Hotel Oro Verde in Guayaquil hosts conferences, training sessions, corporate dinners, weddings and birthdays for groups from 8 to 600 guests, with 236 rooms and suites upstairs. The hotel stands on Avenida 9 de Octubre at the corner of García Moreno, in the center of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers more than 2,100 m² of event space, often quoted as more than 23,000 square feet, spread over a dozen rooms and lounges. The largest, the Oro Verde room, takes 400 people in theater style and 350 in classroom layout. Mid-sized rooms such as Manta, Galápagos and Cuenca take 120 to 220 people theater style, which suits a sales meeting, a product launch or a training day. Small rooms such as Guanguala, Huancavilca and Valdivia work as boardrooms for 8 to 20. The rooms have up-to-date audiovisual equipment, and the hotel's event coordinators help choose the room and plan the day.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, birthdays and other social events have their own team. The hotel says it can host from 40 to 1,000 guests and also offers spaces and services for outdoor events. Banquet capacities are published per room for three formats: tables only, tables with a dessert table, bar and buffet, and the same with a carving station. Coordinators follow the event from the first meeting to the end of the night.
Rooms and capacities
Oro Verde (754 m²) holds 600 at tables, 400 for a cocktail or theater set and 350 in classroom. Manta (366 m²) takes 300 at tables and 220 theater style. Galápagos (259 m²) takes 220 at tables and 200 theater style. Salinas (245 m²) seats 140 at tables and 100 theater style. Cuenca (235 m²) takes 180 at tables and 120 theater style. Guayaquil (115 m²) and Machala (89 m²) suit groups of 60 to 80. Guayas and Quil, 49 m² each, take 40 seated or 50 standing. Guanguala (25 m², 12 people), Huancavilca (37 m², 20) and Valdivia (21 m², 8) serve as meeting rooms.
Accommodation
The hotel has 236 recently renovated rooms and suites, an outdoor pool and free Wi-Fi, so participants from out of town can stay in the building where the meeting takes place.
Catering
Catering is handled in house. For corporate events the kitchen proposes local options, including seafood specialties, as well as vegetarian menus. Coffee breaks, lunches and banquet menus are set with the event coordinators. The hotel also has restaurants and a bar for guests.
Getting there
The address is Av. 9 de Octubre 414 y García Moreno, Guayaquil, on the city's main avenue. José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport serves Guayaquil. The hotel group also runs a sales office in Quito for clients based in the capital.
