The Hindu Business Line : Business and pleasure!

Spread across 40 acres of tranquility, Cidade de Goa has the facilities to host corporate conventions, board meetings, staff incentives, courses and special events or functions with options of indoor and outdoor venues.

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If the location of a conference can influence enthusiasm, participation and accomplishment, then surely there is no better place than the Cidade de Goa.

This secluded beachside hideaway is steeped in warm Goan hospitality and five-star luxuries.

Spread across 40 acres of tranquillity, Cidade de Goa has the facilities to host corporate conventions, board meetings, staff incentives, courses and special events or functions with options of indoor and out door venues. The resort’s event coordinator will help customers plan the most unconventional event.

Whether it is business by the beach, a sales seminar at the lively outdoor bar or Goan cuisine to revitalise a board meeting, Cidade de Goa offers much potential to mix business with pleasure.

If it is business one is coming here for, a wide range of facilities from video conferencing to LCD projectors are available at the resort.

Two large conference halls, a convention hall (Grande Sala) and the Sala de Banquete together with three breakaway rooms - Vista da Praia, Assembleia and Ultramar - can host the biggest of conventions in Goa.

The resort also has a business centre open seven days a week, with an attached boardroom – Harmonia.

One can choose from Cidade’s various indoor or outdoor venues that can accommodate groups of different sizes.

The business centre offers technological resources such as high-speed Internet access, direct telephone and fax lines, data port for computer hook-up, as well as sophisticated audio-visual equipment.