Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa

The Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa knows a little something about treating guests like celebrities. It corners Hollywood & Highland Center, a $615-million complex of entertainment venues, trendy eateries, and shops at the very epicenter of Hollywood, California. Winners at the annual Academy Awards exit the stage of the Kodak Theater and follow a private hallway to meet the press in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Other events at the hotel range from executive summits in the Panorama Suite, with a bird’s-eye view of the Hollywood sign, to cocktail soirees around the rooftop pool and formal banquets catered by Wolfgang Puck.

The largest venue, the Grand Ballroom, spans over 25,090 square feet. It divides into six salons or dazzles groups of up to 2,000 attendees in its largest configuration. Equally impressive and flexible, the Hollywood Ballroom holds up to 550, while the adjacent Canyon Rooms hold up to 300. Another option, the Community Rooms, often serve for breakouts or groups of fewer than 100 participants.

Best of all, everything from the function space to the 632 well appointed guest rooms, full-service spa, fitness center, lounge, and Twist
restaurant lie just steps from the fabled Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Walk of Fame. Guests can reach Universal Studios via the L.A. Metro that stops right under the complex. Or they can relax in the lobby and watch—discreetly, of course—who comes in next.