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Palmer-designed golf course. Afterward,
guests can sip wine and sample hors
d’oeurves, followed by a gourmet 4- to 5-
course dinner - all while learning how to
cook with instruction by Jim Coleman.
Another option for groups at Normandy
Farm is to “Support Our Troops This
Holiday Season.” This involves making
casseroles for U.S. soldiers, and is a ben-
efit for the USO (United States Officers).
As with culinary team building, attendees
are split up into groups that will make
The Crowne Plaza Valley Forge Hotel is a
assorted types of casseroles - enough for
their group to eat and extra to be
popular choice among meeting groups wrapped individually for the USO facility
near the Willow Grove Air Base. The
the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge, is also for newly booked business. The offer is casseroles will be frozen, and as soldiers
part of the plaza, and offers 328 gue- valid for qualified meetings only, and is come home, they will get one of the
strooms and suites, plus a business club subject to terms and conditions listed on casseroles as a welcome home meal.
level with private lounge area. Calling the the hotel’s website.
Radisson home is The Waterford PineCrest Country Club in Lansdale
Ballroom, a spectacular 8,500 square Normandy Farm Hotel and Conference offers an elegant and sophisticated set-
foot state-of-the-art facility that has the Center in Blue Bell is a National Historic ting for meetings and special events. The
capacity to hold as many as 700 for a Landmark that is home to a 113-room club has just put the finishing touches on
reception. It is an ultrachic, multi-level hotel, as well as two historic, four-room an interior renovation offering dramatic
facility available for corporate events, gatehouses. Its Carriage House, Bourse new decor that brings a warm and ele-
meetings and social functions. House and Manor House bring the prop- gant ambiance to an already beautiful
erty’s total overnight rooms to 141. location.
ACE Conference Center is in the process
of converting some of its recreational Among the historic buildings at PineCrest Country Club offers a selection
wing into a 4,500 square-foot multi-pur- Normandy Farm is the giant dairy barn of comfortable and productive meeting
pose room that will be finished in early that was converted into a 17,000-square- environments. On site event planners will
January. It will enable them to accommo- foot conference center and restaurant. work with groups to select an appropriate
date larger corporate programs including On premise offerings include Coleman setting for the size of the group and the
annual shareholder meetings, along with Restaurant, which offers team building purpose of their meeting.
association meetings and trade shows. cooking classes under the direction of
celebrity chef Jim Coleman. Conference Rooms at PineCrest's state-of-the-art
Presently, ACE Conference Center offers attendees also have access to the 18- conference facility can be configured
120 guest rooms and almost 20,000 hole signature golf course at the adjacent quickly to suit exact needs. The elegantly
square feet of meeting space in 38 Blue Bell Country Club. appointed PineCrest Room and Ballroom
rooms. Additional facilities on site include offer 7,400 square feet of space to
two small amphitheaters, an 18-hole Normandy Farm is currently offering the accommodate up to 350 people. The
Gary Player signature golf course, Culinary Retreat, designed as an all-inclu- Veranda offers a covered, outdoor setting
Olympic-sized swimming pool, and sive-package. Each culinary retreat for dining and breakout meetings. The
indoor racquetball. incorporates a different theme, such as Sports Bar and Grille offers a casual flex-
an evening with friends sipping fine wine, space for informal moments. The
Crowne Plaza Valley Forge offers 225 sampling hors d'oeuvres and enjoying a Executive Suite provides private and
guestrooms and more than 24,000 4-5 course meal - all while learning to comfortable surroundings for executives
square feet of flexible event space at the cook from nationally-renowned celebrity to freshen up, relax, and review their pre-
adjacent Liberty Conference Center. chef, Jim Coleman, and his talented culi- sentations.
Located directly across from the King of nary team. The package also includes
Prussia Mall, the hotel boasts compli- accommodations, recipe cards, and After lunch or the last meeting session, a
mentary parking and nearby attractions more. round of golf on PineCrest’s 6,300-yard,
like Valley Forge Historic Park. par 70, championship golf course is just
The Golf Retreat at Normandy Farm is seconds away.
Right now, Crowne Plaza Valley Forge is another all-inclusive package for those
also offering a special promotion of 10 with a combined passion for golf, food The 1,350-seat Keswick Theatre is avail-
percent off the master bill and 1,000 and wine. Guests can enjoy a round of able for rent for performances, business
bonus points for each meeting attendee golf on an 18-hole at a private Arnold meetings and seminars, benefit concerts
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