54 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2023 | wbjournal.com
F O C U S H O S P I T A L I T Y
Largest meeting venues
Ranked by maximum banquet accommodation
Total capacity
Venue
Max. banquet
accommodation
No. of
meeting
rooms
Classroom Theater
No. of
overnight
rooms
Contact name/
contact e-mail
1
Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
499 Mountain Road, Princeton 01541
978-464-2300 • wachusett.com
3,000
(1)
8 200 350 0
Steffanie Luniewicz
sales@wachusett.com
2
DCU Center
50 Foster St., Worcester 01608
508-755-6800 • dcucenter.com
2,520
11
(2)
2,076
14,500
(3)
0
Jim Moughan
jmoughan@dcucenter.com
3
Maxwell Luciano's Banquet &
Conference Center at Union Station
2 Washington Square, Union Station,
Worcester 01604
508-755-6408 •
maxwellsilvermansbanquet.com
1,000 2 1,200 1,200 0
Martin Oduol
info3@maxwellmaxine.com
4
Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference
Center
366 Main St., Sturbridge 01566
508-347-7393 •
sturbridgehosthotel.com
900 10 700 1,600 212
Lise Hunt
dos@sturbridgehosthotel.com
5
Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference
Center
242 Adams Place, Boxborough 01719
978-263-8701 • boxbororegency.com
750 12 500 1,000 143
Sales department
sales@boxbororegency.com
5
Sheraton Framingham Hotel &
Conference Center
1657 Worcester Road, Framingham
01701
508-879-7200 • marriott.com/bosfs
750 23 600 1,200 200
Missy Madrid
mmadrid@colwenhotels.com
Stephanie Paschal
spaschal@colwenhotels.com
7
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel &
Trade Center
181 Boston Post Road West,
Marlborough 01752
508-460-0700 • rplazahotels.com
700 20 500 1,100 307
Christine Kelly
ckelly@rplazahotels.com
8
DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-
Westborough
5400 Computer Drive, Westborough
01581
508-366-5511 • doubletree.com
650 17 550 900 225
Oliver Knight
Oliver.Knight@hilton.com
9
DoubleTree by Hilton Leominster
99 Erdman Way, Leominster 01453
978-534-9000 •
leominster.doubletree.com
550 14 300 900 187
Shannon Ryan
shannon.ryan@hilton.com
9
Indian Ranch and Samuel Slater's
Restaurant
200 Gore Road, Webster 01570
508-943-3871 • indianranch.com
550 5 250 3,047 0
Julie Welch
julie@samuelslaters.com
11
The Hall at St. George Cathedral
30 Anna St., Worcester 01604
508-752-9150 • stgeorgeworcester.org
500 15 600 600 0
Richard Dowd
thehallatstgeorge@gmail.com
12
Great Wolf Lodge New England
150 Great Wolf Drive, Fitchburg 01420
978-343-9653 • greatwolf.com/new-
england
495 7 409 625 406
Paula Lawrence
plawrence@greatwolf.com
13
AC Hotel by Marriott Worcester
125 Front St., Worcester 01608
774-420-7555 • marriott.com/boswn
475
(4)
7 250 700 170
Elizabeth Winship
ewinship@claremontcorp.com
14
Mechanics Hall
321 Main St., Worcester 01608
508-752-5608 • mechanicshall.org
450 6 300 1,300 0
Diana Casavecchia
dianac@mechanicshall.org
15
Arrowhead Acres
92 Aldrich St., Uxbridge 01569
508-278-5017 • arrowheadacres.com
400 2 400 500 0
David Morin
info@arrowheadacres.com
15
Colonial Hotel & Colonial Grill
625 Betty Spring Road, Gardner 01440
978-630-2500 (hotel) 978-630-2322
(restaurant) • colonial-hotel.com
400
(5) 2 (6)
300 500 112
Emily Jillson
corporatesales@colonial-hotel.com
15
Pleasant Valley Country Club
95 Armsby Road, Sutton 01590
508-865-4441 • pleasantvalleycc.com
400 3 200 300 0
Donna Libby
sales@pleasantvalleycc.com
18
Hogan Center, College of the Holy
Cross
1 College St., Worcester 01610
508-793-2565 • holycross.edu
390 15 80 475 0
Elizabeth Rice
erice@holycross.edu
19
DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-Milford
11 Beaver St., Milford 01757
508-478-7010 •
bostonmilford.doubletree.com
350 8 300 500 177
Marie Thomason
marie.thomason@hilton.com
19
The Manor
42 W. Boylston St., West Boylston
01583
508-835-4722 • ourmanor.com
350 4 400 400 0
Maggie Carolan
functions@ourmanor.com
21
Charter Oak Country Club
394 Chestnut St., Hudson 01749
978-562-0800 • charteroakcc.com
325 2 0 500 0
Joanne Duganiero
sales@charteroakcc.com
The AC Hotel by Marriott
Worcester was purchased Sept.
23 by Bridgewater real estate
investor and developer Claremont
Cos. for $40 million, according to
the Worcester District Registry of
Deeds.
The seller was Colwen Hotels,
a subsidiary of XSS Hotels of
Hooksett, New Hampshire, which
originally built the five-year-old
hotel.
Claremont did not respond to a
request for comment regarding its
plans for the hotel, but the com
-
pany's website lists the Worcester
hotel, under its current branding,
among its properties.
The deal was financed in part
by a $32-million loan by Country
Bank, headquartered in Ware,
according to the registry of deeds.
The 170-room,
120,000-square-foot hotel opened
in April 2018 at the former site
of the Worcester Center Galleria.
Colwen Hotels built the hotel, then
acquired the property on Sept. 23
from Citysquare II Development Co.
LLC for $2.2 million, prior to the
sale to Claremont.
The property is assessed by the
City of Worcester for $10.4 million.
Claremont Cos. was founded in
1968 by Patrick Carney, the com
-
pany's current chairman and CEO.
It owns more than 60 properties
including hotels, apartments, and
offices.
Worcester AC
Hotel sold to
Bridgewater real
estate investor
for $40M
