| December, 1999 - The Conference Center of the Americas will open
in June of 2000 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida.
Eli White, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Seaway Hotel Affiliates,
the parent company for the Biltmore, noted, � The conference center will
introduce an entirely different concept to new as well as existing customers
to this South Florida National Historic Landmark .�
The project is a joint effort between the City of Coral Cables, the
hotel company and universities (primarily the University of Florida) who,
with support from the State of Florida, will be providing most of the educational
programming and instructional staffing.
The Confernce Center of the Americas is being developed to serve the
needs of people desiring to learn how to conduct business in Latin America.
Corporate and Educational alliances have been formed with the CCA and will
begin offering a wide array of programs in mid-2000. High level government
conferences, executive education courses and a variety of degree and non-degree
courses will be available and delivered by universities such as the University
of Florida, University of Miami, Florida International University
and several Latin American Universities.
The CCA will add 40,000 sq. feet to the Biltmore�s existing 34,000 bringing
the total function space to 74,000 sq. feet. Additionally, the hotel
will be adding 12 new guest rooms to the facility. As a part of the
CCA addition, all guest rooms will be receiving two line telephones, high
speed Internet connections, individual guest room computer work stations
that will have connectivity to the CCA conference rooms for direct links.
The CCA will feature two newly constructed tiered theaters seating 60 and
90 people. An additional 15 new rooms are being added to support
the theaters. The CCA will be equipped to offer a CMP plan with complete
meeting services, Food and Beverages and guest room pricing components.
The entire facility is receiving approximately $11 million in development,
construction and technology investment.
The Biltmore is a 280 room facility offering 34,000 sq.feet of function
space, golf course, tennis facility, four restaurants and two lounges,
the largest hotel pool in the continental US, and rises 300 feet above
the city of Coral Gables, the city beautiful.
| The pool at The Biltmore is almost as famous as theproperty itself.
This crystalline beauty is considered the largest hotel pool in the Continental
United States, holds over 600,000 gallons of water and measures 22,000
square feet. In the early years, the hotel hosted glamorous aquatic
shows featuring such celebrities as Esther Williams and Johnny "Tarzan"
Weissmuller, who was a swimming instructor for The Biltmore and also
broke the world record in this pool. |
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