San Ignacio Resort Hotel hosts conferences, banquets, incentive groups and weddings for up to 500 guests standing or 350 seated in Bedran Hall, with a second meeting room, a pool area and 27 rooms and suites on site. The hotel stands on a hillside above the town of San Ignacio, in western Belize, with rainforest at its edge.
Seminars and company events
The resort offers more than 5,500 square feet of event space that can be set up for conferences, seminars, meetings or networking receptions. Bedran Hall takes the plenary, the Caracol Room suits a smaller meeting or a breakout session, and the pool area works as an outdoor space for a networking drink. A formal dining room is available for group meals, and the resort has a team dedicated to group and incentive travel. Technical equipment is provided, and the Caracol Room comes with a podium, a PA system and high-speed internet.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the offer. A wedding planner and the on-site catering team handle the menu, table settings and decoration, flowers, the cake, photography and video, music, hair and treatments, room allocation for the wedding party and the honeymoon. The team also helps find an officiant and deal with the legal arrangements. Ceremonies and receptions can take place in Bedran Hall, the Caracol Room, the pool area, the private garden, the Running W Restaurant or on the tennis court, and couples can also hold an outdoor ceremony at an ancient Maya temple with views over archaeological sites. For weddings, the resort quotes 250 guests in Bedran Hall, 75 in the Caracol Room and 55 around the pool.
Rooms and capacities
Bedran Hall measures 87 by 46 feet with a 13-foot ceiling. It seats 350 for a banquet or takes 500 for a reception, and has air conditioning, a wooden dance floor, a bar area, its own restrooms and a private terrace facing the jungle. The Caracol Room measures 57 by 23 feet with a 9-foot ceiling and takes 150 for a reception or 95 for a banquet. Its windows look out over the forest.
Accommodation
The resort has 27 rooms and suites with views over the hillside, the gardens or the rainforest. Suite categories include Royal, Master, Honeymoon, River View and Jungle View suites, and room categories include Regal, Garden, Garden with Plunge Pool and Deluxe. A medium-sized incentive group or a full wedding party can stay on site.
Catering
Food comes from the resort's own kitchen. The Running W Restaurant and the Lobby Bar serve hotel guests, and the event team arranges catering for meetings, banquets and weddings.
History and setting
The hotel opened in 1976, and its website traces the family behind it in a dedicated timeline. It sits at 18 Buena Vista Street, at the edge of San Ignacio, the main town of the Cayo District. The surrounding area has Maya sites, rivers and caves, which gives incentive groups plenty of options for excursions between working sessions.
Getting there
International flights land at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport near Belize City. From there the drive west to San Ignacio takes about two hours. The border with Guatemala is a short drive further west, which makes combined itineraries possible.
