The Don CeSar can host conferences, incentive groups, board meetings, gala dinners and beach weddings, from a boardroom for 18 to a ballroom listed for 500 guests. Its wedding page cites more than 38,000 square feet of event space, indoors and outdoors, and the resort has 241 rooms and suites. The hotel, known as the Pink Palace, stands on the Gulf of Mexico at 3400 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Seminars and company events
The resort sells meetings with a planning team, catering, shuttle services and group room rates. Three ballrooms face the Gulf. The Grand Ballroom (5,671 square feet) is listed for 500 guests. The Royal Ballroom (7,400 square feet), with high ceilings and daylight, takes 420; the hotel lists its grand opening for January 1, 2026. The King Charles Ballroom (3,450 square feet, 15-foot vaulted ceilings) takes 350.
Del Prado Hall, with floor-to-ceiling windows on the bay side, takes 150 on 2,120 square feet. The Executive Boardroom seats 18, and additional meeting rooms of 323 square feet seat 16 each, which covers breakout sessions and side meetings during a conference.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are sold in-house with a planning team, tastings, florist and decor services, a photographer, shuttles and special room rates for guests. Ceremonies can take place on the beach or in The Courtyard, framed by the pink facade, which takes 25 to 250 guests. For wedding receptions the hotel lists the Royal Ballroom for 420, the Grand Ballroom for 250, the King Charles Ballroom and the North/South Terrace and Veranda for 150 each, Del Prado Hall for 70 and Buena Vista for 40. Rehearsal dinner spaces are also offered.
Rooms and capacities
Outdoor spaces include the Sunset Deck for 250 guests, the Courtyard, and the North and South Terrace and Veranda (5,152 square feet, 150 guests), all with Gulf views. Indoors, the three ballrooms, Del Prado Hall, Del Prado Salon, Buena Vista and the boardrooms complete the list. Capacities on the meetings page are given as one figure per room, without layout detail.
Accommodation
The resort has 241 rooms and suites, all renovated by 2020, across 24 room types from balcony rooms to a bayside penthouse. Beach House Suites with kitchenettes are also offered. Spa Oceana and beach access are on site.
Catering
Catering is handled by the resort's chefs, with custom menus from healthy breakfasts and working lunches to five-course plated dinners and receptions. A banquet menu is published. Society Table is one of the restaurants on site.
History and setting
Thomas Rowe opened the hotel in 1928. In 1942 the US Army bought it and used it as a hospital, then as a convalescent center for airmen returning from World War II tours; it later housed a Veterans Administration office until 1969. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and became a founding member of Historic Hotels of America in 1989. Resilience upgrades and redesigned beach areas were completed in 2024 and 2025.
Getting there
The resort sits on the barrier island of St. Pete Beach, west of St. Petersburg. Tampa International Airport and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport are the closest airports. The hotel offers shuttle services for groups.
