Venues for 1,000 guests or more

Up to 1,500 guests

New York, United States

A Grand Ballroom for 1,500, eight event rooms over 43,000 sq ft and 375 rooms and suites on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan

375 rooms · Since 1893

CastleUp to 4,900 guests

Vienna, Austria

35 halls for 50 to 4,900 guests in Vienna's imperial palace, with a Festsaal seating 1,210 theater-style and 660 for a banquet

Since 1279

Up to 1,000 guests

San Francisco, United States

24 event rooms for up to 1,000 guests in a landmark hotel in San Francisco's Financial District

Since 1875

Up to 3,775 guests

Honolulu, United States

Coral Ballroom for 2,800 theater style, Tapa Ballroom for 1,500 at banquet and a beachfront lawn for 1,600 at a Waikiki resort

Since 1957

Up to 2,800 guests

Gothenburg, Sweden

More than 60 meeting rooms for 2 to 2,800 delegates and 1,200 hotel rooms under one roof in central Gothenburg

Event spaceUp to 2,000 guests

Paris, France

A Paris music hall of 1,322 seats, or 1,944 standing, plus a 220 m² foyer for 350, for launches, conferences and awards

Since 1895

Up to 2,500 guests

Tokyo, Japan

33 banquet rooms for 8 to 2,500 guests and 1,389 bedrooms in a Tokyo hotel open since 1964

1,389 rooms · Since 1964

Event spaceUp to 2,309 guests

Cannes, France

Congress centre on the Croisette with a 2,309-seat auditorium and a 1,728-guest sea-view rotunda

Since 1982

Up to 1,200 guests

Newport, United Kingdom

40 meeting rooms for 8 to 1,200 delegates and 332 bedrooms on a golf resort just off the M4 near Newport, South Wales

332 rooms · Since 1982

Up to 1,500 guests

Sun City, South Africa

Six ballrooms, over 100 breakout rooms and four hotels: conferences for up to 1,200 in the King's Ballroom, next to the Pilanesberg

Since 1979

Event spaceUp to 8,000 guests

Copenhagen, Denmark

Five halls for up to 8,000 guests, 22 central meeting rooms and a connected hotel in Copenhagen

Event spaceUp to 16,750 guests

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Four pavilions, a 12,000-person amphitheater, 20 modular meeting rooms and a 306-room hotel on one site in Rio's Barra Olímpica

306 rooms · Since 1977

Up to 10,062 guests

Pattaya, Thailand

A convention hall for up to 10,062 delegates, four beachfront hotels and two private beaches on the coast between Pattaya and Jomtien

Since 1973

Up to 3,000 guests

Chennai, India

A 600-key hotel in Chennai built in the carved-granite manner of Chola temples, with LEED Platinum certification and space for 3,000 guests.

522 rooms · Since 2012

Event spaceUp to 4,500 guests

Cernobbio, Italy

A Lake Como congress center with 28 meeting rooms and 1,400 plenary seats, plus a historic villa and a 100,000 sq m park

Since 1894

CastleUp to 4,200 guests

Kufstein, Austria

Company events, gala dinners and weddings for up to 4,200 guests in a medieval fortress above Kufstein, with a roofed open-air arena

Since 1205

CastleUp to 3,000 guests

Warwick, United Kingdom

Dinners for 120 in the Great Hall, team days for 180 and courtyard events for 3,000, with a 60-bedroom hotel inside the grounds

60 rooms · Since 1068

Up to 1,000 guests

New York, United States

Henry Hardenbergh’s 1907 château on Fifth Avenue at Central Park, home of the Palm Court and of Eloise.

282 rooms · Since 1907

CastleUp to 2,000 guests

Krasiczyn, Poland

Five equipped meeting rooms, castle halls for weddings from 90 guests and 51 bedrooms on site, 10 km from Przemyśl

51 rooms · Since 1600

Up to 1,000 guests

Miami Beach, United States

A gold-leafed mammoth skeleton by Damien Hirst stands by the pool of the 1948 Saxony, restyled for Alan Faena by Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin.

