Did you know? Christiana Hilton took on the theme of it's surroundings here in the Brandywine Valley. All of their rooms, guest, meeting and ball rooms, have murals and decor of the area. Christiana Hilton has 266 guest rooms, more than enough to host gatherings of any sort. Yes, this includes Social Media and Blogging Conferences and Seminars! The Christiana Hilton offers 12 meeting rooms that can accommodate groups of 10 to 180 persons in a variety of styles and settings. They have been hosting some of the most important corporate and social events in Delaware for over 20 years now.
The reason for this event was to bring awareness to Delaware as a venue for Seminars and Conferences. We are in a prime location, in the middle of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and D.C.. Delaware is a great place to hold events. Christiana Hilton is one of the best examples of what we have here for use.
We also have, for larger events, the Chase Riverfront Arts Center. I can personally vouch for the size of this location as I had my College Graduation Ceremony there.
Along with our families, we were given a tour of the hotel. The tour included the restaurant and bar area of the hotel, along with the La Chameleon Room:
This room was actually set up for another meeting that was scheduled. They even had, outlets set up for the attendees. This is a huge bonus! There are so many meetings or conferences that you may attend, and there are not enough outlets. We asked our tour guide about it and he said that they always make sure this feature is set up if they are aware of the need. Our tour guide, by the way? Totally rocked! He was well versed of the ins and outs of the hotel. He, himself has been there for over 20 years. I should mention, the Christiana Hilton was named one of the top work places in Delaware. They have 141 employees and they were all so friendly and courteous. My niece and daughter enjoyed walking around the hotel in their socks, to get the lay of the land, so to speak, and they said that the employees just laughed and smiled at seeing how much fun they were having.
During the tour as well, we got to go down to the pond to see the ducks and the Royal Swans:
How cute! Every night at 5:30, someone goes down and opens the fence, rings the bell and they all come up for their dinner. This is something the guests can come and watch. The children will love it!
The Hotel has two sides. One the weekends, they have their Social side. Weddings, fun social gatherings, yes, that includes Blogging events! Can you tell I'm excited about that? Then, on Sunday night, they switch to their business side and get ready for all the meetings and corporate employees who stay there. They have a fourth floor that you can only access by key for the Exec's. On this floor as well, they have an Executive Lounge that has a Board Table that you can gather around and get down to business. This lounge also has a seating area, a kitchen, a fireplace and a great view of their courtyard! Although, if you look out at the Courtyard, you may not want to get any work done. It is a gorgeous view.
After the tour, some of us headed back to our rooms, and others walked around on their own. My niece, daughter and I got the meeting room that we were in, set up for dinner and a movie. The Hilton had generously loaned us a TV and DVD player for the evening. When we got down there, they had fruit and cookies for us already. The kids were lucky and got some awesome cars to build from RideMakerz. They had different one's from the movie Cars!
This goes into the many wonderful Sponsors we had for the DE Blogging Event. Do Tell Family Game, offered each family that came to the event a game of their own! They also received Zippies, the pals that hang around! As I did a review on this game before, I can tell you, this is a fun, tell all game! Snacks were generously provided by DoleFoods, Fruit Crisp, Popchips and Pretzel Crisps.
DayTimer provided us with great Mom Day Planners. Yes, as busy as we are, Day Planners are an essential part of our day! CarolinaPad sent us pens to make sure we were able to get all our important notes down! Everki know that where bloggers are? Our laptops are sure to follow! They sent out their Agile Slim Laptop Case to lug our laptops around to the many events we attend. The Laptop Case provides space to put cards, whether business or financial, papers that you collect from meetings you may attend as well.
SheSpeaks sent Toddy Computer screen wipes to remove any lint that may accumulate. And to keep our hands nice and clean? Prefense provided us with Hand Sanitizer pumps and wipes. Wish I had those before I got the seasonal cold two weeks ago!
As busy as we tend to get, it is nice to have some pamper time! EOS has these wonderful lip balm smooth spheres that are sold in stores such as CVS and Walmart. For nights out we can take care of our hair with Redken's Extreme CAT and Remington has the 4 in 1 Ultimate Stylist. This fantastic tool lets you go with straight hair, curly or wavy. And in our nicely styled hair? We can add Bling! Then, after all the planning and events wind down, we are able to refresh our eyes with Eye Candy Coolers. BraBarrette sent some of their accessories that can be used to keep straps in alignment and not falling off our shoulders.
And, last, but, certainly not least, so I didn't have to throw these thank you gifts at my mom bloggers, Snapsac and Reuseit sent bags for the children's and bloggers swag gifts.
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