General Overview

The Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel & Conference Center is a large-scale business venue located near Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport. Purpose-built to host major corporate and healthcare-related events, it combines 869 guest rooms with 54 meeting spaces, multiple dining outlets, and a full-service fitness centre. Its infrastructure and layout support event privacy, professional gatherings, and compliance-driven usage.

Location

The Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel & Conference Center is located at Avenida de Aragón, 400, 28022 Madrid, in a commercial area adjacent to the A2 motorway. It is approximately 8 km from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, accessible in 8 minutes by car or taxi, with a complimentary shuttle service available. IFEMA Conference Center is 8 minutes away by car, while key metro stations like Canillejas are about 9 km away (8 minutes by car or 18 minutes via public transport). Major train stations, such as Madrid-Chamartín Clara Campoamor and Atocha, are both approximately 18 km from the hotel, reachable in under 20 minutes by car.

The venue offers 1,000 car parking spaces and accommodates up to 20 coaches on-site.

Design

Externally, the hotel features a modern, functional architectural style suited for large event operations. The internal design is business-oriented, with clearly zoned meeting areas and multiple public foyers. Dedicated entrances for the conference centre enable discrete access to events, while the meeting floors are laid out to support high attendee traffic and flow. Refurbishment details are not specified, though the facility design emphasises practicality and compliance-focused layouts, including breakout areas and privacy-conscious configurations.

Meeting Spaces

The hotel offers a total of 54 meeting rooms across two levels—29 on the ground floor and 25 on the mezzanine. The largest space is an auditorium accommodating up to 2,000 guests in theatre style. Meeting rooms on the mezzanine benefit from natural daylight, while those on the ground floor feature perimeter LED lighting. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning and AV infrastructure. The conference area includes a dedicated entrance, and the layout supports various configurations including boardroom and breakout formats. Public foyers and lounge areas within the conference centre are available for informal gatherings and food service.

Bedrooms

The hotel provides 869 bedrooms over four floors. Categories include 772 Premium Rooms (Standard), 67 Executive Rooms, 28 Junior Suites, and 1 Presidential Suite. For classification purposes: 400 twin and 232 double rooms are available in the standard category; 41 twin and 28 double in Executive; and 28 suites. Business traveller amenities across all room types include complimentary Wi-Fi, work desks, laptop safes, ironing boards, kettles, and bottled water (two 33cl bottles per day). Room sizes range from 33 sqm for Premium and Executive rooms to 96 sqm for the Presidential Suite.

Restaurant and Public Spaces

The primary dining venue is the Madrid Buffet, open for breakfast and offering a seating capacity of 752. Kalma Restaurant provides à la carte Mediterranean cuisine for lunch and dinner, seating 170. Additional outlets include Champions Bar (American/Tex-Mex, 220 capacity) and Greatroom Bar (Tapas and local dishes, 100 capacity). Only certain areas, such as meeting rooms and private dining rooms, can be fully privatised for business use. Bars and the buffet area do not offer full privacy. All 54 meeting rooms are available for private dining or events. The public foyers and bar lounges also support informal professional gatherings.

Experience

The venue has established expertise in hosting a wide range of events for healthcare, corporate, and life sciences organisations. Examples include medical symposiums, pharmaceutical training programmes, clinical trial investigator meetings, regulatory workshops, and product launches. Events range in scale from small workshops to multi-day conferences for several thousand attendees. The venue infrastructure is designed to support privacy, technical delivery, and attendee movement for high-compliance sectors.

Fitness

Facilities include a 24-hour gym with full-body equipment and a heated pool with a retractable roof (open 11:00–21:00). Massage services are available, though the venue does not promote itself as a wellness or spa destination. Additional leisure amenities include a 24/7 essentials shop, terrace, and vending machines. All are located on the ground floor near reception and conference areas.

The Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel holds a formal 4-star rating. The venue avoids terminology such as "luxury," "resort," or "boutique," and overall aligns with compliance requirements for healthcare meeting use.

The sports bar is accessible off the hotel lobby and separated from the meeting spaces and would not be included in any proposals that relate to HCP meetings.