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Naples Botanical Garden
Naples Botanical Garden recently re-opened to the public and features delightful cultivated tropical gardens and beautifully restored natural habitats. In addition to being a popular attraction, it’s the perfect venue for meetings, conferences, receptions and dinners. The lush gardens with vibrantly colored flowers make a picturesque tropical backdrop, all just 10 minutes from downtown Naples. The newly remodeled Windstar Garden Room, a 4,000-square-foot air-conditioned space, can accommodate up to 125 guests. Also available is The Garden Lecture Room that can accommodate up to 60 guests. If you’re planning a cocktail reception, luncheon, seminar or corporate meeting, you’ll find charming indoor and outdoor venues perfect for your needs. They have unforgettable settings for weddings, too. For more information, call 239-643-7275 or click here.
Big Cypress Dinner Theater
The Big Cypress Marketplace is proud to welcome a new venue – the Big Cypress Dinner Theater – offering a delightful mix of drama, comedy and musical productions. The venue is also one of the area’s largest, most flexible indoor spaces for events, featuring a 13,000-square-foot air-conditioned EXPO Event Center ideal for boat and car shows, home and garden expos, antique shows, and other trade shows. Whether you have an event of 10 or 2,000, this unique venue is an exciting option. Also on-site is a high-end flea market, winery, food arena, outdoor tiki bar and entertainment stage.
Exciting group activities and team building events from Vine Resource Productions
This innovative company has put together some exciting group events that attendees will love. “Sip N’ Swing” offers wine and/or international beer tastings on the green during play for either nine or 18 holes. Their “Private Label Wine Bottling Experience” give guests the chance to try a variety of wines, select their preference, then actually participate in corking, sealing and labeling their very own bottle, which they take home as a gift. The label is custom printed with the company’s name, logo and message. For details on these and other fun offerings, such as “Sip N’ Sail” cruises, contact Patricia Cotte at 239-272-3272 or visit www.sipnsail.com.
The Naples Princess
Looking for someplace unique that truly lets your group experience the beauty of Naples? Welcome your guests aboard The Naples Princess, the most elegant yacht in Southwest Florida. They’ll enjoy the multi-million dollar homes of Port Royal, the magnificent sunset on the Gulf, and spotting playful dolphins, eagles and other wildlife. The Naples Princess accommodates up to 149 guests with options for groups of all sizes. Your group will enjoy a relaxing dinner cruise or create some excitement with a casino or tropical luau theme. No matter what you do, the Naples Princess is sure to be an unforgettable experience!
NGALA Private Reserve
A discussion of off-site venues with serious wow factor just wouldn’t be complete without the NGALA private reserve. NGALA, which is Swahili for "Place of the Lion," offers the ultimate retreat for groups as intimate as twenty and as grand as one thousand. This 42-acre private reserve located in Naples offers private groups the exclusive opportunity to step out of the hotel ballroom and back in time to a period reminiscent of the British Colonial era deep in the heart of a mysterious jungle.
Three elegant canvas-peaked tents, designed with superb attention to detail, reach majestically toward the sky. The glow from fire pits, candles, lanterns and torches provide a subtle yet adequate ambiance. Carefully selected artifacts including authentic handmade teak and bamboo furniture, antique steamer trunks, cut-crystal chandeliers, and old-world curio cabinets are combined with modern bathroom facilities, state-of the-art evaporative cooling, and professionally managed insect control to create the perfect balance of luxury, drama, and sophistication. Waterfalls, ponds, stone bridges and lush tropical foliage placed around the dramatic tented architecture provide a natural setting as vivid greens and spectacular blooms highlight and enhance NGALA.
Guests can relax under the stars while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and spectacular cuisine, and view magnificent un-caged creatures such as giraffes and leopards closer than ever dreamed possible. Handlers dressed in khaki adventure-like attire interact with the animals and personally answer guests’ questions. Musicians and tribal dancers perform to provide the perfect balance between the peaceful harmony of nature and the excitement of the unexpected.
Wow factor, indeed. To see pictures of this amazing venue and to learn more, visit www.NGALA.net.
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