Smart Meetings

Only minutes from Mineta San Jose, Santa Clara’s major meeting venue, Santa Clara Convention Center (262,000 sq. ft.; santaclara.org/convention center/) continues its upgrades with a new automatic dividing wall between two exhibit halls  that splits the 50,000-square-foot space into two 25,000 square-foot sections. “This gives us flexibility and creativity in the kinds of events we can handle,” says Steve Van Dorn, president/general manager of the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce & Convention-Visitors Bureau (santaclara.org). Slated to open in summer 2008 is a 24,000-square-foot ballroom at the convention center.

You’ll find many of the major brand convention hotels in Santa Clara, among them the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (“a significant change to our market,” Van Dorn says), the Hilton Santa Clara (280 rms, 6,400 sq. ft.; hiltonsantaclara.com) and the Santa Clara Marriott (744 rms, 23,500 sq. ft.; marriotthotels.com/sjcga). The Biltmore Hotel & Suites (237 rms, 15,000 sq. ft.; hotelbiltmore.com) also provides excellent meeting and event space.

Santa Clara’s lure for kids (of all ages) is Paramount’s Great America (up to 4,000 people; pgathrills.com), a rip-roarin’ theme park that works for events or excursions for families who’ve tagged along for the ride.    Back to Top

Getting There

Mineta San Jose International Airport
www.sjc.org
Located two miles north of downtown San Jose, Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) is a completely self-supporting enterprise, owned and operated by the City of San José.

Door to Door shuttles- Shuttles can either be arranged over the telephone or can be found waiting in one of two areas:
Terminal A - In the Ground Transportation Center located south of the Terminal Garage.
Terminal C - Outside, same side of street, just south of baggage claim.

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