Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, offers 22 event rooms across 20,000 square feet indoors and 36,000 square feet outdoors. Its largest room, the Colonnade Ballroom, takes up to 316 guests for a reception and 288 theater style. The resort sits in the Allegheny Mountains on 2,200 acres.
Seminars and company events
The resort runs conferences, presentations and annual meetings with a dedicated team that configures rooms to your plan. Audiovisual support includes technicians and operators, sound and lighting packages, wired and wireless microphones, screens and projectors, LED monitors, hybrid conferencing systems and laser projectors. Rigging is available. Breakfast, coffee and afternoon breaks, lunch, dinner and receptions are all offered. An online tool for your attendees reserves their rooms, and rooming list reports show who has booked.
Between sessions, groups can use the pools, try archery, play the restored 18-hole golf course or hold team-building evenings around a fire pit. Golf outings are a listed program.
Weddings and receptions
Couples choose from nine wedding venues for up to 220 guests. The Colonnade Ballroom seats up to 220 for a wedding. Constitution Hall, with skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows, takes 128 seated for a ceremony. The Eisenhower Ballroom holds 169 for a ceremony and 112 for a dinner reception. The Wedding Grotto, beside a spring-fed waterfall, and the Spa Lawn (4,600 sq ft) each hold 220 for a ceremony. The Mill is a restored building with 4,014 sq ft indoors, 100 seated for dinner and 128 for a ceremony, plus a 6,500 sq ft lawn. The Veranda suits cocktail hours for 200 guests standing.
Rooms and capacities
Colonnade Ballroom, 4,802 sq ft: 288 theater, 156 classroom, 300 banquet, 316 reception. Eisenhower Ballroom, 2,550 sq ft: 168 theater, 160 banquet, 169 reception. Constitution Hall, 1,701 sq ft: 128 theater, 184 reception. First Ladies' Lounge, 940 sq ft: 95 reception. Buchanan and Anderson rooms, 720 sq ft each: 55 theater, 40 banquet. Army and Navy rooms, 441 sq ft each: 24 theater, 30 banquet. Floor plans and a specification chart are available as PDFs on the resort site.
Accommodation
Guest rooms and suites carry Pennsylvania heritage themes with modern amenities and large balconies. Categories include Resort View rooms in the historic wing, Premier Luxury Spa rooms, Deluxe rooms and suites. The official pages read for this profile do not state the number of bedrooms.
Catering
Six indoor and outdoor dining venues serve local produce and signature drinks. Group catering covers the full day, from breakfast to evening receptions. The resort also hosts wine and spirit dinners.
History and setting
The resort calls itself home to several firsts, among them the first indoor swimming pool and one of the first golf courses in the country. Its spa treatments draw on the springs first used by Native Americans, and the Iron Spring became popular in the 1800s as a supposed health cure. The Old Course is named the number one golf resort course in Pennsylvania by Golfweek. The 30,000 sq ft Springs Eternal Spa includes the Bedford Baths.
Getting there
The resort lies in Bedford, in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, with downtown Bedford on its doorstep and historic tours within walking distance. The official pages read do not list rail or airport access, so plan group transfers with the sales team.
