Conrad Algarve hosts seminars, meetings, receptions and private events for up to 280 guests in theatre layout, and it has 154 guest rooms under the same roof. The hotel stands in Quinta do Lago, near Almancil, on the Algarve coast of Portugal. Its events team works with organisers on proposals, meeting rooms and room blocks.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meeting space, event space and group stays through a dedicated events team. An organiser can ask for a proposal online, browse the meeting rooms, reserve a block of bedrooms and set up a web page for attendees. The official site lists dedicated event staff and advanced audiovisual equipment.
The main plenary space is the Ballroom, which splits into two halves. Ballroom 1 and Ballroom 2 each cover 149 square meters and take 130 people in theatre layout or 74 in classroom layout. Joined, they cover 300 square meters and take 280 in theatre layout, 150 in classroom layout or 200 at banquet tables. A pre-function area of 181 square meters sits next to the Ballroom and serves for registration and coffee breaks.
Rooms and capacities
Smaller rooms suit workshops, committees and board sessions. Amendoeira (19 square meters) and Laranjeira (18 square meters) each seat 8 around a boardroom table. Figueira (32 square meters) seats 16. The three Nogueira rooms measure 41, 39 and 37 square meters. Each takes 35 people in theatre layout, 14 in classroom or U-shape layout and 16 in boardroom layout. Combined, the Nogueira rooms cover 120 square meters and take 125 in theatre layout, 58 in classroom layout, 43 in U-shape layout or 64 at banquet tables.
A breakout area of 93 square meters and a foyer of 67 square meters complete the meeting floor. The hotel also lists the Figueira, Oliveira, Laranjeira and Amendoeira names among its event spaces.
Accommodation
The hotel has 154 guest rooms. Organisers can reserve a room block and pay later, as the official site states. Delegates sleep on site, which keeps transfers and timings simple for a residential seminar or a multi-day program.
Catering
Food and drink are handled by the hotel. Gusto by Heinz Beck, the hotel's Michelin-star restaurant, has been used for events for about ten years. The Lago Lounge serves a selection of Portuguese wines and champagnes and follows a sharing concept called Art of Sharing, with Vista Alegre chinaware. Live cooking stations bring regional Algarve dishes to the room, and a street food format runs in the underground car park, which Portuguese urban artists have decorated with graffiti. The hotel also runs a festive season program that ends with a New Year's Eve masked ball.
Getting there
Conrad Algarve is in Quinta do Lago, in the municipality of Almancil, in the Algarve. Faro Airport is the nearest airport. Organisers who bring delegates by air usually plan a coach or car transfer from the arrivals hall.
