Board meetings, training sessions, workshops, leadership retreats, holiday parties, rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions for up to 75 guests can be held at the Heathman Hotel, a ten-story hotel at 1001 SW Broadway in downtown Portland, Oregon. The event rooms, the kitchen and the guest rooms are all in the same building, in the middle of the city's cultural district.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells its meeting rooms for small and midsize business events: executive strategy sessions, trainings, workshops, multi-day meetings and corporate dinners. It offers an Executive Meeting Package, a preset meeting format with some flexibility built in. Meeting guests get free WiFi in the meeting rooms and guest rooms, lobby coffee every morning from 6 to 9 a.m., access to the fitness center, free bike rentals and use of the hotel library, which holds more than 2,700 books. The hotel publishes a capacity chart and floor plans for its rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The Heathman hosts wedding ceremonies and receptions, rehearsal dinners and full wedding weekends. Catering is in-house, and the hotel holds blocks of rooms for guests and offers hospitality-suite packages for the wedding party. Birthdays, anniversaries, nonprofit events and networking receptions are also on the list of events it hosts.
Rooms and capacities
Broadway is the largest room, at 1,608 square feet for up to 75 guests, with a modular layout for receptions and larger corporate events. Sellwood covers 576 square feet for up to 40. Fremont and Morrison each measure 384 square feet and take up to 30; Fremont has large windows onto Broadway and Morrison has an arched entry and plenty of daylight. Symphony holds up to 25 in 446 square feet, and St. Johns is a 325 square foot boardroom with a wooden table for 14.
Accommodation
Guest rooms range from 230 to 475 square foot kings, queens and doubles, many with large windows over the city, to a 520 square foot one-bedroom suite, a 600 square foot studio suite and a 1,200 square foot penthouse suite. Suite upgrades and early check-in are offered to meeting groups when available.
Catering
All food for meetings and weddings comes from the hotel's own kitchen. The Heathman also runs Bar Sprezzatura and The Conservatory, and serves a seasonal holiday tea.
History and setting
Contractor George Heathman finished his first Portland hotel in 1926 and opened a second one, The New Heathman Hotel, a block away in 1927. That second building is today's hotel: ten stories of concrete and brick with Jacobean Revival details, trimmed stone and dark wood paneling. From the 1930s to the 1950s its mezzanine housed the radio station KOIN. In 1984 the exterior and the eucalyptus-paneled Tea Court Lounge were restored, the entrance moved to Broadway and the hotel dropped the word "New" from its name. All guest rooms and public spaces were renovated again in 2018. Theaters, galleries, museums and parks are within walking distance.
Getting there
The MAX Red Line light rail stops at Pioneer Square North, a few blocks from the hotel, and the drive from Portland International Airport takes just under 25 minutes. Parking is by valet only, with free electric vehicle charging.
