The Artesian Hotel, Casino & Spa hosts corporate meetings, retreats, family reunions and weddings for up to 200 guests. Its ballroom, three conference rooms and executive boardroom sit inside the hotel in Sulphur, in southern Oklahoma, so a group can meet, eat and sleep in the same building.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells corporate meetings and retreats with a group sales team that handles room blocks, meeting rooms and meals. A typical plan puts a general session in the ballroom, breakouts in the three conference rooms, and a smaller leadership meeting in the executive boardroom. The lobbies on the upper floors can serve as hospitality suites or party areas between sessions. For larger programs, the Chickasaw Retreat & Conference Center, a few miles down the road, is presented by the hotel as a companion venue.
Evenings can stay on site, with the casino and its table and electronic games, the restaurant and the spa all in the same building.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel markets itself as a wedding venue for parties of 20 to 200. The sales team holds blocks of guest rooms so the couple, the bridal party and their guests can stay together and get ready on site, and suites are available for the wedding night. Spa packages are offered for the wedding party.
Rooms and capacities
The ballroom on the main floor covers 3,264 square feet and takes up to 200 guests. Each of the three upper floors has its own conference room of 1,100 square feet for up to 75 guests. The executive boardroom measures 450 square feet and suits board meetings and small working sessions. Together the listed rooms add up to about 7,000 square feet of meeting space, not counting the upper-floor lobbies.
Accommodation
Guest rooms and suites are on site, and the hotel holds room blocks for meetings and weddings. Guests also have access to the Sole'renity Spa.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The culinary team builds menus for each group, from working lunches during a meeting to a seated wedding dinner or a reception in the ballroom.
History and setting
Sulphur grew around its mineral springs, and the first Artesian Hotel was built there as a resort for visitors who came to take the waters. The present hotel was rebuilt and reimagined on that history as the Artesian Hotel, Casino and Spa. It is linked to the Chickasaw Nation, whose sales team handles group requests.
Getting there
The hotel is in downtown Sulphur, in southern Oklahoma. Most groups arrive by road. Organisers flying in usually land in Oklahoma City or the Dallas area and continue by car or coach, so it is worth planning a transfer for out-of-state guests.
