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Park Plaza Riverbank

for Healthcare Sector Meetings and Events

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Type

City Centre (downtown)

Last Assessment

1st July 2024

Member Since

17th August 2022

Compliance Summary

General Overview:

The hotel is a 4* contemporary and purpose-built residential conference hotel that leverages its location, close to the River Thames and Westminster, and views across the river towards the Houses of Parliament, as a principal attraction for individual guests and conference groups that require dedicated conference spaces.

 

Location:

Easily accessible from London Heathrow, Gatwick, and City airports, the venue benefits from good underground links with the nearest stations being Vauxhall, Waterloo, and Westminster.

 

Design:

The hotel is purpose-built with a mainly concrete and glass contemporary exterior. Inside has a mainly corporate feel to public areas with some technicoloured lighting to add style and theming.

 

Bedrooms:

The hotel offers 645 bedrooms including 294 Superior (entry-level) and 202 Executive (offering slightly bigger rooms, upgraded amenities such as bathrobes and slippers, and some offer Studio rooms and Suites (some with river views, balconies, and kitchenettes).

 

Meeting space:

Accessible via a dedicated Conference Entrance, there are a total of 24 meeting rooms – made up of large, medium, and small rooms with the largest room, the Ballroom able to accommodate up to 660 pax. The optimum number for an event where delegates need to sleep, meet and eat is c.500 although additional bedrooms could be provided by its nearby sister hotels.

 

Restaurant:

The hotel’s main restaurant is the Park Plaza brand, Chino Latino Restaurant & Bar, the location for guest breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

Experience:

Due it its location and ability to hold residential conferences for up to 500, the hotel has experience in holding all meeting types and of all sizes including Sales Conferences, Product Launches, and Advisory Meetings. Importantly, the hotel is a short walk from Guys & St Thomas’s Hospital, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and the Forensic Science Service.

 

Fitness:

The hotel offers residential guests, access to the 24-hour fitness centre with a modest sized Pool, Sauna, and steam room.

 

Compliance Hotspot

The venue overlooks, from the opposite side of the River Thames, the heart of the tourist areas of Westminster.

Additional approvals may be required for the use of the hotel's Chino Latino Restaurant as it is advertised as award winning however, it is not a fine dining restaurant.

 

 

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Meeting rooms for HCP meetings

Here you will find meeting room capacities, based on actual rooms, normally applied to each meeting type. Note: by reviewing each meeting type you can apply the capacities to other meeting types

Meeting Rooms

Number of Meeting Rooms

24

Largest room - theatre style

650

Min to max capacities based on specific rooms

External Groups

Advisory Board - Boardroom Style Front Projection - Boardroom Style Front Projection

Advisory Board - Boardroom Style Front Projection

6 - 40

Training Meeting - Classroom Style Back Projection - Classroom Style Back Projection

Training Meeting - Classroom Style Back Projection

9 - 450

Investigator Meetings - Cabaret Style Back Projection - Cabaret Style Back Projection

Investigator Meetings - Cabaret Style Back Projection

16 - 432

Product Launch - Theatre Style Back Projection - Theatre Style Back Projection

Product Launch - Theatre Style Back Projection

12 - 650

Dinner Meeting - Round Tables Front Projection - Round Tables Front Projection

Dinner Meeting - Round Tables Front Projection

10 - 540

Meeting rooms for internal meetings

Here you will find meeting room capacities, based on actual rooms, normally applied to each meeting type. Note: by reviewing each meeting type you can apply the capacities to other meeting types

Meeting Rooms

Number of meeting rooms

24

Largest room - theatre style

650

Min to max capacities based on specific rooms

Internal Groups

Product Training - U Shape Front Projection - U Shape Front Projection

Product Training - U Shape Front Projection

15 - 55

Sales & Marketing Meeting - Plenary Cabaret Style Front Projection - Plenary Cabaret Style Front Projection

Sales & Marketing Meeting - Plenary Cabaret Style Front Projection

16 - 432

Sleeping room capacity overview

Here you will find the room types relevant to this venue

Bedrooms

- Total Bedrooms

645

- Double Standard Room

193

- Twin Standard Room

83

- Double Executive Room

167

- Twin Executive Room

35

- Suites

59

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Hotel exterior

Example boardroom style

Example cabaret style

Example dinner rounds

Example Theatre

Hotel entrance

Hotel Lobby

Example Standard Room

Example Executive Room

Hotel Restaurant

Hotel Lounge

Location

Distances

train stations

  • Vauxhall Station (3 minutes by car or taxi / 5 by public transport or 11 minutes on foot) - 0.4 miles
  • London Waterloo (12 minutes by car or taxi / 15 by public transport or 15 minutes on foot) - 0.9 miles

tube stations

  • Vauxhall Station (3 minutes by car or taxi / 5 by public transport or 11 minutes on foot) - 0.4 miles
  • Pimlico (7 minutes by car or taxi / 11 by public transport or 20 minutes on foot) - 0.5 miles
  • Westminster (10 minutes by car or taxi / 15 by public transport or 20 minutes on foot) - 0.7 miles

motorways

  • M4 JCT 1 - 6.9 miles
  • M1 JCT 1 - 7.1 miles
  • M4 JCT 2 - 7.5

airports

  • London City Airport (45 minutes by car or taxi / 65 by public transport) - 7.4 miles
  • London Heathrow Airport (57 minutes by car or taxi / 70 by public transport) - 14.4 miles
  • London Gatwick Airport (80 minutes by car or taxi / 50 by public transport) - 23.2 miles

locations

  • Excel (50 minutes by car or taxi / 60 by public transport) - 8 miles

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