The Classic Hotel Kaarst hosts seminars, training sessions and workshops for up to 60 people in two meeting rooms with daylight, and it can put participants up in its 22 bedrooms. It is a privately run hotel in the center of Kaarst, a town on the western edge of Düsseldorf and Neuss, and it is built for small groups that want a fixed contact person rather than a large conference floor.
Seminars and company events
The hotel describes itself as a meeting hotel on a manageable scale. Groups deal with the same people from the first request to the last coffee break, the rooms have natural light, and participants can stay overnight in the house. The format suits one-day training courses, two-day team workshops, sales meetings and recurring sessions for companies based around the Düsseldorf trade fair, the airport and the business parks of the Lower Rhine. The team also rents its 23-square-meter guest rooms by the day as quiet offices, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., which can be useful for a speaker or a manager who needs to work apart from the group.
Rooms and capacities
There are two meeting rooms. The larger one measures 70 square meters and takes up to 60 people. Both are equipped with a projection screen, a flipchart and Wi-Fi. The official site does not give the size of the second room or seating plans by layout, so organisers should ask for the setup that fits their program, for example theater rows for a presentation or a U-shape for a workshop.
Accommodation
The 22 bedrooms are all non-smoking. Standard rooms have warm colors, cherry wood furniture and a seating corner or desk, as singles, doubles or twins. Comfort rooms are brighter, more spacious and have a modern bathroom. Four theme rooms, named Tokyo, Marrakesch, Beverly Hills and Alpen, give guests on longer stays a change of scenery. Every room has a shower and toilet, a hair dryer, free Wi-Fi, a TV, a desk, a phone, a safe, a minibar and soundproof windows.
Catering
The hotel handles meeting catering itself, from the tea selection at coffee breaks to snacks and a lunch buffet. For dinners, the site lists a range of restaurants within walking distance in central Kaarst, among them a brewery tavern and Italian, Greek, French and German kitchens between 200 meters and 2 kilometers away.
History and setting
Kaarst sits in the triangle formed by Düsseldorf and Neuss, Mönchengladbach and Krefeld. From the hotel, the trade fair grounds, the airport and the old town of Düsseldorf are a short drive away, while the evenings in Kaarst stay quiet. The hotel's own promise is the service of a large hotel in a smaller and more personal house.
Getting there
By car, leave the A52 at the Kaarst-Nord exit, which is about 500 meters away, close to the Kaarster Kreuz interchange with the A57. The hotel is on Friedensstraße, about 100 meters after the turn, with plenty of parking in the side streets. The SB51 airport bus stops at Neusser Straße, 100 meters from the door, and reaches Düsseldorf Airport in about 33 minutes, hourly on weekdays and not on Sundays. The S28 regional train from Kaarst Mitte, about 1.1 kilometers away, runs to Düsseldorf main station in about 26 minutes. Buses 851 and 852 reach Neuss main station in about 21 minutes. The airport is 10.7 kilometers away.
