The Bushmills Inn can host seminars, board meetings, presentations and private dinners for groups of up to 50 delegates. It stands at 9 Dunluce Road in Bushmills, County Antrim, on the Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland, and offers both residential and non-residential packages.
Seminars and company events
The inn has four rooms that suit business use. The Macnaghten Suite is the largest and is set up for up to 50 delegates. The Pine Room takes up to 40. The Still Room Cinema can be hired privately as a lecture theater or movie theater for up to 30 people. The Secret Library, behind a hidden door, seats up to 10 around a boardroom table and suits small, confidential meetings.
Audio-visual aids, data projectors, screens and microphones are available on request, and free Wi-Fi covers the whole building. The team tailors each event to the brief and gives support throughout. Private dining in the Secret Library is also possible.
Rooms and capacities
The Macnaghten Suite measures 6.8 m by 10.6 m. It has a built-in 62-inch display screen, DVD and Blu-ray playback, integrated surround sound, a microphone, floor power boxes, flipcharts, air conditioning, daylight and delegate stationery. It is the inn's most recent seminar room, created from former guest accommodation.
The Pine Room measures 7.8 m by 7.0 m and belongs to the Mill House extension. It has a built-in projector with VGA connection, a 116-inch drop-down screen, floor power boxes, flipcharts, air conditioning and daylight.
The Secret Library measures 4.4 m by 5.5 m, with Wi-Fi, a floor power box, flipcharts and daylight. The Still Room Cinema has a 116-inch screen, VGA connection, Blu-ray playback and integrated surround sound, which suits presentations and product launches.
Accommodation
The inn has 41 rooms and suites, each designed individually with traditional furnishings. Delegates can stay on site on a residential package, which keeps a seminar and its overnight stay under one roof.
Catering
The conference page describes a sample package: coffee on arrival, fruit and coffee or tea in the meeting room, refreshments at one break, lunch, an aperitif, a three-course dinner and accommodation with breakfast. The inn also runs an award-winning restaurant, the Gas Bar for whiskey and a patio for dining outside.
On Thursday evenings the hotel shows films in its cinema with a two-course supper. The same cinema can be booked for an exclusive event, which gives a group an unusual after-session option.
History and setting
The building began as a coaching inn in the 1600s and keeps inglenook turf fires and hayloft snugs. It stands in the village that is home to the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery, between the Giant's Causeway and Royal Portrush Golf Club. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and Dunluce Castle are nearby, and the inn lists golf courses among its activities.
Getting there
Belfast City and Belfast International airports are about one hour away by road. City of Derry Airport is about 45 minutes away.
