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•Pg_19-28__BMT_pg3-58 4/30/13 8:08 PM Page 21 KESWICK HALL History and spectacular landscapes come together in Charlottesville, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Celebrated landmarks, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of Virginia, are clustered here among swathes of the East Coast's most beautiful scenery. patios. Allow them to customize a memorable experience for your group, whether a private dinner around their beautiful infinity-edge pool, an evening meeting over cognac in the Snooker Room, a breakout • • • S TAT S • • • Largest Ballroom: 2,700+ sq. ft. Number of Meeting Rooms: 9 Telephone: (866) 375-9356 Website: www.keswick.com This is the setting for Keswick Hall at Monticello, an impressive 48-room mansion nestled on 600 acres. The resort is also home to the prestigious Keswick Club. The estate could hardly be classified as a convention center, it is the perfect retreat, whether planning a small meeting, a corporate gathering or a team building exercise filled with relaxation, gracious hospitality and fresh country air. Keswick Hall at Monticello boasts 7,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space. Each of the resort's event spaces offers windows and access to CLEVELAND CONVENTION CENTER The Cleveland Convention Center is a multipurpose performing arts, entertainment and exposition facility located in the heart of downtown Cleveland. It is easy walking distance to numerous restaurants, retail outlets, attractions and the shores of Lake Erie. The exhibition space holds over 1,500 exhibits. The performing arts area of the Convention Center was constructed in the grand opera tradition and features a spacious 21,780-sq. ft. registration lobby, a 10,000 seat auditorium, the 3,000 seat Cleveland Music Hall and 600 seat Little Theater. session in the intimate Virginia Library, cocktails on the 12th Tee Box, private team building exercises at the Keswick Pavilion or a Board meeting on the croquet lawn. Cleveland MMCC will feature a four-story, 235,000-sq. ft. Medical Mart facility, which will display some of the most recent technology available in today's • • • S TAT S • • • Largest Ballroom: 32,000 sq. ft. Number of Meeting Rooms: 37 Telephone: (216) 348-2211 Website: www.clevelandmedicalmart.com Coming soon is the long awaited Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center, adding to the city's growing prowess as a prime meeting destination. When the facility opens in 2013, the content of the Mart will reflect the technology drivers impacting current trends in healthcare such as access, cost reduction and improved outcomes. Located in downtown Cleveland, healthcare market, and an adjoining convention center with 230,000 sq. ft. of Class-A exhibit space. The facility will also include more than 90,000 sq. ft. dedicated to meeting rooms that can accommodate as few as 28 to as may as 440 classroom-style, and a spacious Grand Ballroom featuring a spectacular view overlooking Lake Erie. B M & T ••• March/April 2013 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 21