Orange County Convention Centre
The Orange County Convention Centre offers a huge amount of space, along with flexible options for its event hosts. This makes it perfect for all shows, no matter how big or small
Orlando, Florida may be best known for Walt Disney World and a host of other tourist attractions, but it is also a hugely important destination for business travellers. Many of them will head to the Orange County Convention Centre, which serves as the heart of the area’s tourism district and has been attracting world-class businesses for a number of years.
Last year, the venue accommodated more than 230 events, attracting approximately 1.4 million attendees and contributing $2.4bn to the local economy
Space for everyone
As the second-largest conference centre in the US, the Orange County Convention Centre provides a wide range of options for event organisers. Across its two buildings, the centre offers 650,000sq m of space, of which 200,000sq m is available for exhibits.
Last year, the venue accommodated more than 230 events, attracting approximately 1.4 million attendees and contributing $2.4bn to the local economy. The venue itself, with its variety of services and amenities, played a significant role in attracting businesses and visitors to these events.
The Orange County Convention Centre boasts 74 meeting rooms, 232 breakout rooms and 6,227 parking spaces.
It offers high-speed Wi-Fi, two FedEx business centres and more than 50 onsite dining options. To ensure the facilities are as accessible as possible, the centre is equipped with wheelchair ramps, automatic doors and passenger elevators.
Getting there is also straightforward. The centre is less than a 20-minute drive from Orlando International Airport and within walking distance of approximately 10,000 hotel rooms. Pedestrian bridges help to connect the nearby hospitality venues to the conference centre, and complimentary pedicabs are also available.
The sheer flexibility offered by the Orange County Convention Centre has ensured that the types of conferences based there are extremely varied. On the events calendar for 2018 are conferences dedicated to dance, weddings, sport, religion and much more.
Community spirit
The Orange County Convention Centre is known as ‘the centre of hospitality’, thanks to the outstanding service it provides to its clients and the wider community. After booking space there, organisers will be contacted by one of the venue’s experienced and professional event managers who can offer assistance on how to plan their event.
Informative resource guides are also available online to provide assistance with some of the most commonly experienced issues. Event planning guides supply information on everything from security and rigging guidelines to floor plans and personnel rates. In addition, opportunities to advertise an event are varied and well publicised, which means there is likely to be a sponsorship or branding option to suit your conference.
However, the support provided by the centre extends beyond its clients and visitors. By boosting regional dynamism, the conference facility is able to benefit local businesses and the wider Central Florida region.
In excess of 25,500 people are employed, either directly or indirectly, as a result of Orange County Convention Centre events, and more than 1,000 businesses are impacted. Through its collaboration with the Orlando Economic Partnership, the Orange County Convention Centre is committed to supporting high-wage jobs in the local community.
Corporate social responsibility is a major focus for the centre, which offers assistance to local charities and ensures any leftover food following an event is given to schools, hospitals and other non-profit organisations.
Although the venue has a social and economic remit that goes beyond simply putting on amazing conferences, organisers can rest assured that their events will be in safe hands. With such a huge range of services available, it’s easy to see why the Orange County Convention Centre is such a big deal in the MICE world.