Since 2015

Up to 2,000 guests

White Sulphur Springs, United States

A West Virginia springs resort receiving guests since 1778, redecorated by Dorothy Draper in 1948 and built over a secret Cold War bunker for Congress.

Since 1858

Up to 1,000 guests

New York, United States

A Schultze & Weaver tower on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park, opened in 1930, bought by J. Paul Getty and the scene of the 1972 jewel robbery.

189 rooms · Since 1930

Up to 2,400 guests

Neos Marmaras, Greece

A 1,923 m² congress hall for 2,300 theater-style, ten breakout rooms and a resort hotel on a private peninsula in Halkidiki

Since 1973

Up to 2,000 guests

Lagos, Nigeria

Convention centre of 5,151 m², a 350-seat ballroom and meeting rooms for up to 2,000 on Victoria Island, Lagos

825 rooms · Since 1977

Up to 2,600 guests

San Luis Obispo, United States

Nine event spaces from 40 to 2,600 guests and 110 themed bedrooms, in San Luis Obispo, California

110 rooms · Since 1958

CastleUp to 2,500 guests

Bechyně, Czech Republic

A South Bohemian castle resort with a riding hall for up to 1,000 guests and about 50 bedrooms across three properties

50 rooms · Since 1268

Event spaceUp to 2,880 guests

Warsaw, Poland

Over 40 halls in central Warsaw, from 8-seat meeting rooms to the 2,880-seat Sala Kongresowa, opposite Warszawa Centralna station

Since 1955

Up to 6,500 guests

Colorado Springs, United States

Spencer Penrose built it with Cripple Creek gold in 1918, and Warren & Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal, drew its pink facades.

Since 1918

CastleUp to 1,000 guests

Lauder, United Kingdom

State rooms for 100, a courtyard for 125 and marquees for 1,000 at a Maitland family castle in Lauder, Scottish Borders

Up to 1,000 guests

Maloja, Switzerland

Function rooms for up to 1,000 guests in a 1884 grand hotel in Maloja, 15 km from St. Moritz

80 rooms · Since 1884

Up to 1,410 guests

Barcelona, Spain

A 44-story steel tower on the Olympic seafront by Bruce Graham of SOM, with Frank Gehry's copper fish beside the pool.

483 rooms · Since 1994

Up to 1,200 guests

Bentong, Malaysia

Three halls for 350 to 1,200 guests, French-style resort hotel in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang

9 rooms · Since 2000

Up to 1,000 guests

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Four banquet halls for up to 1,000 guests in a harbour-side heritage hotel in central Colombo

454 rooms · Since 1875

Up to 1,000 guests

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Two ballrooms for up to 1,000 guests each, two amphitheaters and five boardrooms in 52 acres of gardens in central Riyadh

Since 2011

EstateUp to 1,000 guests

Gram, Denmark

Eleven rooms for 18 to 1,000 guests, hotel rooms and organic catering on a Danish manor estate

Since 1670

Up to 1,500 guests

Mackinac Island, United States

Reached only by ferry and carriage, Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island has served dinner under a jacket-and-tie rule behind a 660-foot porch since 1887.

Since 1887

Up to 6,000 guests

Berlin, Germany

Congress center of 30,000 sq m with halls for up to 5,000 guests and 1,125 hotel rooms on one site in Berlin

1,125 rooms

Up to 2,000 guests

Beirut, Lebanon

A Grand Ballroom for up to 2,000 guests, 11 conference rooms and an 11th-floor sea-view venue on the Beirut waterfront

Since 1961

Up to 2,000 guests

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

More than a dozen halls for up to 2,000 delegates, 273 rooms and the main stage of the Karlovy Vary film festival

273 rooms

Up to 1,000 guests

Singapore

The first Shangri-La hotel, opened in 1971 in six hectares of garden off Orchard Road, and host of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue on Asian security.

