The 5 best conference hotels for slowing down by the sea: Calm wave {reader travel tip}

There is no doubt that the sea has a particularly decelerating effect Effect. We present hotels where you can relax straight away.

1. A-ROSA Lübeck-Travemünde: Luxury relaxation right on the beach

The A-ROSA Lübeck-Travemünde offers comparatively inexpensive 60-star comfort right on the Ostee, only 5 km from Hamburg Business-Events and leisure. An overview.

Meetings and rooms with sea views

You have to say: the location of the A-ROSA in Travemünde is comparatively: almost directly on the beach, only by a street separated from this, so that at least in the upper floors has a great sea view - so from my room with balcony in the fourth Floor, even if I still had the view of an intermediate roof.

In total 191 rooms, the A-ROSA, of which 39 suites, is priced is the A-ROSA compared to other five-star hotels cheap: From 109 Euro costs one night with half-board per person in the Nebensaison, in the main season beat the usually very high room rates.

3 restaurants with mixed quality

Therefore, the A-ROSA is also difficult to compare with hotels in other destinations: compared to other hotels in the region, the value for money is quite good, even if I was a bit surprised by the offer at these prices

On the one hand there is the culinary: The resort has three restaurants. The wine industry serves regional and classic dishes, while the stylish Buddenbrock restaurant serves exclusive French cuisine. In the winter garden restaurant, however, guests can assemble their own breakfast and dinner as part of the half-board from the buffet. Unfortunately, this is more of a mass start than a relaxed holiday atmosphere.

SPA with 4.500 m2

On the other hand, the SPA: On 4.500 m2 are seven different saunas, 27 treatment rooms for Thalasso, Ayurveda, beauty, massage, soft pack and medicine, a fitness area and inside and outside a large, year-round heated seawater pool, which of course was quite full ,

The SPA is therefore also available as a day spa for external guests. In addition, the half-board also includes the participation in the extensive spa program.

Meetings

For meetings, 10 rooms are available for a maximum of 240 persons; the rooms are partly also combinable to a larger room.

The largest room is the White Hall with 250 m2, with historic ceiling elements from the former Kurhaus, which is now part of the hotel. The conference fee is priced at 69 Euro per person per day.

Service and conclusion

However, I found the service a bit difficult: Die Employees were sometimes simply overwhelmed by inquiries, had no idea or were simply unfriendly and disoriented. This is unfortunately quite insufficient overall at these rather high prices.

I would not recommend the A-ROSA in Travemünde because of the poor value for money compared to hotels of other destinations as one of the few hotels I have visited over time.

2. Meetings at the Marriott The Hague, Netherlands: Business and Beach

The Hague has recently become one of my new favorite cities. Not only is the Dutch seat of government and parliament also the world capital of justice and thus predestined for large, international conferences, the city also offers a wonderful North Sea beach and is therefore perfect for Teambuilding– and suitable for leisure activities.

By tram to the beach

The aspect that fascinates me the most in The Hague by far the most well-developed transport system: Not only can you reach the city center and all major hotels in a few minutes by tram from the modern central station - the tram you can also right good and comfortable drive directly to the beach and here are dedicated to various activities such as kite surfing or sailing.

Scheveningen, 6 KM from the city center, is not only the largest district of The Hague, it has been 19 since its early days. It is also the most famous seaside resort in the Netherlands, with a considerable range of restaurants, hotels and entertainment right on the beach.

The new Marriott The Hague

Seen in this way, it is pleasant that the recently renovated and newly opened Marriott Hotel is not directly in this trouble, but about halfway ways between the city center and Scheveningen, right next to the World Forum, the Convention Center The Hague, where numerous international conferences take place.

The modern and stylishly designed 4 star hotel offers 9 rooms on 327 floors. From the rooms in 9. Floor and the also located here Executive Lounge has an excellent view of the skyline of the city or Scheveningen and the sea. Just checking in is like, at any time of the day, a bit of a patience, as usually only 2 from 4 are available at reception.

Meetings and conferences

For large and small meetings and conferences, 24 offers larger and smaller meeting rooms for up to 600 people - all equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment.

The rooms can be combined into one large room or subdivided accordingly using partitions. This includes various Meeting-Suites specially designed for smaller groups or interviews.

Food

There is also a bar and a restaurant, where the large and rich breakfast buffet is set up.

In addition to the restaurant, there are also snacks in the Executive Lounge daily in the early evening.

Hotel with rental bicycles

Guests can also work out in the gym or rent bikes by the day from the hotel's large pool; one Idea, which one rarely finds in a business hotel.

