The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa hosts conventions, banquets, executive meetings and weddings in six event spaces, from the Crystal Ballroom with its built-in stage to a boardroom that opens onto the veranda. The hotel stands at 239 Central Avenue in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. Group sizes and layouts for each room are confirmed with the sales team for each event.
Seminars and company events
The Conference Center is the main business space. It divides into three sections around a large foyer, with audio-visual set-ups adapted to each event, and it serves conferences, banquets and large meetings. For a leadership team, the Boardroom has a long conference table, chandeliers and double doors to the veranda. The Tower Suites, with service counters, large windows and removable partitions, suit smaller meetings or a hospitality suite during a convention.
Every meeting includes planning support, tables, chairs, linens and tableware, with upgrades available. Catering covers working lunches, coffee breaks, cocktail receptions and formal dinners. Between sessions, delegates can book the Thermal Bathhouse or the Salon & Spa, which gives a multi-day program a reason to meet in Hot Springs rather than in a standard convention hotel.
Weddings and receptions
The Crystal Ballroom, with chandeliers, mirrored walls, a maple hardwood floor and a stage, is the setting for large weddings, receptions and galas. The Magnolia Room, once the hotel library and smoking room, has high ceilings and tall windows over the veranda and suits a rehearsal dinner or a smaller reception. The Fountain Room, with a tiled fountain, a faux fireplace and columns, works for smaller weddings and banquets. The hotel runs a dedicated weddings and celebrations service.
Rooms and capacities
Six spaces are offered: the Crystal Ballroom, the Conference Center in three sections, the Magnolia Room, the Fountain Room, the Boardroom and the Tower Suites. Capacities and floor areas depend on the layout and are given by the hotel for each request.
Accommodation
Guests stay in the hotel itself, in categories from standard rooms to junior and parlor suites, plus themed suites named after Al Capone and Babe Ruth. Mineral Water Rooms have hot spring water piped directly into the bathtub, a detail that sets the hotel apart for an incentive group.
Catering
The hotel provides full-service catering for its events. The Venetian Dining Room serves classic dishes, and the Lobby Bar offers handcrafted cocktails and live music, which makes an easy meeting point after a conference day.
History and setting
The first Arlington opened in 1875. The present building dates from the 1920s, and the hotel now marks 102 years in its current form. It is a contributing property in a National Register of Historic Places district, and the Magnolia Room has received dignitaries and Hollywood guests over the decades. The thermal water that gave the town its name still feeds the hotel's bathhouse.
Getting there
The hotel sits at the north end of Central Avenue, at the head of Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park. Hot Springs Memorial Field is the local airport, and Clinton National Airport in Little Rock is about an hour's drive away.
