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Hawaii is a tapestry of sky
and sea, lush mountains and brightly
colored flowers. It is a place
whose culture is unique not just
in America but also in the world. |
The Hawaii Convention Center shares all
of these things. Open to the outdoors,
inviting the scent of flowers inside to
mingle with guests. Native Hawaiian plants
are in abundance. Landscaped grounds,
terraces, lanais and courtyards account
for more than six acres of the 10-acre
site.
Inside, over $2 million of original
Hawaiian art includes paintings of volcanoes,
mountains, ocean, waterfalls, taro,
and fishponds displayed alongside images
of Hawaiian royalty, gods, and myths.
While above, soaring rooftop canopies
recall images of Polynesian sailing
canoes.
User-friendly
Design
The four-story Center was designed with
input from convention planners to ensure
that it offers the utmost in convenience,
flexibility, and state of the art features.
The ground floor houses the 35,000
square-foot registration lobby, which
leads directly into the exhibit hall.
The second floor is exclusively for
parking. The third floor contains forty-seven
meeting rooms plus two presentation
theaters with tiered seating. The fourth
floor features the 35,000 square-foot
Grand Ballroom and adjacent 2.5-acre
rooftop garden terrace.
A Hawaiian sense of place throughout
the Center, advanced technological services
and superior food service are among
the many features, which distinguish
the Hawaii Convention Center.
An exhibit
hall designed for accessibility and
flexibility
The 200,000 square-foot ground floor
exhibition hall is located just beyond
the Center's main entry and registration
lobby, to maximize its accessibility
to delegates and exhibitors. The entire
hall can be dedicated to a single purpose,
or can be divided into three halls,
two of 60,000 square-feet and one at
80,000 square-feet, each with its own
access to the registration lobby and
truck bays.
Trucks are able to drive directly onto
the exhibit floor for faster loading
and unloading. Each hall is equipped
with a show manager's office, which
overlooks the show floor.
Easy access
to ample parking
The second floor garage has 700 parking
stalls. Two entrances and exits on Kahakai
Street and an extra exit onto Kalakaua
Avenue speed up departures at the conclusion
of an event. There is a special drop-off
area for taxicabs and small buses located
near the registration lobby. And, a
driveway crosses the second level of
the grand staircase by the Ala Wai Promenade
where VIP's can arrive in style.
Meeting rooms
for every gathering
The third floor has 107,426 square feet
of meeting space, which can be configured
into 47 meeting rooms, plus two high-tech
multi-media presentation theaters with
tiered seating for 320 and 472, respectively.
Plus, the largest meeting room has a
seating capacity of nearly 1,200 seats.
The meeting level connects via banks
of escalators to the main lobby and
to the Ala Wai Promenade by an opened
trellised concourse decorated with original
Hawaiian art. It creates a pleasant
environment where delegates can enjoy
the cool breezes in shaded seating areas
during breaks between meetings.
The Grand Ballroom
and Rooftop Garden
The beautifully appointed fourth floor
ballroom offers over 35,000 square-feet
of space under its 25-foot ceiling.
It can be divided into three rooms,
hosting three functions simultaneously
each with it own food service.
The ballroom's pre-function lobby is
adjacent to and expanded by a 2.5-acre
roof garden terrace.
Technology
Features
Fiber optic and category 5 twisted pair
cable run through the entire building,
which means the speed and quality of
voice and data communications is of
the highest standards. No additional
cabling is required to access E-mail
or the Internet anywhere in the building.
Additional features are:
Floor boxes every thirty feet in the
Exhibit Hall provide access to T-1 lines,
water, air and electricity.
Coaxial cable for video interconnects
in all major areas of the building.
Built-in six-station simultaneous
interpretation rooms allow translators
to view speakers through video monitors
with maximum privacy.
Major meeting rooms have the ability
to network four hundred computers all
working simultaneously.
Presentation theaters are equipped
with a built-in projection room and
feature state-of-the-art multi-media
presentation environment.
Ability to connect to the Maui Super
Computer.
Satellite uplink and downlink capability.
Electronic reader boards located throughout
the building. |
