Marriott International announced the launch of its European Convention Network (ECN); a collection of 14 convention hotels with one dedicated contact person. The ECN aims to provide a streamlined service for all meeting planners organizing regular annual or bi-annual meetings and events in Europe.
Each of the 14 venues are located in key gateway cities and belong to a number of Marriott brands including JW Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels, AC Hotels by Marriott and the Autograph Collection. Each venue has capacity for at least 150 delegates with the largest hotel, Marriott Rome Park, offering a capacity of 2,800.
All hotels selected have at least 350 rooms and over 25,000 square feet of meeting space.
“Our customers have told us they want to save time when planning large annual or bi-annual events in different cities by having one account manager that works with them regularly and understands their business,” Pauline Bronkhorst, head of the European Convention Network, said. “They do not want to contact individual hotels and explain working practices but have one point of contact that values their business and knows who they are."
The ECN is modeled on the Marriott Convention and Resort Network in the U.S. Following each event, the ECN will conduct a critical review that summarizes key learnings, aiming to enhance the process for the next event and acting as a conduit between meeting planners, event managers and hotel general managers.
The Marriott European Convention Network includes:
- Boulevard Hotel Baku, Autograph Collection Hotels (Azerbaijan).
- AC Hotel Bella Sky Copenhagen (Denmark).
- Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Centre (France).
- Berlin Marriott Hotel (Germany).
- Frankfurt Marriott Hotel (Germany).
- Budapest Marriott Hotel (Hungary).
- Rome Marriott Park Hotel (Italy).
- Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel (London, UK).
- Warsaw Marriott Hotel (Poland).
- Lisbon Marriott Hotel (Portugal).
- JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel (Romania).
- Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre Hotel (Russia).
- AC Hotels Barcelona Forum (Spain).
- Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel and Conference Centre (Spain).
Planners can visit Marriott’s European Convention Network website for more details.
