Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, NJ is a popular choice for meetings and conferences as well as trade shows and conventions
Double Tree by Hilton Valley Forge is in the process of a complete renovation of its Grand Ballroom that will be finalized this fall. New carpet,wall vinyl,paint,LED customizable lighting, window fixtures, and a client-controlled iPad sound system will put the finishing touches on this space, which also will be renamed The Keystone Ballroom.
Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton will ring in the New Year (January 2015) with a variety of extras that are sure to entice planners. An indoor saltwater swimming pool and state-of-the-art fitness center will be avail- able starting in
2015.Guests can network or unwind by an indoor/outdoor fireplace in the pool area, as well. An enclosed space for outdoor receptions will be added, too, bringing even more diverse choices to Chauncey.
Kalahari Resorts and Conventions,one of America’s most successful family-owned indoor water park and convention resort companies, will soon be adding a loca- tion in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains Region. This new Kalahari Resort is slated to open in the summer of 2015. For more than a decade, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions has provided hospitality and
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service in a vacation-style setting. Plannerswill enjoy this top-notchmeeting venue in the Pocono Mountains once the property opens.
The new $230 million, 150-acre Kalahari complex will be completed in two phas- es. When phase one is complete, the resort will offer convention and meeting goers flexible space in areas throughout the indoor and outdoor waterpark family entertainment center.
Situated in the Pocono Mountains, the new Kalahari Resort will be about one hour from New York City, two hours from Philadelphia and Harrisburg, 30 minutes from Scranton, and under an hour from Allentown.
“We have a proven ability to consistently increase meeting attendance by more than 20 percent, with an average room block pick-up of 108 percent,” said Kevin Shanley, corporate director of sales for Kalahari Resorts and Conventions. “Kalahari offers a unique, all-under-one- roof experience, so guests can maximize their time on site.”
Kalahari offers authentically African- themed properties with meeting space
and experiences that go beyond expecta- tions. The new property’s meeting and exhibit facilities (Phase One) will house 65,000-square feet of flexible function space; 25,000- and 9,000-square foot ball- rooms; 18 meeting rooms;multiple hospi- tality suites; a dedicated convention cen- ter loading dock; and large, grade-level access to the main exhibit facility.
Planners also will find that this Pocono Mountains facility houses a full-service business center, pre-function space, com- plimentary Wi-Fi in guestrooms, meeting spaces and exhibition and common areas, 10-hour ergonomic convention chairs and extraordinary function areas throughout.
Phase One also includes 457 guestrooms and suites (one, two and three-bedroom suites - including Penthouse suites) that will feature admission to what will be the state’s largest indoorwaterpark alongwith a variety of other amenities.
Kalahari’s technology includes Internet with bandwidth speeds of up to 100 megabytes per second throughout the resort (and the capacity to increase to one gigabyte per second with advance order),state-of-the-art lighting andAV con-
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