Meeting Facilities Directory 2011

Worldwide, World Class Hospitality

Meeting Facilities Directory 2011

Worldwide, World Class Hospitality

Carlson is a vibrant and dynamic global hospitality and travel company with a passion for great service and great people.

Contents06 Our company07 Our brands18 Meeting your every need20 Meeting of minds21 Unique spaces22 XXL large23 xxs small24 Up-close and personal25 Special events26 Launch your product27 Bored of board?28 One click away30 Our global portfolio32 Contact us

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Meet with us. Meet with success. Welcome to Carlson, one of the world’s leading – and most exciting – hospitality and travel companies. With a strong portfolio of vibrant brands, Carlson encompasses more than 1,070 hotels in 77 countries; more than 900 restaurants in 60 countries; and a majority stake in Carlson Wagonlit Travel, the global leader in business travel management. Carlson’s subsidiary, The Rezidor HotelGroup, is one of the fastest growinghotel companies in the world. The groupfeatures a portfolio of more than 400hotels in operation and under developmentwith 88,000 rooms in over 60 countriesthroughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.Rezidor operates the brands Radisson Blu, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inns & Suites, along with Club Carlson, our loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Under a worldwide licence agreement with the iconic Italian fashion house Missoni, Rezidor also operates and develops the new lifestyle brand Hotel Missoni.

Along with Carlson’s leading meetings and events locations in the Americas and Asia Pacific, Rezidor is proud to offer the very best in meeting facilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, covering all destination needs with a wide range of hotels in city centres and business districts, at airports, and on the beach.

The MICE specialists at the Global Sales Offices assist corporate meeting planners and MICE agencies to select the right destination and hotel for their meeting, whether it is a board meeting or an extra large event.

The Rezidor Hotel Group is partnered with MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and MPI supports the Meeting & Events training programme created specifically for the group.

Carlson’s subsidiary, The Rezidor Hotel Group, is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world. The group features a portfolio of more than 400 hotels in operation and under development with 88,000 rooms in over 60 countries throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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Our brandsHOTELS THAT LOVE TO SAY YES!Radisson® delivers vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality characterized by our unique Yes I Can!℠ service culture.

I LOVE THIS COUNTRYCountry Inns & Suites By Carlson℠ is a caring and consistent hotel brand that offers a comfortable hospitality experience, all delivered with a touch of home.

DESIGNED FOR EVERY LIFESTYLEBold. Passionate. Fashionable. Uniquely Missoni.

ADDING COLOR TO LIFEPark Inn® is bright, bold, fresh, uncomplicated, friendly and fun with unexpected touches of iconic, contemporary design.

LIVING THE PARK PROMISEWith smart, spirited service, Park Plaza® hotels’ trend-setting designs capture the energy and style of each individual location.

Radisson® delivers vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality characterized by our unique Yes I Can! SM service culture.

Hotels ThaT love To SaY Yes!SM

As one of the world’s leading global hotel brands, we offer first-class, full-service hotels that provide services and amenities that are empathetic to the challenges of modern travel. our World of Radisson offerings are designed to make each and every stay unforgettably satisfying.

Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM is a caring and consistent mid-market hotel brand that offers a comfortable hospitality experience, all delivered with a touch of home. Welcoming and genuine, with a Friends Hosting FriendsSM service philosophy and amenities and services that are beyond expectations, it is not surprising that Country Inns & Suites delivers high levels of service. From unique amenities like our complimentary Be Our Guest Breakfast to an atmosphere that is comfortable and ideal for business and pleasure, you’ll love all the great reasons to stay with us.

I Love This Country SM

Bold. Passionate. Fashionable.Uniquely Missoni.A new genre of life and style hotels developed in partnership with the iconic Italian fashion house of the same name. Stylish, intimate, contemporary, eclectic design combined with the best bars and restaurants make this a truly unique luxury hotel experience.

