LOCATIONREPORT RICHMOND, ROANOKE VALLEY & WILLIAMSBURG, VA
are good business. The Alliance will help Arcade, Iron Horse Fitness Room and a Williamsburg Winery, Virginia’s largest
promote our members’ green efforts gr8_space tech center. Great Wolf Lodge winery, offers 50-plus acres of vineyards
wherever we can.” Williamsburg is certified Virginia Green that act as a beautiful backdrop for
and has achieved Green Seal® certifica- events at this Old World-style location.
WHERE TO MEET tion for the lodging portion of its opera-
tions. WHAT TO DO
As the world’s largest living history muse-
um, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Kingsmill Resort and Spa is renowned for Colonial Williamsburg is the world’s
offers meeting planners the conference its natural beauty on 2,900 acres of rolling largest living history museum and com-
facilities of its Resorts Collection proper- woodlands along the historic James River prises 301 acres of historic buildings,
ties - the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg and three championship golf courses that gardens and greens where costumed
Lodge and Conference Center, have earned the resort a coveted spot on interpreters ply their trades and interpret
Providence Hall, and Woodlands Hotel Golf Digest’s list of “The 75 Best Golf aspects of Colonial life.
and Suites. Resorts in North America.” A certified
Virginia Green property, Kingsmill offers Busch Gardens is a European-themed
Colonial Williamsburg also offers meeting 425 guestrooms and suites along with park bursting with adventure at every
planners a unique combination just steps impressive conference facilities that turn, including “Griffon,” the world’s tallest
outside their conferences: world-class encompass 16,000-square feet of meet- and first floorless dive coaster.
golf set amidst an Audubon sanctuary, a ing space and 16 meeting rooms.
spa that offers relaxing, rejuvenating, and Historic Jamestowne was the first perma-
healing therapies inspired by five cen- Seven of Kingsmill’s meeting rooms make nent English settlement in the New World.
turies of wellness, as well as historic tav- up its IACC-certified conference center, Visitors can explore the original site dat-
erns, meticulously restored colonial build- with each opening up to a deck or out- ing to 1607, including the church tower of
ings, and programming for off-site activi- door pre-function area. In addition, 1639, as well as the foundations of pri-
ties and events. guests enjoy access to golf on the par- vate homes and public buildings and the
three Bray Links, the Tennis Center, and re-created Glasshouse of 1608.
Meeting planners can tap a variety of complimentary use of the Sports Club’s
special services, from lantern-carrying swimming pools, fitness center, saunas, Jamestown Settlement traces the town’s
escorts to special historical vignettes; the steam rooms and whirlpools. beginnings through gallery exhibits and
strains of 18th-century music or the life-size re-creations of a Powhatan Indian
pageantry of Colonial Williamsburg’s The 285-room Williamsburg Marriott, village, James Fort and three ships, and a
famed Fifes and Drums, to create a mem- located on 15 acres of wooded land, is riverfront discovery area. Visitors learn
orable event. Williamsburg’s largest conference facility. about the cultures of the Powhatans,
Featuring 45,000 square feet of meeting Europeans and Africans who lived in
The Williamsburg Lodge and Conference space, the Marriott has Williamsburg’s 1600s Virginia. Outside, historical inter-
Center features 45,000 square feet of largest ballroom, plus 32 additional meet- preters depict life in early Virginia.
flexible space, 28 versatile function ing rooms. It also features ample oppor-
rooms and terraces. At almost 12,000 tunities for recreation, and is certified Historic Yorktown has equal measures of
square feet, its elegant Virginia Room can Virginia Green. history and charm, all in a breathtaking
host up to 1,300 guests. In each of its riverfront setting. It is home to several fine
323 guestrooms and suites, charming Colonial Williamsburg taverns offer a antique shops, art galleries and charming
furnishings blend with contemporary range of off-site dining experiences. restaurants nestled in the village and
amenities, such as dual-line phones, data Once catering to Virginia’s colonial elite overlooking the York River.
ports and wireless Internet. and most politically influential people, the
genteel and elegantly simple King’s Arms Yorktown Battlefield and Visitor Center is
All Colonial Williamsburg hotels, meeting Tavern menu items are inspired by 18th- the site of the last major battle of the
facilities and restaurants are certified century recipes with adaptations for 21st- American Revolution, including fortifica-
Virginia Green, as well. century tastes and methods. A more tion and siege lines, Surrender Field and
informal ambiance awaits at Christiana the Moore House, where negotiations for
Secluded within 86 wooded acres, the Campbell’s. George Washington and Cornwallis' surrender took place.
405 all-suite Great Wolf Lodge other leaders of the colony often met with
Williamsburg features more than 20,000 local residents here. Yorktown Victory Center offers innovative
square feet of versatile function space exhibits and an evocative film that chron-
equipped for virtually any type of meeting. Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown icles the Revolutionary era from the
Victory Center, two Williamsburg area liv- beginnings of Colonial unrest to the
In addition, the lodge offers a 67,000 ing-history museums, offer a compelling emergence of the new nation, drawing
square foot indoor waterpark, Camp year-round visitor experience, combining from the perspectives of ordinary men
Critter Bar and Grille and Loose Moose gallery exhibits with historical interpreta- and women.
Cottage - a family themed restaurant and tion in outdoor re-created settings to tell
bar, Elements Spa Salon, Northern Lights the story of America’s beginnings.
www.williamsburgcc.com
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