The Arora Ballroom is a pillar-free event space on the Greenwich Peninsula that can host up to 3,000 guests for conferences, gala dinners, receptions, exhibitions, weddings and banquets. It is part of the InterContinental London - The O2 complex at One Waterview Drive, and the hotel presents it as the largest pillar-free ballroom in the UK.
Seminars and company events
The ballroom covers 3,013 sqm and can be divided into 14 separate spaces, which lets an organiser run a plenary, breakouts and a dinner in the same footprint. The ceiling reaches 7.2 meters and has rigging points. Lighting can be themed in customizable colors.
The venue lists keynote speaker and live panel formats among its uses. An in-house audio-visual team supports technical needs, and the meetings and events team handles set-up, running and pack-down. Two heavy-duty goods lifts, each rated at five tonnes, serve load-in for exhibitions and large stage builds.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and banquets are listed among the uses of the ballroom. The space is described as a blank canvas, with pre-function areas on the ground floor and on the first floor in the Arora foyer that can host welcome receptions and breakout areas.
Rooms and capacities
The Arora Ballroom is the main space, at up to 3,000 guests across 3,013 sqm. Its division into 14 spaces gives smaller room sizes, but the official page does not list capacities for each configuration. A capacity chart and a virtual floor plan are available from the venue on request.
The foyer entrance is separate from the hotel lobby, which allows an event to run with its own arrival point, away from hotel guests.
Accommodation
The ballroom belongs to a five-star hotel overlooking the River Thames. The official page does not state the number of bedrooms, so ask the hotel for the allocation available to your group.
Catering
The hotel operates festive dining and banquet service. The ballroom page does not describe menus or catering formats, so confirm with the events team whether catering is in-house for your event type.
History and setting
The ballroom is operated by the hotel, which is run under a franchise agreement with IHG by Meridian Hotel Operations Ltd, part of the Arora Group. It sits on the Greenwich Peninsula, beside The O2 arena.
Getting there
The address is One Waterview Drive, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0TW. North Greenwich underground station, on the Jubilee line, serves the peninsula. Enquiries go through the enquiry button on the official page or by email to the hotel.
