A conference hall , conference room , or meeting room is a room provided for singular events such as business conferences and meetings .
7-514: The Benn Hall is a conference , seminar , exhibition , concert and party venue located in Rugby, Warwickshire , England . The hall, along with the town hall which is located next to it, was opened on 5 July 1961 by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother . It was designed by Ernest Prestwich , and is named after George Charles Benn who in his will of 1895 left £6,000 to the local council to construct
14-418: A building that would be useful to the town. The first of these buildings was opened in 1900 as a town hall. There is another Benn Hall, also dedicated to George Charles, in the village of Grandborough a few miles south of Rugby. In the 1960s Benn Hall became renown as a venue which attracted some famous names in the world of contemporary music: Some of the acts which performed there included John Mayall &
21-449: Is commonly found at large hotels and convention centers though many other establishments, including even hospitals, have one. Sometimes other rooms are modified for large conferences such as arenas or concert halls . Aircraft have been fitted out with conference rooms. Conference rooms can be windowless for security purposes. An example of one such room is in the Pentagon , known as
28-526: The Tank . Typically, the facility provides furniture , overhead projectors , stage lighting , and sound system . Smoking is normally prohibited in conference halls, even when other parts of buildings permit smoking. Sometimes the term 'conference hall' is used synonymously with ' conference center ' as, for example, in ' Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall '. Some meeting rooms come equipped with booking management software, depending on
35-532: The Bluesbreakers , John Lee Hooker , The Small Faces , Pink Floyd , Status Quo , The Searchers , The Foundations , The Kinks , The Animals , and The Bee Gees . The Beatles had been booked to perform at Benn Hall in February 1963, but did not honour the date, as by then they had become national stars. The building itself has two storeys. The main hall can hold up to 480 people, the smaller Rokeby Room 100 and
42-441: The needs of the company that owns them. Typically, a medium to large office or post-secondary educational facility has smaller meeting rooms, often called a conference room or a huddle room. Depending on the purpose of the meeting, conference rooms may be set up in various styles. Sometimes the furniture may even be moved easily before a meeting to accommodate the particular needs of each meeting. Commonly used styles include: On
49-501: The smallest room, Caldecott Room can hold 20. Dressing rooms are located beneath the main stage on the lower ground floor level and there is a bar located in the Caldecott Room. Parking for the hall is found in the pay and display car park next to it and Caldecott Park is to the rear of the hall. 52°22′32″N 1°15′51″W / 52.3756°N 1.2643°W / 52.3756; -1.2643 Conference hall It
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