The opening ceremonies included tours of the facility by the DoubleTree staff and product demonstrations from Core Communications and Presentation Services. Core is responsible for providing the Executive Meeting Center�s conference rooms with high-speed data communication. Presentation Services, provides the Center with top-quality audiovisual and staging support through light, sound, video and data projection. Following the tours, attendees were served an extensive lunch buffet in the hotel�s new Atrium Dining Room. 
 

The 10,000 square foot Executive Meeting Center offers an all-inclusive, per-person price for the use of the Center. As part of IACC�s certification, the Center offers 14 separate conference rooms, each tested for appropriate acoustical and lighting levels. Rooms are equipped with desks with high quality writing surfaces, ergonomic executive chairs, the latest audio visual devices, built in marker boards, tackable wall strips for flip charts and access to high speed data communications. Ideal for intensive training sessions and board meetings, the Executive Meeting Center offers a full-service business center, soft seating lounge with big screen television, library and billiard room. In addition, all 315 guestrooms and the hotel's restaurant have been thoroughly renovated to coincide with the Executive Meeting Center's opening.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony DoubleTree Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Tuesday, May 2, 2000 Left to Right: Ben Fusco Area Vice President, Double Tree / Hilton Hotels,  Ed Proenza General Manager, DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Rockville, David Edgerley Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, Honorable Rose Krasnow Mayor, City of Rockville, Lawrence E. Cunnick President, BIOCON, Inc., Carroll M. Warfield Vice President of Operations, Thayer Lodging. Group ( Photographer: Fredde Lieberman.)

The Executive Meeting Center was designed with the input of local companies and government agencies including Hughes Network Systems, U.S. Pharmacopia, IBM, The National Cancer Institute and The National Institutes of Health. 

Furthermore, the Center has received valuable support from the county and city. The Greater Rockville Partnership, a non-profit economic development corporation charged with facilitating the growth of Rockville�s economy in the twenty-first century, has been actively promoting the Executive Meeting Center to the business community.

�The community was very supportive as we built the new center,� said Rick Southard, Director of Marketing. �County Executive Duncan and Mayor Krasnow have been valuable partners and serve as examples of how the private and public sectors can work together to help businesses like ours succeed.�
 
The DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center - Rockville is conveniently located adjacent to the Twinbrook Metro station and National, Dulles and BWI-Airports are accessible within a 45 minute drive.  

Other DoubleTree Hotels with Executive Meeting Centers are located in, Skokie, Illinois and Somerset, New Jersey.  DoubleTree Hotels is a subsidiary of Hilton Hotels.