In a city like The Hague with a well-developed cycle pathSystem However, bike rental is an absolutely sensible idea, as you can get around very well on the well-developed network of cycle paths. And in Scheveningen on the beach you can be in a few minutes. An idea that other hotels can only recommend.

Nice hotel. great city

Overall, I liked the Marriott Hotel very much: Only the service leaves here and there, due to the acclimatization phase, something to be desired.

After all, there is no lack of friendliness and effort. And so there is nothing to stop a relaxed conference, which you decide together in the evening in the beach bar or kite surfing.

3. Meeting and incentives for health-conscious people: MICE in Tenerife

In the north of the Canary Island of Tenerife, in Puerto de la Cruz, in the district of La Paz, lies the Hotel Botoanico. With its 70s architecture, it looks a bit old-fashioned at first glance, but impresses with good service and has received the Travelers' Choice Award recognized by TripAdvisor, the Conde Nast Traveler Magazine and the TUI Holly Award.

Rooms and meeting rooms

Hotel Botanico features 252 rooms with views of the Teide volcano, the sea or Puerto della Cruz. They are distributed over five floors with prices starting at 180 Euro - depending on occupancy and season. In addition to the rooms there are various suites, some of which have a jacuzzi on the terrace.

The hotel has eight meeting rooms on a total area of ​​1502 m². The largest room Gran Teide offers space for up to 682 people on an area of ​​600 m², the second largest room Vilaflor has 330 m² - depending on the seating, the smallest room Taijnaste has just 43 m². In addition, the hotel has an 25.000 m² garden area which can also be used for events.

Equipment: Nothing for IT-freaks

There is WiFi throughout the hotel, but in my test it was occasional weaknesses exhibited A note that the hotel tends not to be the appropriate location for the large IT-Companys is that regularly hold their events in Tenerife.

Apart from that, there are also slide, overhead and video projectors as well as screens, sound system, lighting, computers, flipcharts, lecterns, podiums and flags. On request, all meeting rooms can be equipped with additional equipment. A business center is also available. The prices are individually negotiable, for larger groups depending on the season half a year to a year should be requested in advance.

Old-fashioned architecture, top service

The hotel, which was built in the 70's, may at first glance appear a bit old-fashioned act, but the interior impresses with its luxurious cosiness and all kinds of art objects that sometimes seem a bit kitschy. However, the service provided by the always friendly and disproportionately committed staff is top notch.

A special feature: The doors of the ultra-modern spa, which was inaugurated in 2004, are made from a 200-year-old Thai temple - a gift from the Thai royal family, whose Consul General Loro Parque-Founders Wolfgang Kiessling since 1995.

sport and health

Health is an important part of what is on offer: the hotel and spa not only have various saunas, whirlpools and various heated indoor and outdoor swimming pools, but also offer various types of massage with a high therapeutic effect, osteopathic treatments and various sports activities such as yoga, Taichi, gymnastics, golf or tennis.

In Tenerife there are numerous top athletes, such as the swimmer Britta Steffen or the Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggings, who have both prepared for their competitions at the T3 training center in La Caleta near Playa de las Americas.

Hotel Botanico also offers a variety of multi-day health programs, such as an anti-pampering program with therapies, or an Ayuveda program for 850 Euros per week, after which the treatments are specifically adapted to the specific type.

Healthy eating

In the context of a ten-day weight reduction treatment for 150 Euro per day, the participants can, in cooperation with a private clinic, make a blood test on the basis of which a personal trainer creates a special sports program and a nutrition consultant then compiles an individual calorie-reduced diet.

But even apart from these health programs, the Botanico has a comparatively large one selection of healthy food available: At the breakfast buffet, for example, there are various freshly squeezed juices, fruit, vegetables, gluten-free bread, various cereals. The food in the three restaurants (one each for Thai, Italian and Spanish cuisine) offers an extensive selection of fresh fruit and vegetables.

More event locations

Unfortunately, the hotel is a bit out of the city center and beach. Those who want to hold their events by the sea, the Terraza Isla del Lago in Lago Martiánez of Puerto de la Cruz, which was designed by the artist César Manrique from Lanzarote. Outside there is room for maximum 2000, inside for a maximum of 300 persons.

