The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Conference Center is in a truly unique position, able to offer seating for any size group from a handful to 10,000 people, for anything from a small business meeting to a televised music concert or basketball game! WiFi, high-speed internet and even satellite communications are all set up already! [...]

The Bachtel Conference Center is the essence of convenience, providing guests with a focus-oriented meeting facilities for up to 200 attendees. Literally minutes from Washington’s Dulles airport, less than half an hour from Washington D.C., the nation’s capital, there are few meeting locations that are so well placed. What’s more, this facility is available on [...]

If it’s a truly unique experience you’re after for your next meeting or event, European Crystal, in Arlington Heights, can give you that picture-perfect storybook location! Styled in the period of the Italian Renaissance, this space really is exceptional, and well worth the attention it has been receiving. Some of the spectacular features you and [...]

The Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, situated right on the historic Potomac River, just 8 miles outside of Washington D.C., fulfills all the promise of a Gaylord facility. The facility is enormous, 20-stories tall, nearly 2.5 MILLION square feet, and all enclosed under one computer-controlled glass roof! This is the ultimate Washington DC Convention [...]

The University of Wisconsin offers up the Gruenhagen Conference Center. Conveniently located in famous Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the campus’s state-of-the-art facility lies near the shores of Lake Winnebago, on the Fox River, a mere 20 miles from Appleton, Wisconsin, an hour southwest of Green Bay, 90 miles from Milwaukee and 160 miles from Chicago’s O’Hare International [...]

I just returned home from beautiful San Jose, California, host to 2009 HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings West Conference & Exposition. The show was great and the Unique Venues Block Party was really hopping. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to visit our section. Prior to the show, attendees completed a survey (20/20 Assessment: Strategic Insights for [...]

From the very moment your guests arrive at the Dolce Hayes Mansion, there will be no question in their minds that they’re about to enjoy a most unique experience! The entrance is the very picture of a stately mansion, with its huge palm-tree-lined circular drive and neatly manicured emerald-green lawn. Behind that, though, is where [...]