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Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

Grand Rapids, MI
187 Monroe Avenue Northwest, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Main: 888-203-3444
Director of Sales: Ron Brondyke
Web: www.amwaygrand.com

Quick Facts

Affiliation: Preferred Hotels and Resorts, ALHI
Opened	1913
Last Renovated	2003
Guest Rooms	682
Room Rates
High: 149-215
Low: 139-199
High Season	Mar - May
Low Season	Nov - Feb
Ideal Group Size	800
Max Group Size	650
Fees/Taxes
Resort Fee	Incl.
Room Tax	8%
Sales Tax	6%
Airports
Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) 15 min 12 miles
Dining, Food & Beverage
F&B Averages
Breakfast Buffet	20
Breakfast Cont.	13
Lunch Buffet	27
Plated	25
Dinner Buffet	42
Plated	42
Coffee Break	5
2-Hour Open Bar	18
Onsite Dining/Cuisine/Capacity
G.P. Sports Bar casual American cuisine	250
Starbucks coffe house	36
Cygnus 27 globally influenced American cuisine	130
Cornucopia International Deli	64
Bentham's Riverfront Restaurant American Cuisine	120
Ruth’s Chris Steak House steak house	225
Meeting Space
Largest Meeting Room	8,750 ft²
Indoor Meeting Space	45,000 ft²
Indoor/Outdoor Meeting Space	50,000 ft²
Amenities
Business: Business center, wired and wireless high-speed Internet connection, and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. Recreation: Spa and salon, fitness center with pool and whirlpools, tennis, and racquetball. Nearby: DeVos Place Convention Center and Performance Hall, Van Andel Arena, Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Children’s Museum, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Civic Theatre, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, John Ball Zoo, golf courses, ski trails, and Lake Michigan.

The Amway Grand Plaza Hotel combines the grandeur of the Gilded Age and the latest in four-diamond luxury. With one wing built between 1913 and 1916 by the designers of New York’s Grand Central Station, the former Pantlind Hotel and its modern 29-story Glass Tower center downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. A skywalk leads to neighboring DeVos Place Convention Center—an additional 250,000 square feet of meeting, trade show, and convention space that includes a 40,000-square-foot ballroom.

Within the hotel itself, planners have a choice of 42 conference rooms and reception areas. Highlights include the twin-tiered Imperial Ballroom—with its massive columns and grand staircase—and the intimate blue and gold domed chamber of the Gerald R. and Betty Ford Presidential Ballroom. Catering upholds the hotel’s reputation for some of the city’s finest dining. Executive amenities range from state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment to a full-service business center, spa and salon, and a health club with skylit pool and whirlpools, exercise equipment, racquetball, and tennis courts.

The accommodations include rooms and suites appointed in the classic style of the early twentieth century and others matching the Glass Tower’s contemporary style. In addition, planners enjoy the convenience of the same ownership and management coordinating the nearby JW Marriott Grand Rapids and Downtown Courtyard by Marriott as well. Altogether, the three sister hotels offer over 1,100 committable hotel rooms and 77,000 square feet of meeting space, allowing for one host, one contract, and one easy transaction.

Planner Reviews

Our guests truly enjoyed their stay in your hotel, and I heard many comments that your staff and facilities were among the best they had seen.

Terri Lynn Land
State of Michigan
April 7, 2011

Average Rating: 9.50

Conducted sales banquet for 224 agents and managers. All attendees stayed overnight. Hotel prepared ice sculpture with the company logo at no charge because of the amount of our f&b. Great value. Food was excellent. Rooms were exceptional. No complaints from the attendees. Some attendees extended their stay at their own expense. I would bring another group to the property.

Anonymous
September 8, 2008

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