Are you in considering downtown Chicago business meeting rooms for your next event? It may be a business deal, a board meeting or training, a sales conference, or a location from which to participate in a global teleconference or videoconferencing. You need modern, elegant, convenient, truly state-of-the-arts facilities. You need Summit Executive Centre.

Located right on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, just a 30 minute train ride from either O’Hare or Midway airports, this capable and professional executive business center is unique in its ability to provide simple elegance in all aspects, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Whether it’s a small group or a gathering of 250, Summit Executive Centre’s 15 business meeting and event rooms are certain to accommodate your needs while exceeding your expectations. Up to 150 people can be seated in classroom style, up to 250 in their theatre and presentation room. All meeting chambers enjoy ceiling-mounted LCD projectors and screens, CD, DVD and VCR players, a document camera, mics, and 100 mbps high-speed broadband capabilities. Videoconferencing and teleconferencing are also available.
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Is your group searching for a top retreat, family reunion, or group event facility in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina?

Located atop Sugar Mountain, in the midst of the famous Blue Ridge Mountain range, is a unique retreat that is rustic as its heritage, with just the right amount of modern to keep in touch. The views are incomparable! Spending days nestled within the lush verdant grasses and dense trees of this wondrous land is at once relaxing, refreshing and invigorating! Primarily employed as a faith-based camp during the summer months, Lutherock opens its doors to share this amazing place with the public, providing conference and retreat facilities for individual families, corporations, church groups and other civic organizations. Lutherock is a wonderful location for a family reunion in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Skiers are also welcome to make use of the beautiful lodgings in the winter months. If you’re looking for a place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the modern world so you and your guests can focus, if you’re after a team-building getaway, corporate retreat or family reunion, if you and your group just need some peaceful time to regroup, Lutherock is a wonderful and unique place to make that happen!
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The Washington, D.C. Area has a new and unusual meeting and conference venue worth consideration. Designed for and by young people, the National 4-H Youth Conference Center offers up 41 meeting rooms, some 44,000 square feet of activity space, all in a very convenient location. Able to serve equally well as venue for organizational meetings, ceremonies or team-building exercises as it does for youth conferences or retreats, this extraordinary special event facility offers great flexibility. The campus is uplifting and spacious, very different from the usual constructs in the area. The 4-H is truly a unique Washington DC conference center.

There’s a size and space for every need, from rooms that hold a maximum of 15 people to a 550-seat theatre-style room that is ideal for lectures, presentations or cinematic viewings. The AV equipment, including podiums, lecterns, flip charts, chairs, tables, and ice water service, are all included. Additional state-of-the-arts multimedia gear is also available. They can provide an A/V technician at a low cost, as needed. Rooms that feature built-in sound systems will also be provided.

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Dining facilities are also flexible. The Clover Cafe is the Youth Conference Center’s main dining area, and serves three meals daily for up to 450 people. Private dining is also available for as many as 65 people, (with an upgraded service package.) Larger groups may be able to be accommodated for private banquets as well. The watchword here is flexibility. You can get what you need without paying for more than you need.
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Is your group considering top university conference centers on the East Coast for your next event? When it comes to academia in the States, the Ivy League is the cream of the crop, and Yale’s soaring Gothic and Georgian architecture does much to lend it a premier place on that august list. What could possibly be more impressive than hosting a conference, meeting or other non-profit educational program than to host the event at the venerable Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut?

Located just 40 miles from Hartford, 60 miles from New York and 140 miles from Boston, the campus is very convenient for local and fly-in guests alike. The Bradley International Airport in Hartford makes the Yale Campus easily accessible to the entire world.

Needless to say, this Ivy League school affords state-of-the-art technology. You’ll find advanced AV facilities in meeting rooms, computer lab space within the residence halls, both internet and phones (with voicemail) for lodging guests, as well as high-tech security throughout the event facilities and campus. Lecture halls, theatre-style seating, and movable seating rooms, each with its own unique layout and styling, make it easy to find the right feel and mood for your presentation.
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LifeWay Christian Conference Centers in Ridgecrest, North Carolina

The Blue Ridge Mountains are world-famous for being “almost heaven.” Located in Ridgecrest, North Carolina, this incomparable Christian conference center enjoys and makes good use of every bit of the splendor of this majestic land. Nestled in a verdant valley, this warm and undeniably modern facility provides the ideal place for conferences, team-building exercises, weddings, concerts, retreats, seminars… Gatherings of most any kind will find Ridgecrest Conference Center’s broad and flexible facilities ideal!

Most would agree that Ridgecrest is very well located. Just 17 miles from Asheville and 118 miles from Charlotte, it’s close enough to be accessible, yet far enough to enjoy privacy and serenity. Its availability is also convenient; unlike most university meeting venues, all of these full-featured venues’ facilities are available all year long!

Groups of up to 2400 guests and an additional 100 facilitators will find comfortable lodgings in this mountain hideaway. Imagine being able to hide away with 2400 people! The LifeWay Christian Conference Centers lodgings include a combination of residence halls, suite and apartment-style housing, including hotel-like amenities including private baths.
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