Cathy Williams-White from the Edmond Convention and Visitors Bureau was our speaker Tuesday May 8th. Of course, her primary topic centered on the spanking new Hilton Garden Inn and Convention Center at Covell and I-35. The center offers 20,000+ square feet of flexible meeting space, state-of-the-art break-out space and the capacity to host large groups. This is a cooperative project supported by the City of Edmond, the Edmond Economic Development Authority, the Edmond Convention & Visitors Bureau and the I-35 & Covell development partners. With a big smile she stated that it also was the headquarters for the Edmond Convention and Visitors Bureau. Finally a location not hidden in a "Forgotten Corner" of some hard to find office in downtown Edmond. Yeah!!!
Able to serve banquets of over 700 with flexible staging and lighting (the Convention Center can actually seat over 1000 in stadium type seating) it is an outstanding facility. She was quick to point out that Edmond has many other facilities for special events including UCO, OCU, The MAC, The Lazy E Arena, The Downtown Community Center, The Fine Arts Institute, and several other hotels and restaurants with full AV equipped meeting rooms with and without food service.
Edmond is a great place to visit and now it is a great place to stay and meet.