Academy Plaza Hotel can host training days, board meetings, workshops and product launches for up to 100 delegates in its plenary suite, with 304 bedrooms in the same building for teams that stay overnight. The hotel stands on Findlater Place, just off O'Connell Street in Dublin 1, within walking distance of the main shopping streets, the IFSC and Trinity College.
Seminars and company events
The meeting floor is organised around three suites. The plenary suite takes up to 100 delegates for a conference or a company briefing. The Plaza Suite holds up to 80 people and leaves room for breakout groups, which suits product launches and training sessions. The Hogan Suite also takes up to 80 delegates and divides into Hogan 1 and Hogan 2, each seating 30 in theatre style, so one group can split into two workshops on the same floor.
The hotel sells half-day and full-day delegate rates, and organisers add welcome coffee, coffee breaks, lunch and dinner as needed. The request form lists theatre, classroom, restaurant, U-shape, boardroom and cocktail layouts. Group rates apply to bedrooms booked for delegates, which makes the hotel practical for multi-day courses and for conferences that bring people in from outside Dublin.
Rooms and capacities
Audio-visual equipment is included at no extra charge, together with high-speed Wi-Fi, flipcharts, a lectern and delegate stationery. The website gives a maximum figure for each suite but not a figure for every layout, so the events team confirms numbers for a classroom or U-shape setup with each request. For a group of 20 to 100, the scale is easy to manage: one floor, one team, and short distances between the meeting room, the restaurant and the bedrooms.
Accommodation
With 304 bedrooms, the hotel can house a full conference group under one roof. It has operated since 1995 as a city-center hotel rather than a convention complex. Delegates can walk to the shops, pubs and restaurants of the north and south city centre in the evening without needing transport.
Catering
Event menus are prepared in-house and adapted to the program. Meals can be served in the Plaza Bar & Grill or brought into the meeting room for a working lunch. Breaks can also be taken at Academy Coffee, the hotel's art deco coffee house, which gives delegates a change of scene between sessions.
Getting there
The location is the hotel's main argument for organisers. The website lists Luas Red and Green line stops, Dublin Bus routes and the bus terminus close to the door, with connections to Connolly and Heuston railway stations. Dublin Airport is reached by bus or taxi from the city center. Drivers can use the Q-Park at the Spire nearby, where the hotel offers discounted parking rates.
In short, the hotel answers a specific brief: a central Dublin meeting or training day for up to 100 people, with bedrooms, food and equipment handled by one team and public transport a few minutes away on foot.
