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© Basel Tourismus; Photo Andreas Zimmermann
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Selected congress and seminar locations
Website
Largest rooms
Area sqm
Congress Center Basel
congress.ch
St. Jakobshalle
St. Jakob-Park Basel
Dreispitzhalle
Pantheon Basel
Saalbau Rhypark
G5 Forum
Volkshaus Basel
Offene Kirche Elisabethen
Stadt Casino Basel
Ramada Plaza Basel****
Restaurant Noohn
Stiftung Brasilea
Brasserie Bahnhof Basel
Pathé Küchlin
Hotel Hilton Basel*****
Restaurant Safran Zunft
Swiss Conference Center
Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois*****
Radisson Blu Hotel Basel****
Restaurant Rhypark
Swissôtel Le Plaza Basel*****
Coop Bildungszentrum***
Hotel Rheinfelderhof
hotel bildungszentrum 21***
Pullman Basel Europe Hotel****
Hotel Rochat**
Schloss Bottmingen
Hotel Merian****
Hotel Euler****
Hotel Schützen Rheinfelden***
Hotel Schiff am Rhein
Basler Personenschifffahrt
EuroAirport Business Center
Hotel Alexander
Best Western Hotel Stücki***
Dorint Hotel an der Messe Basel***
Gasthof zum Goldenen Sternen
Airport Hotel Basel***
Restaurant Gifthüttli
Der Teufelhof Basel***
Brasserie Löwenzorn
Hotel Basel****
Restaurant Kunsthalle
Restaurant Zum Braunen Mutz
Hotel Alfa***
stjakobshalle.ch
communication.ch
dreispitzhalle.ch
pantheonbasel.ch
lolocations.com
g5-forum.de
volkshaus-basel.ch
offenekirche.ch
stadtcasino.ch
ramada-treff.ch/basel
noohn.ch
brasilea.com
brasserie-basel.ch
pathebusiness.ch
basel.hilton.com
safran-zunft.ch
swiss.com
lestroisrois.com
radissonblu.com/hotel-basel
restaurantrhypark.ch
swissotel.com/basel
coopbildungszentrum.ch
rheinfelderhof.ch
bz21.ch
pullman-basel-europe.com
hotelrochat.ch
weiherschloss.ch
hotelmerianbasel.ch
hoteleuler.ch
hotelschuetzen.ch
hotelschiff.ch
bpg.ch
businesscenter.euroairport.com
hotel-alexander-basel.ch
hotel-stuecki.ch
dorint.com/basel
sternen-basel.ch
airporthotelbasel.com
gifthuettli.ch
teufelhof.com
loewenzorn.ch
hotel-basel.ch
restaurant-kunsthalle.ch
braunermutz.ch
alfa-hotel-birsfelden.ch
Event Hall
4,800
San Francisco
1,233
Montreal
767
Singapore/Sydney
611
Great Hall
2,800
Premium Lounge
1,700
Hall 1
820
Event Area
900
Saal
520
Atrium
505
Festsaal
475
Church
440
Festive Hall
440
Geneve 1–4
405
Restaurant
400
Hochparterre
350
Brasserie
320
Küchlin Saal 1
345
Salon des Nations A–C
320
Zunftsaal
280
Auditorium
273
Salle Belle Epoque
260
Berlin 1-3
227
Restaurant
220
Helvetia 1–2
214
Aula
200
Restaurant
200
Auditorium
180
Festsaal (Galerie 1+2)
179
Louis-Lucien Rochat
170
Rittersaal
170
Merian
144
Wiener Saal
141
Jugendstil room
130
Rheindeck
123
MS Christoph Merian Lowerdeck 120
Office rooms
12–110
Rösti Stube
100
Saturn 1+2
100
Bern 2+3
100
Sternensaal
90
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
86
Restaurant
80
Shine & Dine
70
Large Room
65
Salon Dolder
45
Weinstube
70
Brasserie
98
Bruggesaal
50
Capacity
Concert Seminar
2,500
1,450
–
600
9,000
250
600
650
600
500
500
500
650
430
–
240
–
499
380
300
240
260
250
75
214
180
350
180
200
120
150
160
100
100
100
180
–
–
100
60
120
50
–
70
80
30
130
–
100
Banquet
1,700
1,360
800
770
525
–
300
320
7,000
2,000
170
900
–
400
300
530
300
540
350
300
300
450
–
80–250
250
520
190
250
–
350
88
160
–
200
–
–
160
300
100
300
212
–
150
160
140
200
75
150
144
144
100
–
–
180
80
120
150
160
50
80
100
145
80
120
60
80
70
30
40
80
100
154
24
–
–
60
50
70
50
–
40
100
36
40
–
50
36
65
50
80
15 on request
70
80
–
80
80
–
30
BA SE L
SWISSCONGRESS
© Basel Tourismus; Photo Andreas Zimmermann
D E ST I NAT IO N
Basel – everything on your doorstep
Basel combines great accessibility and
rich cultural offerings with excellent
meeting infrastructure – and all this at
the heart of Europe.
