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ADVERTISING SECTION
Meeting
and Conference Destinations:
Norfolk
The New Norfolk
Located on the world’s greatest natural
harbor is the New Norfolk, an exciting coastal
destination for conventions, meetings, exhibits,
trade shows and sporting events.
Downtown Norfolk’s waterfront offers a collection
of hotels and convention facilities known as the
“Waterside Connection,” with the
Marriott Waterside Hotel and the Waterside
Convention Center
serving as the centerpiece. Within a 10-square block radius,
there are more than 1,000 first-class rooms and
suites, alongside more than 176,000 square feet
of exhibit and meeting space including 55 flexible
meeting rooms with the latest state-of-the-art
presentation capabilities.
The nearby Norfolk Scope Arena
offers more than 55,000 square feet of meeting
space, including a flexible main arena, modular
exhibit halls and meeting rooms. The dome-like
structure with flying buttresses dominates the
Scope Plaza, which also houses Chrysler Hall Theater
with a 2,503-seat auditorium and 14 meeting rooms.
Norfolk’s new Ted
Constant Convocation Center features an arena
that seats
up to 10,000 for commencements and concerts.
A 9,100-square-foot multipurpose room can be
divided
into five smaller-spaced environments to accommodate
meetings, dinners and receptions.
In addition, Norfolk offers a
variety of unique meeting venues such as harbor
cruises, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Nauticus
- The National Maritime Center and Norfolk Botanical
Garden.
Norfolk Convention and
Visitors Bureau
232 East Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-664-6620, ext 657
www.norfolkcvb.com
Contact: Donna Allen, vice president of sales
and marketing
dallen@norfolkcvb.com
CONFERENCE HOTELS
Norfolk Waterside Marriott
235 East Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-628-6440
www.marriott.com
Contact: Barry Akers
bakers@marriottnorfolk.com
The Norfolk Waterside Marriott
is connected on three levels to the Waterside
Conference Center, which provides 60,000 square
feet of conference space in 40 meeting rooms with
a banquet capacity of 1,400 people and a meeting
capacity of 2,000.
The high-rise hotel features 405 guest rooms,
including eight suites. As part of an $8 million
property refurbishment, the Marriott recently
completed guest room renovations, including the
addition of fresh carpet, granite countertops
and marble floors in the bathrooms, new mattresses
and duvet covers, as well as high-speed Internet
access.
The Marriott’s Dining Room
serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in an elegant
atmosphere, while the hotel’s restaurant
offers a more casual place to enjoy meals, watch
sports and play billiards. A kosher kitchen serves
up kosher meals and the Marriott’s Piano
Lounge offers cocktails and mellow music. Waterfront
views, a great downtown location, a heated pool
and a fitness center are all part of why the
Marriott
is a great place to host meetings.
AIRPORTS
Norfolk International Airport
Norfolk International Airport is served by 18
airlines, including: American, Continental, Delta,
Northwest, Southwest, US Airways, United Express
and Independence Air. The airport handles more
than 200 daily flights, including non-stop flights
to 22 U.S. cities with connecting flights to all
major U.S. cities.
Long-term parking: $1 per hour;
$7 per day.
The newly expanded and
opened terminal includes a nine-story parking
garage
and is part of the airport’s $133 million
capital-improvement campaign.
Newport News / Williamsburg
International Airport
Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport
provides direct flights to Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte,
New York (La Guardia), Orlando and Philadelphia,
with connecting flights to all major U.S. cities.
Major carriers include Air Tran Airways, ASA The
Delta Connection, US Airways and US Airways Express.
ROOM
REPORT
Norfolk provides 5,600 guest rooms, with 2,600
of them able to be dedicated to conventions.
ATTRACTIONS
Chrysler Museum of Art
Luxury Cruises
The MacArthur Memorial
Moses Myers House
Nauticus, The National Maritime Center
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Virginia Zoo
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