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Meeting and Conference Destinations:
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Mariners Landing
1037 Whitetail Drive
Huddleston, VA 24104
800-491-8491
540-297-3200
www.marinerslanding.com
info@marinerslanding.com
Contact: Tim Stacer, director of sales

Situated along the shores of Smith Mountain Lake in the Blue Ridge mountains of Southwest Virginia, Mariners Landing is a planned resort community. With an 18-hole championship golf course, three pools, indoor spa, tennis courts, restaurant, conference center, children’s playground, volleyball court, private beaches, 500 miles of shoreline to enjoy and Smith Mountain Lake’s 22,000 acres of natural beauty, Mariners Landing offers a relaxing place to meet.

Boasting state-of-the-art facilities and features, “The Pointe” at Mariners Landing is an ideal location for meetings, conferences, and special events. With 3,000 square feet of meeting space in three rooms, the facility is able to accommodate 120 people banquet style and 150 people theater style. In addition, the outdoor spaces allow events of almost any size. All 60 guest rooms are suites and range in price from $120 to $420.

The resort recently added a new waterfront restaurant, “The Pointe,” and snack bar service from the “Cabana.”

The Homestead
P.O. Box 2000
Route 220 North
Hot Springs, VA 24445
800-796-5838
540-839-7753
www.thehomestead.com
meet@thehomestead.com
Contact: Jeffrey B. Ford, vice president of sales

In 1766, The Homestead began offering visitors an incomparable retreat ... an incredibly spectacular escape located in the beauty of Virginia’s Allegheny Mountains. The same holds true today for visitors who find luxuriously appointed rooms and suites, superb dining and exquisite shopping. And, it’s all served with traditional Southern hospitality in a gracious atmosphere that is now restored to its former grandeur.

The resort features more than 72,000 square feet of state-of-the-art function space in 28 meeting rooms, which can host up to 1,000 people banquet style and 1,200 theater style. There are 506 guest rooms, 77 of which are suites ranging from $100 to $250. Expanded digital cell phone access for the area is new, as well as large screen televisions with built-in VCRs and game stations in all guest rooms and suites.

The Homestead boasts 15,000 acres of relaxation and recreation. Choose from dozens of activities - from such indoor pursuits as bowling, billiards and movies in a turn-of-the-century theatre, to outdoor adventures that include mountain biking, shooting (with a new club house and pavilion for the Shooting Sports Club), and fly fishing. And, for those looking for relaxation, there is a full-service European style spa and salon featuring massages, mineral baths, facials, manicures and much more for both men and women.

The resort features three golf courses, including the famed Cascades Course, (which recently restored and enhanced its locker rooms), a spectacular outdoor pool and bath house facility, spring-fed indoor pool, canoeing, carriage and horseback riding, 100 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, guided gorge hike, afternoon tea, KidsClub program, tennis, paintball, hayrides, leadership course (ropes course), skiing, snowboarding, tubing, guided snowmobile rides (all enhanced by a new multimillion dollar snowmaking system and reservoir), and much more. For wine connoisseurs, The Homestead hires a Master Sommelier.

It also recently opened Cottage Cafe, a very popular casual lunch venue.

The Tides Inn
480 King Carter Drive
Irvington, VA 22480
804-438-4500
www.tidesinn.com
info@tidesinn.com
Contact: Paul Brown, director of sales

A Chesapeake tradition, The Tides Inn is located in the quiet town of Irvington on a bluff overlooking Carter’s Creek and onto the Rappahannock River. The Inn is quaint and grand all at once with superbly manicured grounds and gardens, and a staff known for the best of southern service. When visitors arrive, relaxation begins. And, that might be why guests tend to return, year after year.

The resort recently completed $16-million in renovations and remodeling of all guest rooms and public spaces. With 8,900 square feet of meeting space in eight rooms, The Tides Inn may accommodate 100 people banquet style and 250 people theater style. Twenty-two of the 106 guest rooms are suites.

The Tides Inn features a Golden Eagle Golf course, par-3 course, spa, croquet, three swimming pools, a sand beach, tennis, full service marina, watercraft, cruises on the historic yacht, “Miss Ann,” children’s programs, four restaurants, a fitness center and high speed Internet service.

Wintergreen Resort
Route 664
Wintergreen, VA 22958
434-325-2200
www.wintergreenresort.com
Contact: Mark Nelson, director of sales
sales@wintergreenresort.com

Just 40 miles from Charlottesville in Virginia’s picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains sits Wintergreen, a four-season resort and conference center.

At 11,000 acres, Wintergreen is larger than some national parks. The resort offers 300 condominiums ranging in size from cozy one-bedroom villas to luxurious five-bedroom homes. All have working fireplaces and full kitchens, with rates varying from $125 to $750.

Wintergreen features 40,000 square feet of meeting space in 15 meeting rooms and other settings that can accommodate up to 500 people banquet style, 600 theater style and 800 for a reception.

A full-service banquet department, state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and a complete business center support the facilities. In addition, free wireless Internet service is offered.

Forty-five holes of championship golf, 19 outdoor clay and three indoor tennis courts, terrific skiing, tubing, an 18-hole mini-golf course, as well as activities such as hiking, swimming, boating, fishing and horseback riding are all available on-site. Wintergreen also offers an adventure park that features in-line skating, mountain biking, team paintball, a 25-foot climbing tower and a ropes course. The Mid-Atlantic’s first high speed six-passenger chairlift as well as The Plunge, the resort’s mega tubing park, add to the fun. Plus, the addition of a new six passenger high-speed lift and additional terrain along with continued enhancements to the resort’s 100% computerized snowmaking equipment will make the upcoming season a season not to be missed.

Wintergreen’s indoor activities include a spa and fitness center with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, an aerobics studio, pools, hot tubs and a full selection of spa treatments. Wintergreen Spa & Fitness Center is in the middle of an expansion with the addition of 14 treatment rooms with two designated as “wet” treatment rooms, as well as new men’s and women’s locker rooms and a new quiet area/lounge.

Four restaurants satisfy all tastes in atmosphere that range from casual to elegant. Each restaurant and lounge has either mountain or golf course views. Alfresco dining is a highlight of the spring, summer and fall months.

Golf Digest ranks Wintergreen’s courses in the nation’s top 50 in terms of service, and for 17 consecutive years Tennis magazine has ranked Wintergreen among the nation’s top 50 tennis programs.