Basel – culture unlimited
With 193,000 inhabitants, Basel is the third
largest city in Switzerland, situated in the
very northwest of the country near the
French and German borders. The city,
located on the Rhine, offers its visitors a
unique mix of modern and historical architecture. The beautiful historic city centre,
with buildings from the 13th and 14th centuries, is perfectly contrasted by contemporary buildings by world-renowned architects, such as Herzog & de Meuron, Mario
Botta and Renzo Piano.
A visit to Basel is not complete without seeing at least one of the almost forty museums, including the Fondation Beyeler, the
Museum Tinguely and the Kunstmuseum
Basel.
Accessibility – airport and
high-speed trains
Thanks to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Basel is easily accessible
from all major European cities and all European airport hubs. Furthermore, the city
is integrated in the European high speed
train network and served by the French
TGV and the German ICE. The Zurich Airport with its many international connections can be reached in approx. 75 minutes
via a direct railway connection.
Free public transport
Another interesting feature for delegates is
the Mobility Ticket. When they stay overnight at a hotel in Basel, they can use the
public transportation within the city free of
charge throughout their entire stay.
Congress Center Basel and
conference hotels
An advantage for meeting planners and conference delegates is that everything in Basel
is right on their doorstep. The city centre is
reached in only 20 minutes from the EuroAirport and all major meeting hotels are
within walking distance from the Old Town.
Even the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland’s biggest congress centre by surface area,
which offers 25 conference rooms for up to
3,000 delegates, is located in the city centre
with 1,000 hotel rooms in different categories nearby. Meeting planners who prefer to
hold their meetings in a hotel can choose
among renowned chains, such as Hilton,
Swissôtel, Radisson Blu, Ramada, Dorint and
Best Western, or private hotels with individual charm like the Grand Hotel Les Trois
Rois, the Hotel Basel, the Hotel Euler or the
Hotel Der Teufelhof. After a complete refurbishment the Pullman Basel Europe (former
Mercure Hotel Europe Basel) will re-open in
spring 2014 offering 141 generously sized
hotel rooms and six spacious meeting rooms
for up to 200 delegates. A new hotel by the
Accor Group will open in fall 2014. The 4*
Novotel will offer 145 rooms as well as four
meeting rooms and the adjacent 2* IBIS
Budget will provide another 194 rooms.
Basel Tourism & Convention Bureau
Aeschenvorstadt 36
CH-4010 Basel
Phone +41 61 268 68 10
Fax +41 61 268 68 73
[email protected]
www.basel.com
Special venues for dinners
and meetings
The variety of locations in Basel for conference dinners ranges from the traditional
Restaurant Zum Braunen Mutz, Kunsthalle Basel, Safran Zunft or Volkshaus Basel to modern venues, such as the restaurant Noohn or the Rhypark, an event hall
overlooking the Rhine River.
Other thrilling dinner venues are the Pantheon Basel, a vintage car museum, the
football stadium St. Jakob-Park Basel, the
neo-Gothic Elisabeth Church or the ships
of the Basler Rheinschifffahrt. A well-kept
secret is the cinema complex Pathé Küchlin, where you can rent single halls or even
the whole complex for a conference, product presentation or a private movie evening. Projects to come are extensive renovations of the St. Jakobshalle Basel and the
Stadt-Casino Basel.