Hood River Hotel takes corporate meetings, private parties, weddings and receptions for up to 120 seated or 150 standing in its Emerald Room, with 41 guest rooms and a 10-bed bunkhouse that a group can buy out for a weekend. The hotel stands at 102 Oak Street in downtown Hood River, Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge.
Seminars and company events
The Emerald Room serves meetings and company events of up to about 120 people. It has its own entrance from the street, restrooms, a bar, a dance floor and audio equipment, so a team can hold a working session and move to an evening event in the same room. The sales team publishes a meetings guide and a virtual tour. For a retreat, a full buyout on a weekend gives the group the whole property, including the bunkhouse, a private dry sauna and the common areas, under a relaxed noise policy.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel sells wedding packages built around the Emerald Room. The standard package covers one day in the room, a night in the Wedding Suite, furniture and linen set-up and take-down, bar space and a block of up to 15 rooms. The getaway package extends that to two days and two nights, adds the bunkhouse and the dry sauna and allows a block of up to 25 rooms. The full buyout adds private use of the lobby and mezzanine for two nights and opens all 41 accommodations to the wedding party.
Rooms and capacities
The Emerald Room is a renovated ballroom of 2,500 sq ft. It seats up to 120 for dinner and holds 150 for a standing reception, depending on the setup. The lobby and mezzanine can be used privately as part of a full buyout.
Accommodation
There are 41 accommodations, from updated historic rooms with period furniture to suites, plus the Bunkhouse, a 10-bed hostel room for younger guests or a crew. Room blocks start at 8 rooms a night and go up to 25. From May through October, weekend stays require two nights, and in peak season blocks go first to groups holding an event on site.
Catering
Catering is open: hosts can bring the caterer of their choice or ask the hotel for its list of local caterers. All alcohol has to come from the hotel, which can run a hosted, part-hosted or cash bar, and events over 50 guests need two bartenders. Beer and wine can be served at meetings without a food requirement. Broder Øst, the restaurant in the building, and the lobby bar serve guests day to day.
History and setting
The building began as the Annex of the Mt. Hood Hotel, which opened in 1888, the year Hood River was founded. The Annex was added in 1912 and took over the main lobby in 1926, on the day the Mount Hood Loop Highway was dedicated. It kept running after the original building was demolished in the 1930s, then was restored and reopened in 1988 and 1989. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Getting there
Portland International Airport is about an hour west by Interstate 84. Hood River is a base for the Columbia River Gorge and Mount Hood, with windsurfing, hiking trails and orchards close by for a group outing.
