St. Augustine Florida Travel Guide

With 86,000 sq. ft. of Florida meeting space, the newly renovated Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St. Augustine is the largest hotel and conference center between Atlanta and Orlando. The reason? The hotel is literally attached to the 40,000 sq. ft. St. John’s Florida Convention Center – a modern, world-class facility with a 30,000 sq. ft. foot ballroom and pre-convention area.

While The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village has always catered to national groups, regional associations and Florida meetings, the goals of the hotel’s new General Manager are to de-emphasize the resort’s obvious association with golf and focus more attention on its status as the leading Florida Conference Center hotel.

According to Jeffery Oliasami, General Manager at The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, “Notwithstanding our location, and our proximity to two of the area’s finest golf courses, we are primarily a Florida meetings destination. As the largest hotel and conference center between Atlanta and Orlando, we are undoubtedly the best equipped to handle meeting of any shape and size – from executive board meetings to tradeshows and major conventions. Our banquet & catering services are unparalleled. And along with some of the finest onsite recreation, we’re central to St. Augustine and the Atlantic beaches, all of which enhance the Florida meeting experience for the group’s attendees. Florida meetings just don’t get any better than this.”

For more information about holding your Florida meeting at The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, visit www.worldgolfrenaissance.com/meetings or call 904-940-8000.

As the economy slowly starts to trend upward, and corporations begin to turn their attention back to the business of relationship building, face-to-face meetings are once again becoming more critical. Florida meetings have come back into favor, particularly because the state’s year-round climate allows for fall/winter meetings that are less inviting in other parts of the country.

Florida meetings at hotels such as The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village offer wider possibilities, not just for Florida meeting professionals and associations, but also for organizations throughout the country that are seeking an all-in-one destination. Twelve months of outdoor activities for recreation and team-building complement the Florida meeting experience and contribute to productivity in ways that corporations have come to value.

In the case of The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, it is attached to the St. John’s Florida Convention Center, giving it 86,000 sq. ft. of inspiring Florida meeting space and making it the largest hotel and conference center between Atlanta and Orlando. What’s more, this recently renovated Florida meeting hotel has two world-famous golf courses, including King & Bear – the only course co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus – and Slammer & Squire, which is literally steps from the hotel’s door.

What’s more, The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village includes distinctive venues at the World Golf Village and the one-and-only World Golf Hall Of Fame – two other features that distinguish it from all other Florida meeting hotels.

For more information about the business advantages of Florida meetings, and the specific opportunities that currently exist at The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, visit www.worldgolfrenaissance.com/meetings or call 904-940-8000.