Company meetings, incentive groups, gala dinners and weddings for up to 270 guests can be organized at Grand Coloane Resort, a beach hotel with 208 rooms and suites on Hac Sa Beach, at the south-eastern tip of Coloane in Macau. Twelve indoor event spaces, a glass-walled marquee and a poolside loggia give a choice between conference rooms and open-air settings on the same site.
Seminars and company events
The resort has 12 meeting rooms, named after Portuguese cities. Many have large windows or a terrace facing the South China Sea and Hac Sa Beach, so daylight is the norm rather than the exception. Besides the ballroom, there are six smaller meeting rooms and two private boardrooms for committees and breakout sessions. Every room has high-speed internet, and audiovisual equipment is set up to the brief. A business center is open 24 hours with workstations and office services.
Meeting packages combine room hire, food and beverage and AV, and can be adjusted to the program. Add-ons include yoga, tai chi, spa treatments and healthy menus. The events team also runs team-building formats called Team Challenge, Safari and Survivor, which suit an incentive day between two working sessions.
Weddings and receptions
Three settings are offered for weddings: the Garden Marquee, the ballroom and the Poolside Loggia. Packages can include drinks and cocktail canapés, a western buffet or a Chinese banquet, a beverage package and accommodation. Wedding specialists coordinate decoration, flowers, photography, music and gifts. The same spaces work for anniversary dinners and other private receptions.
Rooms and capacities
The ballroom covers 208 square meters and divides into three function rooms. For a Chinese banquet it takes 12 tables with a stage or 16 tables without, up to 192 guests. Opened onto its foyer, it reaches 22 tables and 264 guests, while a western buffet set in the foyer serves 144 guests at 12 tables.
The Garden Marquee is a permanent glass-walled structure of 300 square meters with crystal chandeliers and a white canopy, used for gala dinners and wedding banquets of up to 240. The Poolside Loggia hosts outdoor receptions with a western buffet for up to 270 guests, and the lawns around the hotel can take smaller outdoor moments. A floor plan is available from the events team.
Accommodation
All 208 rooms and suites have a private balcony, which makes it easy to keep a whole delegation or wedding party under one roof. The Club adds indoor and outdoor pools, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and a fitness studio for free time between sessions.
Catering
Event menus range from Chinese banquets to western meals with international dishes, served as a buffet or at the table. Outside the event program, guests can eat at Café Panorama, with an international menu, or at Kwun Hoi Heen, which serves Cantonese cooking. The Poolside Bar, Porto Bar and Panorama Lounge cover drinks and light bites, and in-room dining runs from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Getting there
The address is Estrada de Hac Sa 1918, Coloane. The Cotai Strip is about 10 minutes away by car, and the hotel states that Hong Kong is about one hour away by ferry. The resort publishes a shuttle bus schedule for its guests.
