style configuration, the ballroom is undeniably a big venue and its six-metre-high ceilings provide plenty of headroom. Even if you’re not looking for something quite this size, the hotel has 27 meeting rooms covering a total of 6,503 sqm (70,000sq ſt).
fairmont.com
CHINA WORLD SUMMIT WING BEIJING Situated between the 64th and 80th floors of the China World Trade Center in the city’s Chaoyang central business district, the China World Summit Wing Beijing not only has one of the larger ballrooms in the Chinese capital but also offers delegates incredible views out over the city when an event finishes and they head up to its 80th floor bar, the suitably named Atmosphere. The hotel’s event spaces are not in such a lofty
position, sadly, being located between the sixth floor and the basement level. However, that doesn’t take away from the impressiveness of the main Summit Ballroom, located on level three. Spanning some 2,262 sqm (24,348sq ſt) and with ceilings that stand at a loſty ten metres high, the ballroom can seat a maximum of 1,800 guests using a theatre-style setup, though a still impressive 1,200 people can be seated in banquet format.
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KERRY HOTEL PUDONG, SHANGHAI Much like its newer Hong Kong sister, 2011’s Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai is geared towards business events, with 26 function rooms and two large-scale pillarless ballrooms. Te larger of the two, the 2,230 sqm (24,000sq ſt) Grand Shanghai Ballroom is able to accommodate up to 2,200 people in a theatre-style setup, while the smaller 1,018 sqm (10,958sq ſt) Pudong Ballroom can host up to 840.
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The hotel’s pièce de resistance, however, is the fact
that these two venues can actually be combined via the eight-metre-wide walkway that connects the two spaces to create an even larger space.
shangri-la.com
HILTON SYDNEY The Hilton Sydney may not be Hilton Worldwide’s newest property in the New South Wales capital, but it’s certainly one of its best for event spaces. Situated in the heart of the city’s CBD, the Hilton Sydney has four floors of venues, most notably the 806 sqm (8,675sq ſt) Grand Ballroom located on the third floor. Featuring six-metre-high ceilings, the ballroom alone is capable of holding 1,100 guests theatre style, while the associated pre-function space doubles this figure for a cocktail event.
hilton.com
SHERATON GRAND MACAO HOTEL Macau’s hotels are made for big events, and perhaps none more so than the gargantuan 4,001-room Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, the biggest hotel in Macau. Overall, the hotel’s event spaces cover more than 14,000 sqm (152,000sq ſt), with a further 5,000 sqm (55,000sq ſt) available within the wider Sands Cotai Central complex. Together, this results in 166 individual event spaces within the development. Te hotel’s largest venue, however, is the pillarless
Kashgar Grand Ballroom, which can be divided into 16 different meeting rooms if so desired. The ballroom alone accounts for nearly one-third of all the event space available at the hotel, covering 4,891 sqm (52,645sq ſt) and able to accommodate up to 5,000 guests.
marriott.com
THE OKURA TOKYO The Okura Tokyo is unique on this list for being the only hotel that isn’t technically operating yet. Come September 12, 2019, the city’s landmark Hotel Okura Tokyo will reopen as the rebranded The Okura Tokyo, including the opening of a new ballroom that will far
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