Portsmouth, UK Meeting Rooms Suggest a Better Way to Do Business

PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - May 22, 2014) - It used to be that a good handshake was all you needed to close a deal. Well, times have changed. Today's businesspeople emphasise productivity over protocol, and the Portsmouth Marriott Hotel is responding in kind. Its new, interactive meeting rooms are some of the most innovative among hotels on the UK's South Coast with technology and design working hand-in-hand for a seamless experience. It is, in a manner of speaking, a new kind of handshake, and this hotel understands better than any other how to do it.

The property's new meeting rooms in Portsmouth, UK engage visitors from the start. Fresh and contemporary, both the Chichester and Havant Suites inspire small groups with their flexible seating and modern décor.

But one of the greatest leaps in the hotel's ability to foster success is its state-of-the-art Epson projector technology. Its EB-1410Wi projectors encompass short-throw projection, an interactive whiteboard and digital flipchart, among other features, to deliver sleeker, more effective presentations. Its interactive capabilities mean everyone in the room can contribute to the meeting. Ideas can not only be voiced, they can be shared and saved within the presentation, thanks to this new technology.

While these tech-friendly updates enhance the property's reputation for excellence among business hotels in Portsmouth, UK, they also serve another, equally important purpose: They help the environment. As a Gold Award recipient of The Green Business Tourism Scheme, the hotel has actively worked to reduce its overall waste and carbon footprint, and the interactive business technology promises to dramatically reduce its generation of paper waste.

Luckily for business guests, experiencing the future of meetings can happen today. The hotel is offering an executive package, which accommodates up to 20 delegates for just £495 per day and includes benefits like unlimited tea selection, coffee and soft drinks; plus special snack breaks comprised of food options specially composed to increase the productivity and brain power of you and your attendees such as a combination of vitamins in fresh smoothies, fresh berries and fruits, homemade granola with oats and a variety of nut bars.

From environmental advantages, to enhanced productivity, the hotel's new meeting rooms answer the needs of tech-savvy, on-the-go Millennials. And with spaces like these, handshakes may go the way of typewriters.

About the Portsmouth Marriott Hotel
Business, leisure and family travellers alike will appreciate the Portsmouth Marriott Hotel's contemporary hospitality, which melds together service, style and eco-consciousness. Not only can guests look forward to AA Rosette-winning dining at Sealevel Restaurant & Lounge, but they can choose from a wide range of recreational options like the hotel's spa and salon, its modern health club and its indoor pool. Such pleasures are only enhanced by knowing that the property has undertaken every measure to ensure its sustainability, from recycling 100 percent of its waste, to applying an infrared film on the windows that lets in light without heat. The 174 guest rooms and suites, meanwhile, specialise in comfort with luxury bedding, ergonomic workspaces and in-room coffee/tea service. Such amenities ensure that guests are suitably recharged to get to work within the hotel's state-of-the-art, 8,450 square feet of meeting space, or explore the many local attractions from this hotel near the naval dockyard in Portsmouth.

About Marriott Hotels
With 500 hotels and resorts in nearly 60 countries around the world, Marriott Hotels is evolving travel through every aspect of the guest's stay, enabling the next generation to Travel Brilliantly. Boldly transforming itself for mobile and global travelers who blend work and play, Marriott leads the industry with innovations, including the Greatroom, Future of Meetings and Mobile Guest Services that elevates style & design and technology. All Marriott hotels participate in the award winning Marriott Rewards frequent travel program that allows members to earn hotel points or airline miles for every dollar spent during each stay. For more information, visit www.MarriottHotels.com.

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