Seminars and company events
Georgios Banquets hosts conferences, meetings, corporate holiday parties and banquets in Orland Park, a suburb southwest of Chicago, with a hotel in the same building for out-of-town attendees. The family-run, woman-owned business is joined to the Quality Inn & Suites Conference Centre and gives 1986 as its year of establishment.
For meetings, rooms can be set in a U-shape for discussion or theater style for presentations, with open space for breakout sessions and team workshops. The venue lists high-speed Wi-Fi, integrated audiovisual systems for presentations, live streams and video calls, sound systems and high-definition projectors, with technicians to help at setup. Coffee is served in the meeting suite. An event manager stays on site through each event, and the staff speak English and Greek. Vendors and exhibitors have easy load-in access.
Weddings and receptions
Couples can hold the ceremony on site, outdoors or in one of three indoor rooms, then move to the reception without changing address. Wedding packages include a four-hour open bar, a five-course dinner with a wine or champagne toast, a wedding cake, silver chiavari chairs, centerpieces and linens in a choice of colors, and a complimentary whirlpool suite for the couple. The venue also hosts luncheons, showers, anniversaries, galas, sweet sixteens and quinceañeras.
Rooms and capacities
The venue names six banquet rooms: the Grand Ballroom, the Starview Room, the Ravinia Room, the Sunset Room, the Clarion Room and the combined Sunset and Ravinia Room. It does not publish a capacity for each room. Events carry a minimum of 75 adults in the afternoon and 100 adults in the evening, which gives an idea of the scale the rooms are set up for. The free parking lot has more than 800 spaces.
Accommodation
The attached Quality Inn & Suites, part of Choice Hotels, is open seven days a week. Attendees can go from sessions to their rooms without leaving the building, and speakers or VIP guests can rest between events. The hotel sets aside room blocks for groups and wedding parties at discounted rates, with no minimum pickup required.
Catering
All food is prepared by the in-house culinary team, and outside catering and outside alcohol are not allowed. Menus run from breakfast buffets and boxed lunches to formal multi-course dinners, and they can be adapted to dietary needs. Wedding menus are built around the five-course dinner.
Getting there
The venue is at 8800 West 159th Street in Orland Park, close to Tinley Park, Palos Hills and Oak Forest. Chicago Midway Airport is 22 miles away and O'Hare 34 miles. The nearest Metra commuter rail station is 2.9 miles away. The venue does not run a shuttle but can recommend transport providers. Appointments to visit are available every day.
