Planning a successful and effective conference is as much about selecting the right location as it is about managing the many details. The charming town of Courtenay has made itself a perfect meeting venue, and here’s why:
You’ll Have Resources and Assistance
The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor Centre offers a free group planner that outlines listing of possible locations to hold your important event, and includes a roster of local caterers. Courtenay’s largest hotels have staff with extensive event planning skills. Learn more.
You Can Make Your Meeting Different
Help bring a little magic to your meeting, and let your guests create fun memories by offering a group event that your attendees don’t expect. How about a scavenger hunt at a farmer’s market? Or an eco-tour? Perhaps absorbing some lessons in leadership from a tour of the Comox Air Force Museum on vancouver island, dedicated to the accomplishments of the brave soldiers of the Canadian Air Force on the West Coast?
You Can Create a Memorable Spouse Program
Spouse programs can run the gamut from dining, shopping and gallery visits to a culinary tour through the region’s local farms, vineyards and fishing docks.
You Can Make it Easy for Them Stay and Play
Keep your attendees happy by selecting a venue that makes it easy for them to vacation in the area with their family before or after the meeting. The Courtenay area’s unique geography and temperate climate year round makes it the perfect setting for whole-family activities including hiking, horseback riding, boating, fishing, swimming, mountain biking, diving and camping. And only 20 minutes away is an alpine playground that receives some of the deepest snow in North America.
Courtenay Hotels
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The Best Western PLUS Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre in Courtenay, British Columbia is the only full-service hotel in the Comox Valley. It offers easy access to Mount Washington Ski Resort and Crown Isle Golf Resort.
The Best Western PLUS Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre is rated three diamonds by the AAA-CAA. This full-service property offers free, high-speed Internet, a complimentary full breakfast and room service. The Hotel’s new Mountainside Wing offers guest rooms featuring 37-inch flat screen televisions and walk in showers. All of the property’s 142 rooms are non-smoking and include and four suites.
Just steps from your room are the property’s Greenhouse restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Snooker’s Lounge, where you can sink into one of our big comfy leather chairs for a fireside chat or enjoy a game of billiards with friends. For pub fare and evening entertainment be sure to check out our new Flying Canoe West Coast pub, opening in the Spring of 2011.
Traveling with your four-legged pal? Pets allowed based on the availability of pet friendly rooms. Up to two dogs are allowed per room, with an 80-pound weight limit. Other pets, including cats and birds, may be accepted at the hotel’s discretion. The pet rate is 10.00 CAD per pet per day with a 100 CAD per week maximum.
Unwind in the indoor pool, hot tub, sauna and full fitness centre. Other amenities include locker rooms, a games room and even a ski storage room.
With meeting space and banquet facilities for 225, the Best Western PLUS Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre’s meeting rooms and ballroom are perfect choices for your company’s conference, your non-profit group’s big event and especially a wedding or special birthday party. The hotel’s business center helps corporate travelers be more productive.
The friendly hotel staff will be happy to help you schedule a variety of packages including golf packages from March to October and ski packages from December to April.
Contact info: Best Western PLUS Westerly Hotel & Convention Centre, 1590 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, British Columbia, V9N 2K4. Toll Free: (800) 668-7797 Telephone: (250) 338-7741 Fax: (250) 338-5442
Email: info@thewesterlyhotel.com
Enjoy all that Courtenay has to offer and please tell your friends.
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