The Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool hosts conferences, gala dinners, awards evenings, exhibitions and weddings in 14 conference and event suites that take from 4 to 850 delegates. The main banqueting suite seats up to 800 for a conference, and wedding receptions run up to 350 guests. The hotel stands on Ranelagh Place in the center of Liverpool, a three-minute walk from Lime Street Station.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells day packages and 24-hour packages to companies. The day rate covers the main conference room set to your layout, flipchart and pens, water, tea and coffee with a snack, and a three-course conference buffet with coffee. The 24-hour rate adds an overnight stay, a full English breakfast and a three-course dinner. A resident events team plans each event with the organizer, and the hotel says its corporate packages can be adjusted to a budget. Exhibition areas start at 450 square meters.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding receptions take place in a choice of function suites, from small gatherings to parties of up to 350 guests. Packages include room hire, linen, a red carpet on arrival, arrival and toast drinks, a three-course wedding breakfast, a cake stand and knife, an evening buffet, and special overnight rates for wedding guests. The chef adapts menus to cultural and dietary needs, the rooms can be decorated to the couple's plan, and the team can pass on names of recommended suppliers.
Rooms and capacities
The function rooms are laid out over the ground floor and the lower ground floor. The Banqueting Hall is the largest and is used for gala dinners and concerts. The Sefton Suite, the former grand lounge, is set for formal dinners, and the Grand Lounge serves as a drinks reception area. Smaller rooms include the Derby, Empire, Crosby, Pearce, Kensington, Formby, Thornton, Gateacre and Woolton suites and a boardroom. The hotel publishes room layouts on request; ask the events team for the capacity of each room in theater, classroom or banquet style. Conference rooms are accessible, with lift access and an induction loop.
Accommodation
The conference brochure lists more than 400 en-suite bedrooms, including a number of suites, in double, twin, family and single configurations. Every room has Wi-Fi and tea and coffee facilities. Six bedrooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
All catering is in-house. Jenny's Restaurant serves a buffet breakfast and evening meals, the Grand Lounge serves afternoon tea, and the American Bar and the Wave Bar stay open into the evening. Crompton's, the hotel's French restaurant with its own bar, was closed for refurbishment at the time of writing.
History and setting
The first Adelphi opened on this site in 1826, on the former Ranelagh Gardens. It was rebuilt in 1876 and again in 1914, when the present building by the architect Frank Atkinson opened. The Grade II listed Edwardian hotel received passengers of the transatlantic liners sailing from Liverpool, and later guests such as Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Churchill held strategy meetings here, and Cilla Black held her wedding reception at the hotel in 1969. Britannia Hotels has run the Adelphi since 1982.
Getting there
Liverpool Lime Street Station is a three-minute walk away. Liverpool ONE and the Walker Art Gallery are about eight minutes on foot, and the Royal Albert Dock about fifteen. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is the closest airport. A paid car park behind the hotel is open to delegates.
