The Avra Imperial Hotel can host conferences of up to 1,094 people in theatre style, along with incentive groups, company meetings, weddings and social events. Its conference center has 11 halls, from 80 to 924 square meters, and the hotel offers 328 rooms and suites on site. The resort stands on Kolymvari Bay in western Crete, 23 kilometers west of the city of Chania.
Seminars and company events
The hotel positions its conference center for large congresses, association meetings, product launches and hybrid meetings that combine an audience in the room with remote participants. Because the plenary hall divides and the smaller rooms sit nearby, a single program can run a general session, parallel workshops and committee meetings without moving guests between buildings. The hotel provides IT support, a private network, high-speed fiber internet with wired and wireless access, and facilities for interpreting and secretarial work.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel sells weddings and social events through a dedicated page and team, with the beach of Kolymvari Bay and the resort's pools as a backdrop. Couples and families should ask the events team for the list of ceremony and reception spaces and the capacity of each, as these are not published with the conference figures.
Rooms and capacities
The Maistro hall is the largest space. Combined, Maistro I and II cover 924 square meters and seat 1,094 people theatre style, 650 classroom style or 684 at a banquet. Each half takes 454 people theatre style. Levante and Punente, 189 square meters each, seat 208 theatre style and 108 at a banquet. Sirocco and Liva, 126 square meters each, take 124 theatre style or 28 around a boardroom table. Four rooms of 80 square meters, Tramontana, Greco, Garbis and Ostria, seat 64 theatre style or 22 in boardroom layout and work well as breakout rooms. The halls use touch-screen control, ceiling projectors, electric screens, cameras, a congress microphone system and wireless microphones, with an intercom link between halls.
Accommodation
With 328 rooms and suites, the hotel can house a large delegation under one roof, which simplifies transfers and keeps evening programs on site. Guests have access to the resort's pools and its beach, which gives participants time to rest between sessions in a multi-day program.
Catering
Banquets are served in the conference halls, with up to 684 guests seated in the combined Maistro hall and 300 in Maistro I alone. Smaller banquets of 60 to 108 guests fit in Levante, Punente, Sirocco or Liva. Coffee breaks, gala dinners and themed evenings are set with the hotel's events team.
History and setting
Kolymvari is a coastal village at the base of the Rodopou peninsula, on the western side of the Gulf of Chania. The hotel stands next to the Kolymvari beach and looks out over the bay. The old town of Chania, with its Venetian harbor, is a short drive away and is a common setting for an excursion or a dinner outside the resort.
Getting there
The hotel is 23 kilometers west of Chania. Chania International Airport is the nearest airport, and Heraklion airport is a longer drive to the east. Crete has no passenger rail network, so groups travel by coach or car from the airport, and the events team can advise on transfers.
