Virginia, NC & SC Green Meeting Guide
Sunday, Nov 8The Sponsors Executive Residence Center, UVA’s Darden School of Business
Member of Virginia Green Lodging initiative
STATS: 477-seat auditorium, classrooms that seat up to 130, breakout rooms, catering and an attached 180-room hotel
Newport News Marriott at City Center
Virginia Green Hotel
STATS: 25,000 square feet of meeting space, 12,000-sq.-ft. ballroom is the largest in the city, 23 meeting rooms, 12 breakout rooms
Virginia Beach Convention Center
Virginia Green certified facility, member of U.S. Green Building Council and an ENERGY STAR Partner
STATS: 150,000-sq.-ft. exhibit hall, 28,929 square feet of meeting space, 31,029-sq.-ft. ballroom
Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte
Opened October 1, in Charlotte, N.C., the hotel is the first LEED-built Ritz Carlton with innovative features including a vegetated roof, bike valet and in-house water purification system.
STATS: 146 guestrooms, 13,000-sq.-ft. penthouse Wellness Center with Aqua Lounge and saline-treated swimming pool, street-side BLT Steak restaurant, and 12,000 square feet of meeting and conference space
Great Wolf Lodge
Located in Cabarrus County, N.C., the Great Wolf Lodge introduced a new green program called “Project Green Wolf,” that covers everything including its waterparks and restaurants.
STATS: 402 rooms, 28,000-sq.-ft. convention center hall, 3,500-sq.-ft. junior ballroom
Myrtle Beach Convention Center
With 250,000 square feet of space, the Myrtle Beach Convention Center is the largest on the East Coast and uses Occupancy Motion Sensors (turns off lights in meeting rooms and ballroom when empty) to save 70 percent on energy.
STATS: 100,800-sq.-ft. exhibit space, 402 guestrooms, 22 meeting rooms
