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ADVERTISING SECTION
Meeting
and Conference Destinations:
Charlottesville
Mr. Jefferson’s
Meeting Place
Located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
Charlottesville’s rich history and natural
beauty offer an abundance of reasons to visit.
Home to The University
of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
and James Monroe’s
Ash-Lawn Highland, Charlottesville is approximately
100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.,
and 70
miles northwest of Richmond, Va. This year, Frommer's Cities Ranked
and Rated named Charlottesville the Best Place
to Live in America out of more than 400 cities
in 10 different categories.
Charlottesville / Albermarle
County
Convention and Visitors Bureau
P.O. Box 178
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-977-2059
www.charlottesville.org
Contact: Joe Ward, sales manager
wardj@charlottesville.org
CONFERENCE HOTELS
Boar's Head Inn
200 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903
800-476-1988
804-296-2181
wwww.boarsheadinn.com
Contact: Crissa Neumann
sales@boarsheadinn.com
Situated on a picturesque 573-acre
estate, the Boars Head Inn is a classic country
resort with 159 guest rooms, 13,000 square feet
of inside meeting space in 12 function rooms and
a 3,300-square-foot ballroom.The resort is able
to accommodate 250 people banquet style and 375
people theater style.
Amenities include four swimming
pools, a full-service spa, four restaurants, 26
tennis courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center
and a business center. Renovations to the championship
Birdwood Golf include enlarging and adding surface
area to the front right of greens on two holes,
allowing for additional pin placements and bringing
water even more into play.
One of Virginia's most
consistently hailed restaurant gems, The Old
Mill Room has
earned the highly coveted AAA "Four Diamond" rating
for 17 consecutive years, giving it an unparalleled
record for longevity in this hotly-contested
category.
Boars Head Inn is the winner
of many awards and distinctions including, AAA
Four Diamond Award; Virginia Winegrowers Association's,
Wine Restaurant of the Year; and Tennis Magazine's
rating as one of America's 50 greatest tennis
resorts.
ROOM
REPORT
Charlottesville has more than 3,100 hotel rooms
with 12 hotel properties offering exceptional
service and meeting space for all budgets.
AIRPORT
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport
Sixty daily non-stop flights to
and from Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
New York/LaGuardia, Washington/Dulles, Cincinnati,
and Atlanta by Delta Connection, United Express
(Atlantic Coast Airlines), and US Airways Express
(Piedmont Airlines) operate from The Charlottesville-Albermarle
Airport.
The airport is located eight miles
north of the City of Charlottesville, Daily and
hourly parking lots are conveniently located.
ATTRACTIONS
Monticello-Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop estate
Ash Lawn-Highland- The home of President James
Monroe
The University of Virginia Central Grounds and
Rotunda
PUBLIC
GOLF COURSES
Meadow Creek Golf Course
434-977-0615
SHOPPING
Albemarle Square Shopping Center
Barracks Road Shopping Center
Charlottesville Historic Downtown Mall
Fashion Square Mall
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