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MADE FOR MEETINGS LARGE AND SMALL
ASILOMAR IS A PLACE TO RETREAT FROM IT ALL
Serious faces in three-piece suits gather around a boardroom table in a high-rise building to discuss important business of the day. Pressure for more sales. How to build a better mouse trap. At Asilomar Conference Grounds, this same group can unwind with pleasant smiles in the cool breezes of the Pacific Coast ... bond with team building activities in the forest ... and gather around the campfire, instead of the board table, to make the important decisions of the day. Asilomar, the “refuge by the sea,” is a meeting place for inspiration, and innovation.
Harmonizing with its surroundings, Asilomar has played host to thousands of groups since the YWCA’s first campsite meeting in 1913. Situated on the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, Asilomar sprawls on 107pristine acres of natural Monterey pines, graceful shores and meandering dunes. Greeting groups of five to 1,000, the grounds offer 38 private meeting rooms all in walking distance of each other, from the 650-seat Merrill Hall to the intimate 10-seat living rooms found in most guest room lodges. Meetings can begin in the spacious auditorium halls, and then convene to smaller rooms for breakout sessions.
Meeting Space:
Merrill Hall: A vaulted auditorium with seating up to 650. Level hardwood floor, exhibit space, stage with theatrical lighting, Baldwin grand piano.
Chapel Auditorium: 256 seats on a graduated floor, with stage, four connecting rooms and total seating capacity of 450. The room also features a Steinway grand piano.
Viewpoint East: Capacity of 50 theater-style.
East Woods: Mott Training Center, Madrone Room (carpeted). Capacity, 100.
Forest Lodge and Woodside: Evergreen Room and Oak Shelter; carpeted, capacity of 50 each.
Fireside: Kiln and Fred Farr Forum: capacities 100, 138.
North Woods: Heather, Steinway grand piano, capacity 115. Toyon and Acacia,capacity 40 each.
View Crescent: Marlin, Curlew, Dolphin, Sanderling, carpeted; pianos in Marlin and Sanderling. Capacity, 35 each.
Sea Galaxy: Nautilus: Steinway grand piano, capacity, 100. Can be divided into two rooms. Triton, capacity 50.
Surf and Sand Living Room: Steinway grand piano, capacity 35.
With a total of 314 guest rooms, the accommodations at Asilomar are grouped in 28 clusters of lodges throughout the grounds. Meeting attendees enjoy unique tranquility in rooms free of everyday interruptions such as televisions and telephones yet have the onsite convenience of a business center with computer rental, data ports and speaker phones. Especially attractive to the meeting planner, all conference guests are on the American Plan, with breakfast, lunch and dinner included in the room rate. All meals, up to 850 guests, are served family style in the Crocker Dining Complex.
Planning the details from arrival to departure --and every special event in between-- Asilomar’s expert conference coordinators will take the lead. Audio visual presentations, breakfast breakouts, barbecues, evening campfires, dances, hospitality service and one-of-a-kind group outings can all be arranged with originality and precision.
Asilomar is within minutes of Monterey, Carmel, Pebble Beach and surrounded by local attractions including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Fisherman’s Wharf, 17-Mile Drive and world-renowned golf. Located south of San Jose and San Francisco, Asilomar is conveniently served by the Monterey Peninsula, San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland airports.
For a complimentary Asilomar Meeting Planner’s Guide, contact Group Sales at 831-642-4222.
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