
ABOUT THE GAYLORD PALMS
RESORT &
CONVENTION CENTER
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Few other places can summon such an immediate response as the atrium of
Gaylord Palms™ Resort &
Convention Center.
You’ll be awestruck by the resort’s signature glass dome, where the Florida
experience is showcased in all its glory — from the history and old-world
charm of St. Augustine to the colorful and festive island spirit of Key
West, to the mysterious waters and cypress of the Everglades.
Set in the style and
grandeur of a turn-of-the-century Florida mansion,
Gaylord Palms™ Resort &
Convention Center
offers:
Four acres of themed
experiences under glass, including
innovative restaurants, fascinating shops and live entertainment.
A top-notch guest
experience, with all of the services and amenities you’d expect from a
world-class resort hotel and convention center.
State-of-the-art and
expansive convention, meeting, and exhibition space, designed with the
meeting planner in mind.
The most
prestigious spa in Central Florida, a leading-edge fitness and health
facility, and a championship golf course at Falcon's Fire.
Special activities for children including the La Petite Academy® Kids
Station, only 5 minutes away from the main gates of Disney, offering daily
activities.
All while delivering a truly unique and exciting Florida experience unlike
anything that has ever been seen before.
RENTAL CARS
We Have a Hertz Rental Car Agency At the Hotel. You May Also Rent a Car from
the Airport. Airport Transportation We Have 24-HourTransportation Service
from the Airport. Attraction Transportation We Run Shuttles To and from
Disney During Their Hours of Operation.
PRESENTATION SERVICES
is our in-house audiovisual services provider. All of their state-of-the-art
equipment is maintained and operated on-site by full-time dedicated
Presentation Services professionals. Presentation Services’ staging
division, Audio Visual Headquarters (AVHQ), specializes in the planning,
production, and execution of complex presentations and events that require
the use of very high technology.
Orlando Monge
407.586.2251
omonge@ps-av.com
Freeman Decorating is our in-house
decorator and the one source for all your exposition and meeting service
needs. Freeman Decorating specializes in exhibit programs, corporate events,
rental furnishings, floor plan design, drapes/carpet, group registration
areas, staging/screen masking and material handling services.
Universal Convention Photography, Inc.,
the leader in convention and event photography, has been in business for
over 20 years, and takes pride in serving the Gaylord Palms and its guests
with quality services. Their staff is available 24/7 and will personally
work with you from start to finish. They offer the latest in digital
technology, as well as standard film photography.
As the official photographers of Gaylord Palms Resort, their services
include, but are not limited to: complete meeting/convention documentation,
on-site digital printing, booth photography, group photos and multi-media
presentations. Their services are always 100% guaranteed.
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GAYLORD PALMS
RESORT & CONVENTION CENTER
6000
West Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, FL 34746 - 800-359-4827
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COMING TO THE
GAYLORD PALMS RESORT & CONVENTION CENTER?
Do you need a place to stay for business or leisure
while attending an event?
Thanks to our Gaylord
Palms Resort & Convention Center hotel listings, you
can book a room at or near the
Gaylord Palms Convention Center
online immediately. Our listings of hotels, bed and breakfast, and
guesthouse accommodations near the convention center is updated regularly
and will provide you with the most accurate information about our Hotels.
Stay at the Gaylord Palms Resort?
BOOK NOW
HOTELS AT OR NEAR THE CONVENTION
CENTER...............................
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GENERAL INFORMATION HOTELS NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER
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ACCESSIBILITY
Handicapped accessible hotel throughout hotel and convention center.
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
An
integral part of Gaylord Palms Technology Solutions is to provide
the technical services required that address your business needs,
marketing objectives, meeting ROI (return on investment), convention
resources, and operations to make your program an unqualified
success. The
Gaylord Palms™ Resort &
Convention Center
provides you the Network Infrastructure and Telecommunications
capabilities that you expect from a world class data center facility
with the special touch of experienced technical professionals who
will map your business objectives to the desired technology with the
security and piece of mind that you expect when IT all needs to
come together at your general session,
trade show, workshop breakouts, and special events.
