zone floors, a sleep CD and relaxation
tips, comfortable beds featuring a plush duvet and seven
pillows, and an amenities kit that includes an eye mask,
earplugs, relaxing lavender spray and a soft-light night
light.
Kingsmill Resort & Spa (view
PDF ad)
1010 Kingsmill Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 253-3948
(800) 982-2892
www.kingsmill.com
Contact: Conference planning team
(800) 982-2892
Kingsmill Resort & Spa knows how to put on a high-quality
meeting. A dedicated conference concierge is assigned
to each conference to assist with everything from sending
faxes to making photocopies to packaging and shipping.
An on-site Creative Events Department can arrange off-site
tours, transportation and team building opportunities.
Set on 2,900 picturesque acres along the James River,
Kingsmill includes 16,000 square feet of conference
facilities, with 16 state-of-the-art meeting rooms.
It features two ballrooms and a 6,300-square-foot conference
center, certified by the International Association of
Conference Centers. The resort’s largest banquet
facility offers space for a 450-person banquet and room
for 570 if seated theater style. Conference features
also include all-day snack service at breaks, nine soundproof
meeting rooms and high-speed Internet connection.
The resort provides luxurious accommodations in its
425 all-new guest villas and suites with views of the
resort’s extensive recreation facilities or the
James River. The resort’s high-class leisure facilities
include a full-service spa, a 15-court Tennis Center,
a full-service marina, five restaurants and a top-of-the-line
fitness center with a lap pool and racquetball courts.
The resort includes 63 holes of championship golf, including
the all-new River Course, a multimillion dollar transformation
of the course by architect Pete Dye.
Room Report
The region offers more than 4,700 hotel rooms, ranging
from luxurious suites to Colonial-inspired inns to budget-conscious
hotels.
Airports
Newport News/Williamsburg
International Airport
Offers nonstop flights to Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Charlotte, N.C. and Orlando, Fla. The airport
is located about 30 miles from Williamsburg.
Norfolk International Airport
Seven airlines provide non-stop service to 22 cities
in the United States. Located about 44 miles from Williamsburg.
Attractions
Busch Gardens
Colonial Williamsburg
Historic Jamestowne
Water Country USA
Yorktown Battlefield
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