Tech Meetings by Palmer House Hilton

Palmer House Hilton continues to innovate, on its many ‘firsts,’ including the first hotel in the nation to use Edison’s invention of the light bulb, first to offer the telephone, elevator, and the newest hotel first – the HCN Navigator guestroom tablets. Recently completing a $215M restoration, the Palmer House Hilton continues its technological advancement as a leader for meetings and incentive travel in Chicago, offering planners endless resources at their fingertips.

Meetings & Events Highlights:

• Central Standard: Ease of access from coast to coast, with two airports and nearly 3,000 inbound flights per day
• Meetings that Connect: Five ballrooms, 77 breakout rooms and an exhibit hall totaling over 130,000 square feet, easy to navigate for groups from 10 to 1,000 attendees
• Technology Interface:  Bandwidth to handle 2,000+ devices with two 250-MB circuits running through the core of the hotel
• Technology Conveniences: The HCN Navigator tablets allow you to create welcome messages, share event schedules and pertinent documents, or send timely messages through instant messaging. Additionally, your attendees can take notes or videos with digital copies uploaded to the cloud.
• Meeting Design: Flexibility to use your preferred production vendor as well as on site partners; PSAV for technology needs and Freeman to give your event premier presence through branding
• Unique Accommodations:  1,641 guestrooms including the Potter Palmer Suite, recognized by Elite Traveler magazine as one of the 101 best hotel suites in the world, and 11 suites – presidential in style
• Hospitality Leader: Ranked 25 among the Top 100 Meeting Hotels in the United States by Cvent and named Innovative Historic Hotel Event Host Best Practice Award by Hotels of America
• Sustainability Calculator: Measure the sustainability impact of your meeting by initializing the LightStay calculator and inputting your meeting details
• Check-In From Anywhere:  digital check-in + choose your room

Whether it be a Road Show, Team Meeting, User Conference, Sales Kick Off or Division Meeting, the Palmer House wants to be your first choice innovation expert.