Adding Color to LifeSM

Park Inn® is bright, bold, fresh, uncomplicated, friendly and fun.

An energetic hotel brand with unexpected touches of iconic contemporary design, Park Inn focuses on what really matters: a good comfortable bed in a clean and safe environment.

From check-in to the moment of departure and every touch point in between, the Park Inn experience is committed to being friendly, efficient, uncomplicated and hassle-free.

With smart, spirited service, Park Plaza® hotels’ trend-setting designs capture the energy and style of each individual location.

A full-service hotel brand that offers award winning facilities and dedicated staff who live the brand’s value proposition, Park Plaza hotels go out of their way to show appreciation to their guests.

Living the Park Promise

Meeting your every need

The most successful meetings evolve from meticulous planning, pro-active project management, a passion for detail, a wealth of organizational experience and the very latest technology – with superbly equipped hotels in spectacular locations. Our hotels’ capabilities tick all of the boxes, plus we dare to be different in a fun and rewarding way.

18 Great experiences Drift in an infinity pool watching the sun set over the ocean, putt the winning shot on a perfect golf course, soak up some serious spa therapy, bargain in Bangkok’s bustling markets or savor the best of modern Italian cooking in a destination restaurant just minutes away from the airport check-in. This is just a flavor of the exceptional experiences that can enhance your event when you book your meeting at one of our spectacular selection of hotels.

Enticing incentivesOne of the many benefits of “meeting” at our hotels is our exclusive Club Carlson for Planners program. We’ve created a program specifically for meeting planners that gives you your very own version of our highly satisfying loyalty program. A whole new world of rewards that is elevated to higher standards, Club Carlson for Planners offers points that are redeemable in so many ways. From exceptional hotel experiences to first-class redemption partners, and enhanced earning opportunities, Club Carlson for Planners is the faster way to a free night’s stay. We aim to give you what you want and what you need. More points. More partners. More places. Visit www.clubcarlson.com/planners for more information.

Brilliant reactionsPerfect planning results in a trouble free, inspirational and seamlessly successful event – an all around triumph for everyone involved…prompting positive feedback, glowing recommendations and a commitment to return.

www.clubcarlson.com/planners

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Meeting of mindsOur business is a people business. We attract great people and we know you do too. You have great individuals, great ideas, great energy and great aspirations for your upcoming meeting or event.

The meetings and events teams at our hotels are here to support you, to engage with like minds, to work together with you as a team, creating a new dynamic that can completely deliver on every desire.

We strive for truly positive and productive partnerships. And we are responsible in our business, both in practice and in theory, aspiring to combine a powerful business sense with a strong sense of social responsibility.

UniquespacesAs leading global hospitality experts, we fully understand that clued up contemporary hotel guests are very responsive to their surroundings: we know that modern business travelers demand an experience that stirs and stimulates, giving them something to talk about when they get home.

Our hotels take pride in creating highly stylish, bright and flexible, inspirational spaces – memorable places in which to meet, greet, talk, work and come together to celebrate: we offer the coolest venues in which to cultivate the hottest new ideas, supported by the ultimate in modern technology, facilities, people and services.

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XXL largeThinking big for your upcoming conference? No problem!

Our rapidly expanding hotel portfolio features some of the world’s most impressive and stunningly capacious meeting and events facilities.Our global range of exciting hotels offer spaces that can host even the biggest conventions with supreme style and comfort – while our brands’ special services ethos means that every meeting, however large, retains a special sense of the personal touch where each and every delegate is treated as a highly valued individual.

Take the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel in Stockholm which can accommodate up to 3,000 guests and has 14,000 square meters of event space…or the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya, St. Petersburg featuring 26 meeting rooms and 1,200 guest rooms. Our portfolio of hotels in great places with large spaces means meeting planners have an exponentially large number of options.

Little things – and events – mean a lot to us.

Our highly flexible spaces are suitable for every sort and size of gathering. We take great pride and pleasure in organizing meetings for any number of guests – from the many to the select few. Intimate and impressively effective, with the finest attention to detail, small is really beautiful in our world of events.

