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Newport News
Newport News Tourism Development Office
| Newport News Marriott at City Center
A range of facilities on the
Peninsula
Newport News includes a range of small to mid-size conference
facilities that offer well-appointed accommodations
at moderate prices. The Marriott Newport News at City
Center opened in July, adding a large, upscale conference
center to the area. Newport News offers a full experience
for the conference attendee looking for something to
do when the meetings are over. Its attractions include
a combination of America’s early history, the
maritime and military industries and sunny beaches.
Visitors can view more than 35,000 nautical items at
The Mariners’ Museum, see animals native to Virginia
at the Virginia Living Museum, explore the transformation
of military vehicles at the U.S. Army Transportation
System and trace history of the U.S. military from the
Revolutionary War until present times at the Virginia
War Museum.
For the outdoor enthusiast, Newport News offers championship
golf, mountain biking and hiking trails, disc golf,
tennis courts, fresh and saltwater fishing and the East
Coast’s only five-star archery range. Situated
on the eastern edge of the Virginia Peninsula, Newport
News is in an ideal location, just a short drive to
Virginia Beach or the attractions at Colonial Williamsburg.
The city is easily accessible by car and offers an international
airport.
Newport News Tourism Development Office
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Fountain Plaza Two
700 Town Center Drive, Suite 320
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 926-1400
(888) 493-7386
www.newport-news.org
Contact: Cheryl Morales, group marketing manager
cmorales@nngov.com
With the addition of the Newport News Marriott at City
Center, Newport News now offers six meeting and conference
hotels. The city’s other full-service conference
facilities include the Holiday Inn & Suites, the
Omni Newport News Hotel, the Point Plaza Suites and
Conference Hotel, the Ramada Inn & Suites and the
Hilton Garden Inn Newport News.
The city also offers plenty of alternative meeting
locations, including The Boxwood Inn, a bed-and-breakfast
that can hold up to 140 guests for an event, The Deer
Run Grille at the Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run
and the Outdoor Pavilion at Kiln Creek & Resort.
Other unique venues include facilities at the Virginia
Living Museum, Virginia War Museum and the Mariners’
Museum. In March, the $30 million USS Monitor Center
will open at the Mariner’s Museum, which will
include artifacts and research on the USS Monitor.
Newport News Marriott at City Center
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740 Town Center Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 873-9299
www.marriott.com/phfoy
Contact: Rick Thompson, director sales and marketing
rick.thompson@crestlinehotels.com
The Newport News Marriott at City Center brought an
upscale, full-service hotel and conference center to
the eastern Peninsula. The response has been more than
welcoming. Within one month of opening in June, the
four-star luxury hotel had occupancy rates of 85 percent.
The 11-story, elegant hotel was designed to be the area’s
premier conference facility and a leading choice for
leisure travelers. The conference center offers a state-of-the-art
conference facility, including a 12,000-square-foot
Grand Ballroom – the largest in Newport News –
a 4,200-square-foot junior ballroom and a 6,500-square-foot
rotunda, which is a glass-encased atrium. The facility
can fit 1,000 people for a banquet. An executive boardroom
on the 10th floor of the hotel offers sweeping views
of the city.
The hotel includes 256 contemporary, luxurious guest
rooms, and offers guests a health club and fitness center,
an indoor pool and business center. The Newport News
Marriott, is the focal point of the high-profile Newport
News’ City Center at Oyster Point, a mixed-use
“new urban” development that created a sense
of downtown for the city. The hotel, Class A office
space, retail and upscale residences surround a five-acre
fountain and public plaza. The development is a $425
million project that is expected to be completed in
2010.
Room Report
Newport News offers almost 40 hotel properties with
more than 3,000 guest rooms. Accommodations include
budget-friendly hotel properties and almost 200 campsites.
Airports
The Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
offers nonstop flights to Atlanta, New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Orlando, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C.
Attractions
Civil War battlefields
Endview Plantation
Lee Hall Mansion
The Mariners’ Museum
Newport News Regional Park
The Newsom House Museum & Cultural Center
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
S.P.C.A. Petting Zoo
U.S. Army Transportation Museum
Virginia Living Museum
Virginia War Museum
Shopping
City Center at Oyster Point
Historic Hilton Village
Museum Shops
Patrick Henry Mall
Port Warwick Resort
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