As already mentioned, the Hotel Botanico belongs to the Loro Parque Group - the Cologne entrepreneur Wolfgang Kiessling founded it in 1972 with two parrots and created one of the most famous tourist magnets in Tenerife with the Loro Parque. In 2008, the water park Siam Park was added in Costa Adeje in the south of the island. The 18,5 hectare area with numerous rides, slides and water is in Thailand Style held and advertised as “The biggest water attraction in Europe”. Companies such as Kaspersky Lab have held their events here.

At the same time, the park is also one of the most popular MICE locations on the island - also because the beaches on Tenerife are not allowed to be used for events. Here the Siam Park with its 9000m2 white beach around the wave pool offers a good Alternatives – Also for example for surf shows in the 4m high artificially generated waves and as a location for various team building activities. There's also a 1.500-seat amphitheater, five bars and restaurants, private islands for rent, and exclusive log cabins.

Conference center and beach location

For meetings and events lies directly opposite is the technically fully equipped Magma conference center, whose architecture is inspired by lava, sand and sea. It offers space for meetings and conferences with up to 19 people, distributed on 6000 rooms on 4000 m² indoor 2500 m² exterior. Here were already companies such as Lenovo.

If you prefer to have your evening events held at the beach, the Monkey Beach Club at Playa de las Américas with its terraces directly on the beach is recommended. It has a capacity for 700 people without seating or for a maximum of 300 seats and a really good gastronomy, as the group also includes some outstanding restaurants.

Other event venues include the Mare Nostrum Resort, where Yahoo hosted its event, and the Bahia del Duque, where the Axa had their events.

4. Meetings and Incentives with the Pirates of the Caribbean: Windjammer Landing

Windjammer Landing is appropriately a location in the north of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, which extends along a hill. This necessitates a shuttle service which does not always work well.

Top location with small drawbacks

Covering an area of ​​almost 25 acres along a hill to the sea, as well as the 457 meters long sandy beach 116 suites and villas as well as 42 rooms. The rooms and suites are between 40 and 400 square meters, each decorated in a different style: classic, contemporary or colonial style.

All rooms have a sea view, depending on the category there is also a sun terrace, panoramic view, kitchen, jacuzzi or private pool. There are houses for up to four bedrooms for small groups or families. American manager Mark Ozawa spends 6 million East Caribbean dollars on energy costs every year, so he's in the process of getting into solar energy invest.

Shuttle service with little pitfalls

The picturesque location of most of the bungalows, all of which are more or less from the beach, requires a shuttle service, depending on how big the demand is, wait for 20 minutes.

For the classic family clientele system , which is equipped with appropriate time, does not like that Problem pose when you are, however, during a meeting or an event fast Having to go back to your room because you forgot something can quickly become a disadvantage.

Meeting room and facilities

One advantage is that the 13 Meter long and seven meter wide Royal Palm Conference Room is located near the reception. It costs 200 Dollars per day and offers space for up to 80 persons, depending on the seating, in addition a tent can be rented from 250 Dollar.

The price includes laser pointer, screen, WLAN, microphone, podium, flip chart, notepads, multiple socket, extension cable, felt markers and stapler. An LCD projector costs 150 Euro extra per day, a TV 30 dollar per day, each additional flip chart sleeps with 25 dollars per day and a whiteboard costs 10 dollars a day. Also photocopies and fax shipping and reception charges extra. The appropriate equipment, also the WLAN, must be ordered already at the time of booking, so that it can be provided accordingly.

Essen

In addition, various catering options can be booked, such as the Morning Break from 20 US Dollars or the evening menu from 35 Dollar.

Unfortunately the food for me was the minus in the really great facility. There are five restaurant different orientation. The breakfast at the Dragonfly with sausages, scrambled eggs, bacon and toast bread is more like the American taste. The apparently most popular restaurant of the complex, the Papa Don's astonishingly the European mediterranean kitchen with pizza, pasta and Greek specialties, is not necessarily their highlight.

You won't find any local cuisine in this holiday complex. If you want to taste it, we recommend the “pirate eatery” Jambe de Bois on Pigeon Island or the bar Bon Manie in Babenneau, an insider tip that we had to thank our local driver for. As a group we have to pre-order the food and the furnishings and the place setting are extremely simple - but the old lady cooks really well.

Activities

The hotel itself offers numerous activities such as swimming - in one of the six swimming pools, various water sports or tennis. There is also a gym and a spa.

A great thing I've tried at Cox and Company on Pigegon Island is scuba diving, a mixture of snorkeling and diving, which is also suitable for bloody beginners like me. Instead of a snorkel you hang on a long hose, which allows one to go down to 6 meters. Seetrack is a kind of helmet on the seabed.

