Conferences for up to 250 people in cinema layout, banquets for 310, and up to 440 at dinner when two halls are combined, can be organized at Elite Stora Hotellet, a hotel opened in January 1860 on Hotellplan, beside Lake Vättern in the center of Jönköping, Sweden. Fourteen meeting and banquet rooms, from a boardroom for eight to the mirror hall, and 167 bedrooms make it one of the larger conference hotels in the region.
Seminars and company events
Meetings are the core business. Spegelsalen, the mirror hall, takes 250 in cinema layout and 150 in classroom layout, which covers a plenary session or a kickoff. Arkitektsalen, Bröderna Lundström and Röda Salongen each take more than 100 in cinema layout and suit a second plenary or large breakouts. Nine smaller rooms, most with daylight or skylights, handle workshops and group work for 8 to 86 people. Small meetings can be booked online, and the hotel publishes a conference package and a food and drink package.
Weddings and receptions
Spegelsalen is also the wedding and party hall, with room for 310 seated at a banquet. Combined with Röda Salongen, the hotel states a banquet capacity of 440. The team plans wedding celebrations to order, and bedrooms on site make it easy to house guests.
Rooms and capacities
Spegelsalen, 265 square meters: cinema 250, classroom 150, U-shape 130, banquet 310, islands 150. Röda Salongen, 100 square meters: cinema 110, classroom 50, banquet 120. Arkitektsalen, 108 square meters: cinema 130, classroom 80. Bröderna Lundström, 101 square meters: cinema 110, classroom 60. Ole Bull, 90 square meters: cinema 86, classroom 46. Birger Oppman, Johan Lundström and the Lounge take 60 to 70 in cinema layout. Theodor Blanch, Helgo Zettervall and Carl Lundström take 40 to 54. Jenny Lind, Viktor Rydberg and Per Brahe are boardrooms for 8 to 10.
Accommodation
The hotel has 167 bedrooms, all non-smoking. A two-day conference with an evening dinner can keep every delegate under one roof.
Catering
Food is served in Spegelsalen or at Trottoir, the brasserie next to the hotel, which also serves breakfast and has glimpses of the lake. The menus change four times a year. The Bishops Arms, a British-style pub around the corner, suits informal drinks after a session.
History and setting
The hotel was built in the late 1850s and opened in January 1860, which places it among the oldest hotels in Sweden outside Stockholm. Spegelsalen dates from 1863. Several meeting rooms carry the names of people tied to the city, such as the Lundström brothers, founders of the Jönköping match industry.
Getting there
The address is Hotellplan 3, in the center of Jönköping beside Lake Vättern. Jönköping Central Station is a short walk away, and Jönköping Airport is a short drive from the center.
