The Comet Hotel in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, offers three meeting rooms for groups of up to 50 people and 65 bedrooms on the same site. It suits board meetings, training days, presentations and small conferences, with free parking for delegates. The hotel has been refitted in an Art Deco style and combines the original Comet building with a newer wing. It stands on St Albans Road West, and markets itself as London Hatfield.
Seminars and company events
The hotel's meeting rooms are built around practical use. Each one has power and data in the centre of the boardroom table, linked to a large television screen, so that presentations can be shared without cables across the room. The rooms receive natural daylight, which helps over a full day of work. On-site parking is free for all delegates, a real advantage for teams arriving by car. Rooms can be checked and booked online, or through the hotel's events contact.
Because the bedrooms are on the same site, a meeting can become a residential day, with delegates staying the night before or after.
Rooms and capacities
The Botanical Room is the largest, at 85 square meters on the ground floor and bathed in natural light. It takes 24 people boardroom style, 20 in a U-shape, 24 in a hollow square, 48 cabaret style and 50 theatre style.
The Grosvenor measures 37 square meters, also on the ground floor, and seats up to 20 in a boardroom layout.
The Havilland covers 31 square meters on the first floor at the front of the building and seats up to 16 in a boardroom layout. It suits a smaller board or a negotiation.
Accommodation
The hotel has 65 guest rooms. The new wing holds 52 deluxe rooms. The original Comet building holds 7 deluxe rooms, 4 executive rooms and 2 suites. Every room has a king-size bed and is decorated in an Art Deco style.
Deluxe rooms have an easy chair with desk, a seating area and a walk-in shower. Executive rooms add a bath and shower and a Nespresso coffee machine. Suites have a separate sitting area, a Nespresso machine and a complimentary minibar. Accessible rooms follow the deluxe layout with wider doors, a wet room with step-free shower and emergency alarms.
Catering
The hotel's website lists dining and private dining alongside the meeting rooms. Ask the team for the current formats for working lunches, coffee breaks and dinners for your group.
History and setting
The Comet Hotel presents itself as an important building in Hatfield. Its owners completed a multi-million pound refit, keeping period features of the original building and adding a new wing of bedrooms. The result is an Art Deco interior in a town north of London.
The hotel also hosts Celebration of Life gatherings, held in a quiet setting for families who want to remember a loved one.
Getting there
The hotel is at St Albans Road West, Hatfield, AL10 9RH. Delegates who drive can park on site at no charge. Contact the hotel on +44 (0)1707 932 700 for directions and for train connections to Hatfield.
