The advantages of Memphis's meeting sites include accessibility, adequate space, elegant places for overnight visits, leisure sites to visit, and fine dining. Located at the north end of Main Street Mall, the recently expanded, 350,000 square-foot Memphis Cook Convention Center offers 190,000 square feet of exhibition space. The convention center has 31 meeting rooms; an Executive Conference Center; a 125,000 square foot, column-free exhibit hall; a second, 35,000 square foot hall; a 28,000 square-foot ballroom; and the 2,100-seat Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.
There are more than 3,000 hotel rooms in downtown Memphis. Many hotels and motels throughout the city provide elegantly decorated spots for meetings. Among them are The Peabody, the renovated "grand old lady" famed the world over for its lobby fountain and daily parade of ducks across a red carpet from the hotel's elevators to the fountain; the Holiday Inn Select Downtown, a hotel directly across from The Peabody; Radisson Hotel adjacent to the Peabody; and the Holiday Inn Select Airport. At the Holiday Inn Select, a sprawling, contemporary-styled hotel within minutes of Memphis International Airport, accommodations provide 33,000 square feet of meeting space.
Convention Information: Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, 47 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103; telephone (901)543-5300