Great things come in small sizes, and your petite event at any one of our hotels is sure to be nothing but that. Host an exclusive event in Aruba or an executive meeting in Australia. Your small – but sure – event or meeting is destined to be a success.

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Up-close& personalThe foamy frothiness of a finely-brewed cup of coffee; the fresh-picked fragrance of a single flower; the crisp, clean fold of a starched and stylish napkin – these are the sort of details that define our passion for all that we do and all that we strive for.

Our hotels are driven by our vision to provide the highest level of contemporary hospitality: to take care of every guest with the ultimate individual attention, delivering a carefully considered experience that is perfect in every particular.

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Our hotels delight in transforming any vision into a reality and turning every special celebration into the ultimately unforgettable event.

We have the people, the purpose and the passion to serve, surpassing every expectation.

Our highly trained staff excels at creating the industry’s most inspirational, exceptional, well-executed special events. And we are proud of our record for ensuring that your hosted show is a smashing success.

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Launch your productYour new product debut is the crucial climax to many weeks, months or years of vision, hard work, costly development and intense preparation.

It’s exciting! Exhilarating! A blast of pure adrenalin! It’s also potentially very stressful…

We’re here to help you safely navigate every step of the way – with the perfect surroundings, support, service and facilities to soothe your worries, smooth your reception and ensure that your launch makes the biggest possible positive SPLASH!

Bored of board?

27Time to recharge your batteries, refresh your thinking and re-boot your settings! Look up. Look around. Check out a new horizon and breathe in a change of scene from your normal office surroundings.

A day away – or two – in a stimulating, superbly equipped and serviced alternative business environment can bring a positive new perspective to your established corporate thinking, sparking a surge of highly profitable new ideas and attitudes. Our meeting facilities will help you table every change for the better.

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We believe in making it simple.

One click awayWe’ve made searching for meeting facilities at our hotels so easy that it is only clicks away.Simply visit www.meetingsdirectory.carlson.comor www.meetingsdirectory.rezidor.comand use the easy-to-navigate features and filters to find the venue that’s perfect for you and your event. Searchable by location, brand, number of meeting rooms, number of guest rooms, and a choice of other filters, all the important details you need to plan your meeting or event will be at your fingertips. We’ve also made our electronic meeting facilities directory available offline - ask your sales contact for more details.

Meet with us. Meet with success.All over the world…

www.meetingsdirectory.carlson.comwww.meetingsdirectory.rezidor.com

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With over 1,000 hotels, our presence inthe meetings, incentives, conferencesand events sector is significant. Ourglobal hotel brands offer a dynamicallysuccessful portfolio and we aim to geteven bigger, by at least 50%, meaningwe’ll have a minimum of 1,500 hotelsin operation by 2015.

This continuous, global expansion means we can offer an ever-increasing variety of amazing hotels and resorts, ranging from the mid-market to the luxury sector. Ourstunning meeting facilities are coupled with a temptingrange of incentivizing attractions – including beaches,golf, sport, ski and spa. We know from experience thatexciting incentives work as a powerful tool, helping todrive your business, increase motivation and maximizeyour staff performance.

We can cater for every type of meeting, conference or event. Our unrivalled range of desirable locations, our inspirational facilities, our proven track record, our skilled and special people, our technical know-how, and our personal service ethic, all add up to a convincing case for booking your important meeting or special event at one of our hotels.