Our Network and Telecommunications capabilities range from high
speed Internet connections at lightning T3 speeds to Wireless
Internet Access, anytime, anywhere; providing unprecedented levels
of connectivity.
ROOM TYPE
DESCRIPTIONS
Emerald Bay King
-Emerald Bay - Elevated King Beds/Granite Vanities/Elegant
Decor/Ceiling Fans-
Traditional View King
-Fla. View - Themed Rooms/Double Vanity King Bed-
Emerald Bay Queen
-Emerald Bay - 2 Queen Beds Ceiling Fans/Crown Moldings/Granite
Vanities- Atrium View Dbl Queen -Spacious, View of Interior Atrium2
Queen Beds- Traditional View Dbl Queen -Fla. View - Themed Rooms/
Double Vanity2 Queen Beds-
Atrium View King
-Spacious View of Interior Atrium King Bedded- Roh -Best Available
Room King or Dbl Queen
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Travelodge Maingate
La Quinta Inn & Suites Orlando Maingate
Orlando Days Suites Maingate East
Orlando Days Inn East of Disney World
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Main Gate
Magic Villas
Orlando Maingate Calypso Cay
Park Inn & Suites Orlando Maingate
Marriott's Sabal Palms
Baymont Orlando Kissimmee
Travelodge Maingate East

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CONVENTION CENTER
We offer a convenient
shuttle to WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort , located just five minutes from
Gaylord Palms.
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DIRECTIONS FROM ORLANDO
INT'L AIRPORT
Approx. 25 minutes - 417 South / Exit 3 Osceola Parkway West / Resort on
Left
West
Florida I-4 East (Tampa/St. Petersburg)
I-4 East / Exit 65 Osceola Parkway East / Resort on Right
East
Florida I-4 West (Daytona)
I-4 West / Exit 65 Osceola Parkway East / Resort on Right
I-75
South / Florida Turnpike South / I-4 West / Exit 65 Osceola Parkway East /
Resort on Right
or
I-95 South / I-4 West / Exit 65 Osceola Parkway East / Resort on Right
OTHER HOTELS NEAR THE
CONVENTION CENTER
Buena Vista Suites
Doubletree Suites in WDW Resort
Grosvenor Resort Hotel
Hawthorn Suites
Homewood Suites
Royal Plaza Walt Disney World Resort
Sheraton Hotel Orlando Safari
Sheraton Hotel Orlando Vistana Resort
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CONVENTION CENTER
EXHIBITION CAPACITY
Theatre
21,326 sq. ft.
Banquet 14,770 sq. ft.
Reception 11,928 sq. ft.
Classroom 12,792 sq. ft.
Modular Breakouts 173
8x10 Booths 1,116
10x10 Booths 893
GUIDELINES
Business Center
Pitney Bowes retains exclusive rights to operate retail Business
Center that provides business services to hotel guests, group
attendees and exhibitors.
Communications
The hotel will exclusively provide all connectivity from the
demarcation to the facility for telephone and data requirements. The
hotel will exclusively provide all connectivity for bandwidth
outside of the hotel including Internet, VPN transport, and dial
tone.
Food and
Beverage
The hotel retains the right to purchase, prepare and supply all food
and beverage items.
Rigging Services
The hotel retains exclusive rights to all rigging services and
rigging equipment. All rigging must be installed and supervised by
Aerial Rigging Inc., Contact Aerial Rigging 407.586.2231.
Utilities
The hotel will provide all utility services. The hotel reserves the
right to inspect all exhibitor and production type equipment for
safety and or code compliance.
Security
Security services are provided exclusively through Gaylord Palms
security.
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RECREATION
INFORMATION...................
