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|A NEW PERSONALITY ON BROADWAY: MILLENNIUM BROADWAY HOTEL UNVEILS TRANSFORMED CONFERENCE CENTER
NEW YORK --- With the announcement of a complete renovation of its conference center, once again the Millennium Broadway Hotel is setting new standards for meeting facilities among New York’s finest hotels. On September 1, Millennium Broadway unveiled the first stage of a new vision for its Conference Center that, when completed in March 2007, will dramatically enhance the hotel’s stature as one of the leading meeting destinations in New York City.
When the Millennium Conference Center, the only IACC-approved facility in New York, first opened in 1989, it represented a trend-setting concept in meeting facilities. Now, twenty years later, the company envisions a new “star” on Broadway. “Our goal is to set a new standard for meeting facilities in New York,” said Per Hellman, vice president and general manager of Millennium Broadway.
As a sign of things to come, Millennium Broadway management unveiled a completely renovated 4th floor this September. A new, dramatic sense of arrival was created by adding major artistic elements and new contemporary lighting to enhance high-end contemporary finishes. From the elevator, the meeting guest’s first impression shaped by new cast-glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Designed by the nationally known glass artist, B J Katz, each panel is multi-textured with waves of color applied in artistic patterns. A new, central 12-foot diameter four-color marble floor pattern is in green, gold, rust and black. New textured rust and gold carpeting and concealed lighting further enhance the beauty of African mahogany paneling.
At the north end of the fourth floor, four mid-sized meeting rooms were demolished to create a single large meeting room with all the latest in technology, including a multi-directional LCD projector that drops down from the ceiling. Ideal for meetings or events, the large room features thick textured carpet in copper and gold, wood-paneled walls with anigre veneerand tackable panels wrapped in a textured gold fabric and enhanced with accent lights and four textured and colored glass panels suspended below backlit ceiling coffers.
The ten existing meeting rooms on the fourth floor were each refurbished in either a copper or gold color scheme. By combining black accents used on tables and chairs with the copper and gold finishes, the rooms have been transformed into a very smart contemporary palette.
In the next phase of the renovation which will be completed in December, a new 6th floor meeting and event room will receive similar design changes, converting it from office space to new meeting venue. The other six conference center floors will also be renovated with the same design and completed by March 2007.
The Millennium Broadway’s conference facilities include 110,000 square feet of space on seven floors as well as a fully staffed Business Center. In addition to almost 45 flexible meeting and event rooms, conference planners have the unique benefit of using the newly restored, magnificently decorated Hudson theatre, one of New York’s most historic venues, which accommodates up to 700 theater-style. Distinctive catering is another differentiator at the Millennium Broadway, the new award-winning executive chef, Brendan Slaven, is bringing gourmet cuisine to meeting participants with spectacular lunch buffet that changes daily.
To make it even easier for conference organizers to arrange meetings at the Millennium Broadway, the property offers a special Conference Center Package which starts at $195 (excluding taxes) for a full day meeting, per attendee. The package includes:
- Continental breakfast
- Morning & afternoon refreshment breaks
- Buffet lunch in Club dining room
- Bottled water, candy, tissues, pads and pens in meeting rooms
- General session room
- Basic A/V equipment
- Dedicated meeting planner
