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Meeting and Conference Destinations:
Roanoke

The Natural Meeting Place
The Roanoke Valley is nestled at the southern end of the scenic Shenandoah Valley on Interstate 81, rated one of the most scenic highways in America by AAA.

Roanoke Valley has 200,000 square feet of flexible, technologically advanced space and offers unique meeting facilities such as the O. Winston Link Museum, which is devoted to one of the most acclaimed photographers of trains and railroad towns.

Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau
101 Shenandoah Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24016
800-635-5535
540-342-6025
www.VisitRoanokeVA.com
kburdadams@visitroanokeva.com
Contacts: Kelly Burd-Adams, director of sales
Myra Cook, convention sales manager
Kathleen Perdue, convention sales manager
info@visitroanokeva.com

CONVENTION CENTERS
Roanoke Civic Center
710 Williamson Road
Roanoake, VA 24016
540-853-2241
www.roanokeciviccenter.com
Contact: Robyn Schon
robyn@roanokeciviccenter.com

With 36,500 square feet of meeting space, the Roanoke Civic Center hosts major industrial trade shows and meetings.

Competitive pricing, complete kitchen facilities and a 2,200-seat theatre contribute to the center’s popularity.

Salem Civic Center
1001 North Boulevard
P.O. Box 886
Salem, VA 24153
540-375-3004
www.salemciviccenter.com
Contact: Carey Harveycutter
charveycutter@ci.salem.va.us

The Salem Civic Center offers 42,000 square feet of flexible meeting space in seven breakout areas. The 32,000-square-foot arena and annex can seat 7,500 people or handle a banquet for 2,000. The remaining meeting rooms vary in size from 868 square feet to 3,360 square feet.

CONFERENCE HOTELS
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Avenue
Roanoke, VA 24016
540-985-5900
www.hotelroanoke.com
Contact: Gary W. Crizer, director of sales and marketing
gcrizer@hotelroanoke.com

The Hotel Roanoke is a Doubletree hotel with 332 guest rooms, including 19 suites. Rates range from $94 to $169 per night. The adjacent high-tech conference center provides 63,000 square feet of meeting space in 35 meeting rooms. Its largest meeting room can accommodate a banquet for 1,100 people or a meeting with 1,350 participants in theater-style seating.

Clarion Hotel Roanoke Airport
3315 Ordway Drive
Roanoke, VA 24017
540-362-4500
Bphillips@roanokeclarion.com
www.roanokeclarion.com
Contact: Brenda Phillips

The Clarion has more than 11,000 square feet of meeting space divided into 10 rooms. The hotel’s largest meeting room can accommodate 370 people banquet style and 500 people theater style.

The hotel has 154 guest rooms, including one parlor suite, at rates ranging from $59 to $129 per night.

Holiday Inn Tanglewood
4468 Starkey Road
Roanoke, VA 24014
540-774-4400
www.holiday-inn.com/roa-tanglewood
Contact: Heather Harrison
marya@holidayinn.roacoxmail.com

The hotel offers 8,900 square feet of meeting space, with nine meeting rooms able to accommodate up to 800 people theater style or 450 for a banquet. Its 190 guest rooms range in price from $79 to $109.

The hotel recently completed $1.5-million in renovations, which included new guest room furniture, ergonomic desk chairs, mattresses and box springs, marble in the lobby and much more.

Wyndham Roanoke Airport
2801 Hershberger Road
Roanoke, VA 24017
540-563-9300
www.wyndham.com/roanokeairport
Contact: Robin Sampson

The Wyndam Roanoke Airport provides 13,000 square feet of flexible meeting space in 17 rooms, including two ballrooms, four conference rooms, a director’s suite and a conference theater. The largest ballroom can accommodate 600 people banquet style or 800 people theater style.

Of the hotel’s 320 guest rooms, five are suites. Amenities include an indoor/outdoor pool, fitness center, whirlpool, sauna, tennis and access to golf, hiking and water sports.

ROOM REPORT
The Roanoke Valley has 7,170 guest rooms in a variety of conference hotels, budget properties and extended-stay hotels. Overnight rates vary.

AIRPORT
Roanoke Regional Airport
Roanoke Regional Airport is conveniently located in the center of the Valley, just minutes from convention hotels, Roanoke Civic Center, Salem Civic Center and The Conference Center of Roanoke.

US Airways Express, Northwest Airlink, United Express, COMAIR and Atlantic Southeast are among the airlines serving this airport with approximately 70 daily scheduled flights.

Long-term parking: $1 per hour; $6 per day.

ATTRACTIONS
Art Museum of Western Virginia
Blue Ridge Institute Gallery
Blue Ridge Institute and Farm Museum
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Dixie caverns
Harrison Museum of African American Culture
Historic Smithfield
History Museum of Western Virginia
Mill Mountain Zoo
Natural Bridge
O. Winston Link Museum
Salem Museum
Science Museum of Western Virginia
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
To the rescue museum
The Toy Museum at Natural Bridge
Virginia Museum of Transportation
Virginia Explore Park

PUBLIC GOLF COURSES
Ashley Plantation Country Club
540-992-4653

Countryside Golf Club
540-563-0391

Hanging Rock Golf Club
540-389-7275

London Downs Golf Club
540-525-4653

Mariners Landing Golf & Lake Community
540-297-7888

Olde Mill Golf Resort
276-398-2211

The River Course of Virginia Tech
540-633-6732

The Westlake Golf & Country Club
540-721-4214

SHOPPING
Valley view Mall
Tanglewood Mall
The Forum
Towers Mall
City of Salem Main Street and Farmers Market
City of Roanoke Farmer’s Market and Downtown