Canyon
Ranch Spa- Treat Yourself To an Invigorating Massage At Our Full-Service Spa
and Salon, or Workout On State-of-the-Art Equipment At Our 4,000-Square-Foot
Fitness Facility. Falcon's Fire Golf Course Reserve Time At Falcon's Fire
Golf Club, an 18-Hole, 6,900 Yard, Par 72, Rees Jones-Signature Course, and
It's Only 5 Minutes Away La Petite Kids' Academy- Kids Can Stay and Play For
One To Four Hours or Make a Day of It During Your Visit To the Spa or When
you're Out On the Course or Shopping Marine Pool- Take a Trip Down George,
Our Resident Octopus Water Slide, or Slide Down the Slippery Stingray. Grab
a Pail and Bucket At the Sandy Beach Play Area. Pool Bar and Grille- Worship
the Sun, South Florida-Style Enjoy the Art Deco Styling, Reminiscent of
Miami's South Beach. Grab a Bite To Eat from Servers in Inline Skates. If It
Gets Too Toasty, Ask a Pool Attendant For a Cool Spritz... Or Retreat To a
Cabana For a Rejuvenating Massage.
HOTEL
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
2003-2004 AAA Four-Diamond Award Winner 2003 Orlando Sentinel Top 25
Companies For Working Families 2003 Florida Monthly Best Florida Resort *2nd
Year * 2003 Florida Monthly Best Brunch 2003 Florida Monthly Best Seafood
Restaurant 2003 Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award Winner 2003 M and C Gold
Key Award Winner 2003 M and C Gold Platter Award Winner
HOTEL
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
20,000
square foot World class spa offering the most current treatments and
massages available. Falcon's Fire Golf, 36 holes of championship golf just
minutes from the hotel: cabanas with massages; South Beach Pool; Mallory
Square Sunset Celebration; Live entertainment nightly, Fitness Center with
cardio theater; multiple retail shops with the latest fashions and unique
gifts from different areas of the state.
FACTS ABOUT GAYLORD PALMS
RESORT & CONVENTION CENTER
At 400,000 sq. ft. of function space, more space to guestrooms than any
hotel in the world, rest assured that as you grow, so can we. Also, should
additional space be necessary, know that we have it. |
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GAYLORD PALMS CONVENTION
CENTER
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DISCOVERY COVE -
SeaWorld Orlando 7007 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando
DISNEY MGM STUDIOS
WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT
Lake Buena Vista
DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista
EPCOT
Walt Disney
World Resort
Lake Buena Vista
ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE
Universal Orlando
1000 Universal Studios Plaza Orlando
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
VISITOR COMPLEX
State Road
405 Kennedy Space Center Titusville
MAGIC KINGDOM
Walt Disney
World Resort Lake Buena Vista
SEAWORLD
7007 Sea Harbor Drive Orlando
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
1000 Universal
Studios Plaza, Orlando
SUNSET SAM'S FISH CAMP
The Towering Mast
of the60-Foot Sailboat Gaylord is the Landmark For This Harbor of Hip,
Sunset Sam's.
A Tropical Oasis of Island Excitement, the Menu Features a Creative Fusion
of Floridian and Caribbean Favorites, Including the Freshest Seafood
Prepared To Your Specifications.
OLD HICKORY STEAKHOUSE
Take the Path
Through the Mysterious Everglades To Our Rustic Steakhouse Retreat. At Old
Hickory, you'll find a serious menu in the tradition of the best
world-renown steakhouses.
VILLA DE FLORA
We Welcome
you into the Magnificent Kitchens of the Villa De Flora. This European
Market Is Set in a Grand Dining Room of an Old-World Mansion. Chefs
Stationed At Six Kitchens Invite you To Sample Their Culinary Creations.
OTHER DINING OPTIONS
Auggie's Jammin' Piano
Bar, Ben and Jerry*S Ice Cream Shoppe, Planet Java and Pool Bar and Grille
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