Virtual tour of UD conference centers updated

Clayton Hall meeting room

2:04 p.m., Sept. 3, 2004--The UD Conference Services web site has been updated with new photographs, showcasing UD’s conference sites throughout the state.

The link to virtual tours of the conference centers, [www.photowebusa.com/udel/udel-shaner.html], provides 360-degree virtual tours of the conference facilities on the Newark, Wilmington and Lewes campuses in both high- and low-resolution images.

No plug-in is needed to view the images in the low-res Java format but the highest resolution hi-res iPIX format requires the iPIX plug-in, available free at [http://infomedia.ipix.com/support/download/plugin.shtml].

Clayton Hall in Newark is the flagship of UD’s Conference Centers, which include the Goodstay Center and Arsht Hall in Wilmington and the Virden Conference Center in Lewes.

Clayton Hall includes a 500-seat auditorium, more than 7,000 square feet of exhibition space and 20 conference and meeting rooms. The 18th-Century Goodstay Center in Wilmington is a 5,000-square-foot site with a ballroom and nine meeting rooms that can hold up to 80 persons. Arsht Hall, home of UD’s Academy of Lifelong Learning, has a total of 20,000 square feet in 19 meeting rooms, while the Virden Conference Center in Lewes has 5,500 square feet of space in six meeting rooms and 23 guest rooms and is ideal for retreats, reunions and birthday parties.

UD’s Conference Centers soon will include the new, 126-room Courtyard by Marriott, a four-story, business-class hotel adjacent to Clayton Hall.

The Shaner Hotel Group [www.shanerhotels.com], which will run the hotel and provide key marketing and management support for the conference centers, is one of the nation’s premier private lodging and management companies. Founded in 1983 by brothers Lance and Fred Shaner, the State College, Pa.-based company owns and/or operates 23 hotels in 15 states, with assets totaling $260 million. Twelve well-known brands are represented in the Shaner Hotel Group portfolio, including Marriott, Hilton, Radisson and Holiday Inn.

Article by Martin Mbugua

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