Hockley Valley Resort hosts corporate meetings, team retreats and weddings for up to 350 guests, with two ballrooms, a restaurant that takes private events, several outdoor ceremony sites and guest rooms on site. The resort is in Mono, Ontario, in the Hockley Valley about 45 minutes north of Toronto, and has its own golf course, ski hill and full-service spa.
Seminars and company events
The resort offers purpose-built meeting and breakout rooms, including boardrooms with natural light, with catering from the resort kitchen and planning by its own team. A corporate menu and a floor plan of the meeting spaces are available from the resort on request. The largest room, the Montclair Ballroom, takes up to 350 guests and can be divided for groups of up to 150, which suits a plenary session followed by breakouts. Programs can combine work sessions with the outdoors, depending on the season: golf on the championship course, skiing, hiking, mountain biking and yoga, or time at the spa. Groups stay, meet and eat in the same place, which keeps a two-day retreat simple to run.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the resort's activity, and a dedicated team handles the planning. From May to October, ceremonies can be held outdoors in three places. The Montclair Patio seats up to 176 and looks over the gardens, the outdoor pool and the fountains, and the resort lists it as available rain or shine. The Organic Garden Tent seats 150 in a two-acre organic fruit and vegetable garden, with views over the pond, the golf course and the valley. The Restaurant 85 Patio seats 150 facing the ski hill, the pool and a fountain, and can turn into a reception or lounge area after the ceremony. In winter, indoor ceremonies for up to 350 move to the Montclair or Aida ballrooms.
Rooms and capacities
The Montclair Ballroom has chandeliers, 17-foot ceilings and its own foyer for cocktail receptions. The Aida Ballroom takes up to 140 guests and has natural light and French doors to a private patio. Restaurant 85 seats up to 150, with a covered patio behind glass Nanawall doors that open the room to the outside.
Accommodation
Guests stay on site in eight room types. They range from studios and resort rooms with valley-view balconies to bi-level Regal and Vice Regal suites with a Jacuzzi tub and a wood-burning fireplace, executive suites with a gas fireplace, and Deluxe Resort rooms that sleep up to six. Two studios are accessible.
Catering
Food comes from the resort kitchen, which serves Restaurant 85 and Babbo and prepares the menus for meetings and weddings with the events team.
Getting there
The resort is at 793522 3rd Line EHS, Mono, about 45 minutes' drive north of Toronto, in the countryside near Orangeville. Toronto Pearson is the nearest major airport.
