Harbourtowne Resort and Conference Center in historic St. Michaels, MD is located at the
crossroads of the Chesapeake Bay and Miles River. The resort offers a variety of meeting spaces, golf and team building opportunities, plus
waterfront views from each balcony or patio of its 111 guest rooms.
piece of this resort town is the Roland E. Powell Convention Center, a 225,000-square foot facility with three dedicated exhibit halls that includes 65,000-square feet of flexible exhibit space on a single level.
The center also is home to the 20,000-square foot Bayfront Ballroom, which offers panoram- ic water views and is complemented by 22 meeting rooms on site. The venue's new Performing Arts Center is perfect for entertain- ment or as a general session facility with fixed seating for 1,200 people along with a full the- atrical stage. In addition, the center is home to 1,200 complimentary on site parking spaces - all of which adds up to an ideal choice for meeting, convention and event groups as large 10,000 people.
When it comes to accommodations, Wise said, "Ocean City has over 9,500 hotel rooms in our destination inventory, including 4,500 that are year-round committable. Most of our large properties have more than adequate meeting facilities and several (the Clarion, Princess Royal, the Carousel, Holiday Inn Oceanfront and the Grand Hotels) have self- contained conference centers."
Ocean City is a popular beach resort and its summer months are generally filled with tourists and vacationers. For meetings, the shoulder season or off-peak season is when some great deals can be had at this resort town that remains open for business all year.
"Hotels offer the best rates and the largest inventory of room available in the non-summer months," noted Wise. "The four busiest months of the year for the convention center are February, April, June and September. Ocean City is a drive-to destination, and the non-summer months make getting around town a snap - plus, with free parking every- where but along the boardwalk area, it’s easy to enjoy our seaside community."
Ocean City's boardwalk is a must visit, too. It is famous for its international flavors, but most of all for its unique collection of eateries serv- ing up a variety of diet-busting treats. Even in winter, Wise said that people still find their way to the boardwalk to enjoy the variety of delicious delights found here.
In addition to meeting spaces and great eat- ing places, Ocean City also boasts a bevy of
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