InterContinental London - The O2 to Launch Meetings and Events Product

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. January 22, 2015

January 22, 2015 - The forthcoming new InterContinental® London - The O2, opening Autumn/Winter 2015, will be showcasing its extensive meetings and events offering at International Confex this year, including an impressive 3,000sqm pillar-free ballroom that will rival many of Europe's largest single event spaces.

Located at the core of the hotels' purpose-built conference centre, the 3,100 sqm ballroom with a ceiling height of 7m will accommodate up to 3,000 guests at full capacity and offer pre-function space in excess of 1,500sqm over two floors, attracting large-scale conferences, congresses, exhibitions, banquets and award ceremonies to this vibrant regenerated part of the capital.

Designed with flexible sound-proofed breakdown walls to be used in a number of configurations, the ballroom is supported by an additional 20 multi-functional meeting rooms and dedicated entrance to allow for complete privatisation of bespoke events.

Situated on the Greenwich Peninsula, the 18-storey hotel provides dramatic riverside views of The O2 and Canary Wharf, visible from floor-to-ceiling glass windows within the pre-function area, mezzanine level meeting rooms and many of its 453 luxurious guestrooms.

“We are delighted to be launching our impressive meetings and events proposition at International Confex 2015 which provides a professional platform to make lasting relationships with conference organisers and event planners looking for a welcome new venue option of this size in London”, comments Raj Shah, Commercial Director at the Arora Group, the company responsible for the operation and management of the hotel.

“Greenwich is a destination at the heart of London's most vibrant entertainment centre which has witnessed a huge resurgence since the Olympics, and the appetite for bringing events here remains strong. We are confident that our proximity to London City Airport and Greenwich North tube, and our accessibility to the West End and the City via the river, will attract great brands, key events and growing number of business travellers to this destination, and fully believe it's time that a hotel and meetings and events space of this size, with these facilities, arrived here.”

The luxury 18-storey InterContinental® London - The O2 is currently under construction on London's Greenwich Peninsula and will also feature a luxury spa, two restaurants -comprising a fine dining and all-day dining experience - and an 18th floor Sky Bar boasting an uninterrupted, panoramic view across the water to Canary Wharf and beyond.

Meeting planners and event organisers can meet the InterContinental® London - The O2 events team at International Confex, 18 -19 February, Olympia, London, on stand CC38. InterContinental London - The O2 is managed and operated by The Arora Group under a franchise agreement with the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®).

For more information please contact
Leah Eser or Julia Gosling at Davies Tanner
+44 (0)1892 617909
Leah.eser@daviestanner.co.uk / Julia.gosling@daviestanner.co.uk

Or
Esther Ehrhardt - Commercial Assistant - Arora Group
+44 (0) 20 8757 7771
pr@iclondon-theO2.com

About Arora Group

One of the UK's fastest growing privately-owned hotel companies, Arora has made a name for itself through the design, construction and operation of luxury hotels, with exceptional levels of hospitality. The group is currently operating 2,838 bedrooms and 114 meeting rooms across 7 hotels: Sofitel London Heathrow & Sofitel London Gatwick (under a franchise agreement with Accor), Renaissance London Heathrow (under a franchise agreement with Marriott), Holiday Inn London Heathrow - T5 (under a franchise agreement with IHG), as well as Arora London Heathrow and Arora London Gatwick/Crawley. Additionally the InterContinental London - The O2, currently under construction and due to open in late 2015 will add an additional 453 bedrooms to the portfolio together with a 3,000 square metre pillar free ballroom, one of the largest in Europe. The property arm of the Arora Group - Arora Management Services - is involved in property asset management of a portfolio of landmark office buildings at key UK airports. The development arm, trading as Grove Developments has secured an agreement to design and construct four new budget hotels for Premier Inn at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports. Excel Hospitality is another division created in June 2011, to bring in house all food and beverage services that were once provided by an external company. www.arorainternational.com