The Royal National Hotel offers a pillar-free hall for up to 700 guests and four meeting rooms for 30 to 120 delegates, in Bloomsbury, central London. It belongs to the Imperial London Hotels group, which runs seven hotels in the area.
Seminars and company events
The hotel's event rooms are in the Garden Suite. Four meeting rooms handle conferences and training. Gordon and Russell each take up to 60 delegates, and a movable wall between them opens to form a single space for up to 120, about 90 square metres. Cartwright takes up to 30 delegates, and its tables can be reconfigured into smaller sections. Brunswick takes up to 30 and has natural daylight.
Russell and Brunswick carry a 98-inch touchscreen and built-in video conferencing, which suits hybrid meetings with remote participants. The Galleon Suite is the large option for conferences, exhibitions and gala dinners.
Brunswick is a two-minute walk from Russell Square underground station, and the Russell and Cartwright rooms are also a short walk from it.
Weddings and receptions
The Galleon Suite has been used by event planners for weddings as well as gala dinners. It measures 719 square metres, is pillar-free and has six chandeliers. The hotel's website does not list weddings as an offering for the smaller rooms, so ask what is possible beyond the Galleon Suite.
Rooms and capacities
The Galleon Suite takes up to 700 guests. Gordon and Russell take 60 each, or 120 combined. Cartwright and Brunswick take 30 each. The site does not break these figures down by layout, so give your format in the request, whether theatre, classroom, banquet or reception.
Accommodation
The hotel is a large London property. The events page does not give the bedroom count for the Royal National in particular; the group quotes more than 3,000 bedrooms across its hotels. Ask for the number available for your dates and any group rate.
Catering
The events page links to a bar and restaurant section but gives no catering detail. Ask what the hotel offers for coffee breaks, working lunches, gala dinners and drinks receptions when you send your request.
History and setting
The hotel stands in Bloomsbury, an area of squares, universities and museums close to the British Museum. The site gives no building history.
Getting there
Russell Square underground station is the nearest, and Brunswick is a two-minute walk from it. King's Cross, Euston and St Pancras stations are each about ten minutes away on foot, which suits delegates arriving by long-distance or international train. The postal address is not stated in the pages read.
