Located in the heart of downtown San Jose, the luxurious San Jose Marriott offers bold and sophisticated accommodations and a central location. The guestrooms feature luxurious amenities like premium bedding, flat-screen TVs and laptop safes, and the hotel satisfies with an award-winning restaurant and services ranging from concierge to valet dry cleaning. This San Jose hotel adjoins the San Jose McEnery Convention Center and is walking distance from dozens of restaurants, nightclubs and museums.

The Ainsley House Gardens are perfect to hold a meeting without the stuffy office-drone air of a typical work event. The lush greenery, coupled with the gorgeous English Tudor as a backdrop, make for the perfect setting to build tighter bonds with your co-workers while breaking out of the cubicle. The Ainsley gardens feature a stunning open space that's made for making memories. All proceeds go directly to support Educational Programs, Exhibits and the Ainsley House itself.

Chic New York style and a nod to the Rat Pack glory days make the Grill on the Alley a choice destination for events and meetings in San Jose. Located in downtown, this restaurant features two beautiful private dining rooms, white-jacketed service and a lengthy menu of classic American cuisine. The Grill on the Alley offers full service meeting support ranging from decorations to audio-visual needs.

Whether it's for a work retreat or for team building, the majesty of the redwoods is the perfect element to help build your community. Redwood Canopy Tours at Mount Hermon host world-class Team Building programs for groups, including eco-educational programs and aerial adventures—which include six ziplines (up to 440 feet long) and two sky bridges (suspended nearly 150 in the air) all with the intention to connect mind, body and spirit.

Campo di Bocce might be one of the best destination ideas for business meetings in San Jose. This venue in Los Gatos offers a private meeting room with wireless Internet access and excellent service, as well as drinks and delicious Italian cuisine. The highlight, though, are the bocce courts where employees can try their hand at bocce ball for fun or light competition after meetings.

Meeting ready and team building friendly, Lemans Karting is one of the South Bay's most exciting event facilities. With a conference room that is fully equipped with high-speed internet access, telephones and drop-down presentation screen, off site events come to life at Lemans Karting. Silicon Valley corporations such as Hewlett Packard, Adobe and Applied Materials, have taken advantage of Lemans Karting team building events and everyone had a blast. Fifty-one year old Eric Scheible says, "Old or young, everyone is sure to love it". Reservations are required for meeting room and team building events.

The Beverly Heritage Hotel features 4,400 square feet of beautiful meeting and banquet space with rooms that can accommodate up to 150 people. Smaller, executive boardrooms provide an intimate setting for anywhere from 12 to 24 people. Each room has audiovisual capabilities, including teleconferencing and videoconferencing services, wired and wireless networking, WiFi access, projectors and sound systems. Two of the luxurious rooms also feature patio access where guests can socialize during breaks. The professional and dedicated event planning staff will be happy to help tailor events for any group. The Beverly Heritage hotel also provides complimentary shuttle service to the San Jose International Airport and to destinations within a three-mile radius of the hotel.

With two large private rooms and an upscale-casual setting, Arcadia, the stylish chophouse in downtown San Jose, is a choice venue for San Jose meetings and corporate events. The modern steakhouse menu boasts innovative twists on traditional American cuisine and offers classic cuts of beef and bone-in meats, as well as fresh seafood. Located inside the Marriott Hotel, Arcadia is just steps from the San Jose Convention Center and many of the area's major businesses, including Bank of America and Adobe.

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