792 rooms · Since 1971

Up to 1,450 guests

Philadelphia, United States

Nine event spaces for 20 to 1,450 guests over three floors, Cescaphe catering and 184 bedrooms on South Broad Street

184 rooms · Since 1904

Up to 1,000 guests

Hong Kong

A 56-storey hotel above Pacific Place whose atrium holds a 16-storey Chinese silk painting, said to be the largest of its kind.

565 rooms · Since 1991

Up to 1,000 guests

Coral Gables, United States

A 1926 Coral Gables resort with a tower copied from Seville's Giralda and a 700,000-gallon pool, a military hospital for 26 years before its revival.

98 rooms · Since 1926

Up to 1,000 guests

Phoenix, United States

Albert Chase McArthur built the Arizona Biltmore in 1929 from 250,000 concrete textile blocks, with Frank Lloyd Wright on site as consultant for four months.

500 rooms · Since 1929

Up to 2,300 guests

San Francisco, United States

Opened on 18 April 1907, one year to the day after the earthquake, the Nob Hill house where the United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945.

606 rooms · Since 1907

Up to 1,500 guests

Hong Kong, China

1,318 sq m of daylit event space for up to 1,500 guests, with a penthouse ballroom, in Tsim Sha Tsui

489 rooms

Up to 1,929 guests

Frederiksberg, Denmark

Two event halls for up to 1,929 guests and ten meeting rooms in a historic theatre and hotel in Frederiksberg

Since 1959

Up to 2,000 guests

Scottsdale, United States

A 24,556 sq ft ballroom for up to 2,000 guests, 12 conference rooms and 496 guest rooms in Scottsdale

496 rooms

Up to 1,000 guests

Honolulu, United States

Up to 1,000 guests in 15,000 sq ft of function space, with 1,176 rooms on site in Honolulu

1,176 rooms · Since 1970

Up to 1,000 guests

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Prince Philip's first car, a 1935 Standard Nine he bought as a naval cadet in Ceylon, is parked inside the hotel where he once stayed.

Since 1864

Up to 1,000 guests

Bremerhaven, Germany

Ten event rooms for up to 1,000 people and 120 bedrooms on the Weser dike in Bremerhaven

120 rooms · Since 2008

Up to 1,110 guests

Oslo, Norway

28 meeting rooms and a 900 m² congress hall for up to 1,110 people, with 810 bedrooms, next to Oslo Central Station

810 rooms · Since 1951

Event spaceUp to 10,000 guests

Melbourne, Australia

Fourteen indoor and outdoor spaces, from a 268-person pavilion to a 10,000-capacity town square, 7 km from Melbourne's CBD

Since 1848

Event spaceUp to 3,500 guests

Turku, Finland

Meeting rooms for 20 to 400 guests and a hall for up to 3,500, in a former railway workshop beside Turku station

Since 1876

CastleUp to 2,000 guests

Ludon-Médoc, France

Seminars and receptions for up to 277 guests indoors and 2,000 in the grounds, in a moated Médoc château 15 minutes from Bordeaux

Up to 1,600 guests

Louisville, United States

53 meeting rooms, two ballrooms and an exhibit hall over 130,000 sq ft, with 1,300 rooms, on the Ohio River in downtown Louisville

Since 1837

Event spaceUp to 2,000 guests

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Nine spaces from a 6-seat boardroom to a 2,000-seat auditorium, two minutes on foot from Portsmouth and Southsea station

Up to 2,500 guests

Osaka, Japan

A 1,790 sq m Prince Ballroom for up to 2,500, over 20 banquet rooms and 432 guest rooms on the Osaka Bay waterfront, near Intex Osaka

432 rooms · Since 1994

Up to 1,000 guests

Nagoya, Japan

Twelve banquet rooms for 20 to 1,000 guests and a wedding chapel in a Nagoya hotel opened in 1936

Since 1936

Up to 1,000 guests

Hole, Norway

Over 30 meeting rooms, a hall for 1,000 guests and 273 bedrooms on Tyrifjorden, 30 minutes from Oslo

273 rooms