Excursions

Although the resort is designed for that, you should not spend all your time there: Rodney Bay, 15 minutes away, is home to the Brig Unicorn, one of the original ships from the Hollywood movie Pirates of the Caribean. Only 20 minutes away is the island capital Castries, where he can visit the Saturday market.

At the northern end of Rodney Bay lies Pigeon Island, a picturesque, 17,9-acre peninsula that projects into the sea in the northwest of St. Lucia - the only national park on the 617 square kilometer-sized island and a historic site at the same time.

The Pirates of the Caribbean

Pigeon Island was first recorded on a French map in 1717 as “le Gros Islet”. Since the middle of the 16th century, however, the peninsula has been used by pirates as a hiding place. In 1779, British Admiral George Brydges Rodney built a fort named after him, the ruins of which can still be seen today. Pigegon Island was always strategically and militarily important in the following centuries: Meetings with a view of the Baltic Sea: A-ROSA Hotel Lübeck-Travemünde {Review} Meetings at the Marriott The Hague, Netherlands: Business and Beach {Review} Meeting and incentives for the health-conscious: MICE in Tenerife {Review} Meetings and Incentives at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Windjammer Landing {Review} MICE location at the historic Hotel Prindsen, Roskilde, Denmark: Between Danish Kings and Vikings {Review}

In the constant dispute between French and British, as a quarantine station of the East Indian indentured laborers or in the second world war because of its proximity to Martinique by the British and also the US Navey. Since 1937 the British actress Josset Agnes Huskinson lived on the island, better known as Josset Lee, from whose house one can still see the remains. Pigegon Island also hosts the St. Lucia Jazz Festival every year.

Friday Night Jump

Speaking of music: Every Friday evening, the Friday Night Jump, a large street party, takes place in Gros Islet on Rodney Bay. There are local buffaloes with food and drink, pubs and a large stage, where locals and tourists, hotel directors and their employees, old and young Young.

A great street party, with the class differences for an evening completely abolished, everyone simply belongs - something one seldom sees in such tourist regions.

5. MICE location in the historic Hotel Prindsen, Roskilde, Denmark: Between Danish kings and Vikings

The Hotel Prindsen is one of the oldest hotels in Denmark, where Hans Christian-Andersen also went down several times. Today it serves as a meeting and conference hotel in the meeting city Roskilde.

Seminars and meetings on historical ground

Roskilde is about 45 minutes from Copenhagen, tranquil by the Roskildefjord. This tranquility linked to the capital makes the city so attractive for conferences, meetings and conferences - also for companies from abroad.

The hotel itself was founded 1695 for the first time, but later was destroyed by a fire. Today's architecture dates back to 1875.

Space offer

The Prindsen has spacious, luxurious double rooms and 5 meeting rooms that can accommodate between 10 and 200 people, depending on the seating People offer. This means that several conferences can easily take place in the hotel at the same time.

The largest room is the large hall with room for 200 people. In addition, there are various salons and group rooms, which can accommodate about 10 to 60 people. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel, beamer and audio-video systems are also available.

Prices

Price is an overnight stay on 190 to 250 Euro in various room categories. For conferences and meetings the hotel offers various packages, which can be found on the website:

A half day meeting from 8 to 12 clock costs between 340 and 360 crowns until 16 clocks between 505 and 595 crowns and up to 21 clocks depending on the season 735 or 825 crowns. An 24-hour-meeting costs between 1735 and 1825 Euro here is included in the price also bed and breakfast.

Essen

The different packages contain depending on Choice also buffet, lunch, coffee and 4-course menus. In our case, the food in the restaurant was an excellent 3-course meal.

The breakfast buffet, however, was not quite up to the luxury of the hotel: the bread was fresh and good and there was fresh fruit, but some food was limited and instead of juice there was orange nectar from the dispenser.

Group activities on historical ground

As the former seat of the Danish kings, Roskilde is a historically important part of Denmark. The tombs of numerous rulers can be found in the cathedral. for team buildingMeasures The Roskilde Viking Ship Museum is a must.

There are not only 5 Viking ships from the 11. The 1962 was excavated in the Roskilde Fjord in the 19th century, and the museum also offers a variety of group activities to experiment with the viking world.

Teambuilding like the Vikings

In special Viking workshops, for example, you can help build boats with Viking tools, make contemporary clothing or learn about the forgeArt the viking try

The highlight of each teambuilding event is the joint rowing or sailing trip on an original, true-to-nature Viking ship, in which one can test the ability to pull together at the same time.

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