Seminars and company events
The Midtown Hotel hosts board meetings, workshops, training days and receptions for up to 100 guests in five meeting rooms, in the center of Cologne, Germany. The 40-room boutique hotel stands at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 48 and belongs to The New Yorker Group, which runs other hotels and venues in the city.
Each room has its own interior, which helps a team leave the routine of the office for a day. Downtown mixes raw concrete and pink walls, the Jungle Suite has camouflage wallpaper, oak parquet and light wells, the Oval Office is built around an oval designer table, and Uptown has floor-to-ceiling windows. Green velvet chairs, a houndstooth carpet, dimmable lighting and velvet curtains run through the meeting floor. High-speed Wi-Fi and modern meeting technology are provided throughout.
Three meeting packages simplify planning. 5th Avenue is a full day for ten or more people with a morning break and a three-course lunch. City Lights is a full day for ten or more with an afternoon snack of soup, salad and focaccia and a candy bar with mini muffins. Queens is a four-hour half day for 5 to 15 people with a lunchtime snack. Soft drinks, coffee and tea run all day in each package, and packages can be combined into a tailored one.
Rooms and capacities
Uptown is the largest room at 93 m², taking 100 guests for a standing reception or 32 at a long banquet table. Downtown measures 83 m² and seats 40 in theatre rows, 30 at parliamentary tables, 24 around a boardroom table and 20 in a U-shape or a circle of chairs, with 60 for a reception; it has air conditioning and a built-in whiteboard. The Jungle Suite measures 57 m² and seats 25 in theatre rows, 20 at parliamentary tables, 18 in a circle and 16 in a U-shape, with 60 for a reception. The Oval Office measures 32 m² and seats 10 around its table, with 20 standing, and has a large flat screen and a whiteboard. Headquarter, at 13 m², is a boardroom for eight with a flat screen.
Accommodation
The hotel has 40 rooms in four categories, Small, Medium, Large and Junior Suite, with the junior suites close to 40 m². Furniture is custom-designed, the color scheme is bold, and guests can check in and out digitally. For a two-day seminar, participants can sleep in the same building as the meeting rooms.
Catering
Food and drinks for meetings come through the packages described above, from the three-course lunch of 5th Avenue to the soup, salad and focaccia snacks of City Lights and Queens. A Brain- und Soulfood option can be added to the full-day package. The site does not describe a public restaurant, so catering beyond the packages is arranged with the team.
Getting there
The hotel is on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring, part of the ring boulevard that circles Cologne's old town, in the Innenstadt district. Its central position puts restaurants, bars and the city's main sights within reach for an evening program after the meeting.