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EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA

Denmark & IcelandThe Rezidor Hotel GroupAmager Strandvej 60-642300 Copenhagen, DenmarkTel: +45 3234 4190Fax: +45 3815 4191salesdk@rezidor.com

Germany, Austria, Switzerland & South Eastern EuropeThe Rezidor Hotel GroupMainzer Landstrasse 351-35360326 Frankfurt, GermanyTel: +49 69 976 932 00Fax: +49 69 976 932 30sales-germany@rezidor.com

Middle East / GCCThe Rezidor Hotel GroupDubai Media CityBldg #7-3rd floor - Office #331P.O.Box 72331 Dubai United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 4 390 0070Fax: +971 4 390 8170sales.dubai@rezidor.com

NorwayThe Rezidor Hotel GroupHolbergsgt. 300166 Oslo, NorwayTel: +47 2329 3621Fax: +47 2329 3201sales.norway@rezidor.com

WORLD HEADQUARTERS

CarlsonSM

701 Carlson ParkwayMinnetonka, MN 55305U.S.A. www.carlson.com

Southern EuropeFrance, Benelux, Italy, SpainThe Rezidor Hotel Group93 Avenue Charles de Gaulle92200 Neuilly sur Seine, FranceTel: +33 1 55 62 02 30Fax: +33 1 55 62 02 49paris.sales@rezidor.com

Russia, CIS & BalticsThe Rezidor Hotel GroupBusiness Centre “Tretiakov Plaza”3rd floor, 10 Nikolskaya Street109012 Moscow, RussiaTel: +7 495 961 2200Fax: +7 495 961 0200sales.russia@rezidor.com

SwedenThe Rezidor Hotel GroupHemvärnsgatan 15, 6th floor17106 Solna, SwedenTel: +46 8 5068 8700Fax: +46 8 5068 8710groupdesk.sweden@rezidor.com

FinlandThe Rezidor Hotel GroupMannerheimintie 12B00100, HelsinkiFinlandTel: +358 9 25166296groupdesk.sweden@rezidor.com

United Kingdom & IrelandThe Rezidor Hotel GroupPark Inn ManchesterCheetham Hill RoadManchester M4 4EWUnited KingdomTel: +44 161 436 1931Fax: +44 161 436 1917salesuk@rezidor.com

Radisson Edwardian Hotels140 Bath RoadHeyes, Middlesex UB3 5 AWEnglandTel: +44 208 757 7900Fax: +44 208 759 4559

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Contact us

THE AMERICAS

East CoastCarlsonSM

9 Polito AvenueLynhurst, NJ 07071Tel: +1 (201) 896 3647Fax: +1 (201) 896 3728eastcoastsales@carlson.com

MidwestCarlson701 Carlson ParkwayMinnetonka, MN 55305Tel: +1 (763) 212 6347Fax: +1 (763) 212 3400midwestsales@carlson.com

West CoastCarlson701 Carlson ParkwayMinnetonka, MN 55305Tel: +1 (763) 212 6347Fax: +1 (763) 212 3400westcoastsales@carlson.com

CanadaCarlson701 Carlson ParkwayMinnetonka, MN 55305Tel: +1 (763) 212 6347Fax: +1 (763) 212 3400canadasales@carlson.com

ASIA PACIFIC

AustraliaCarlsonLevel 19,233 Castlereagh Street,NSW 2000, SydneyTel: +61 2 9395 7308Fax: +61 2 8078 0697

JapanCarlson29-301 Wakamiya-ChoShinjuku,Tokyo 162-0827Tel: +81 3 3513 5883Fax: +81 3 3513 5884

SingaporeCarlson3 HarbourFront Place#08-01/02 HarbourFrontTower 2Singapore 099254Tel: +65 6511 9266Fax: +65 6274 9424

ChinaCarlsonUnit 1601, Cloud Nine Plaza1118 Yan’an West RoadChangning DistrictShanghai 200052Tel: +86 21 6115 6200Fax: +86 21 6115 6211

IndiaCarlsonA Block, 1st Floor, Chimes building,Institutional Plot No. 59–62SP Sector 44, Gurgaon, HaryanaTel: +91 124 2725000delhireservationscentre@carlson.com

Hong KongCarlsonc/o 27/F ING Tower308 Des Voeux Road CentralHong KongTel: +852 2213 5811Fax: +852 2213 5818

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