Reserve your space at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.

Reserving meeting space at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel puts your members in the center of attractions that have made Music City USA famous, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and the city's exciting dining and entertainment district.

The largest hotel in downtown Nashville, the Renaissance features 673 guest rooms, more than 205,000 square feet of meeting, exhibit and banquet space, and 45 separate function rooms. You'll be amazed by the hotel's 18,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom and an exhibit hall that accommodates 615 10[feet]x 10[feet] booths.

Reputation for Quality

"To ensure we keep and enhance our reputation for quality, we have spent several million dollars in capital improvements in the last two years," says Greg Greenawalt, director of marketing, Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Improvements include:

* 1998: $1.6 million for a new lobby with marble floor, complete redo of the full-service restaurant Commerce Street Grille, and re-novation of the Presidential Suite.

* 1999: $3.1 million for renovating all guest bathrooms and the Grand Ballroom.

According to Greenawalt, the facility plans to spend another $4.7 million in 2000 to renovate all guest room soft good and case goods.

Connected to Convention Center

Many associations select the Renaissance Nashville Hotel as their headquarters facility because it is conveniently connected to the Nashville Convention Center and arena. With a 118,675-square-foot exhibit hall, the center specializes in heavy, wide, and tall exhibits and the meeting rooms are conveniently located near the exhibit hall. The new 20,000-seat Nashville Arena provides space for large general sessions, as well as 40,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, which connects to the convention center's exhibit hall.

The recently reopened Ryman Auditorium, original home of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 30 years, is located next door to the hotel. Conference delegates can take advantage of Ryman's historic tours by day and live performances at night.

Delegates will also want to try some of the many new restaurants and clubs opening in the Second Avenue Historic & Entertainment District, such as Hard Rock Care, Market Street Brewery, Wildhorse Saloon, Planet Hollywood, and NASCAR Care.