Hotel Cafe Royal

Delegates gathered for meetings of the mind at London’s Café Royal Hotel follow in the footsteps of Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Mick Jagger, and hundreds of other icons of world culture. At the epicenter of London society for more than a century, the former club, bar, restaurant, and banquet venue became a 160-room hotel in 2012 after a top-to-bottom transformation. The firm of David Chipperfield Architects achieved a perfect balance of minimalist style juxtaposed with nineteenth-century splendor.

Up to 240 people can gather in the first floor’s 5,382-square-foot Meeting Centre off Regent Street, located between Soho and Mayfair. The foyer and six rooms combine the hotel’s sense of grandeur with modern comfort and technology, from plentiful daylight to full flexibility, audiovisual support, and complimentary Wi-Fi. A highly professional team of conference and culinary experts sees to everything from preplanning to flawless execution.

Delegates not dining as a group can pop into new restaurant ‘Laurent at Café Royal’ which specialises in grill and sushi, The Green Bar for absinthe (and other drinks), Papillon for authentic European café culture, and the legendary Oscar Wilde Lounge for champagne, celebratory cocktails, and light fare. In-room dining promises the same high level of service and quality around the clock. And every day of sessions deserves a trip to the Akasha Holistic Wellbeing Center, which rewards patrons with the pleasures of a twenty-first-century day spa, fitness center, and pool.