With 44 hotels and over 200,000 square feet of meeting space—including a 47,500-square-foot trade center and several large conference hotels—MetroWest Boston, just outside of Boston proper, has all the traditional meeting space you could need.
But they also have venues that make your event something entirely more memorable, from museums to historic properties to indoor amusement parks. These spaces offer meeting planners unique environments that spur original thinking, creative problem solving, strong team building, and more, creating a conference that is not only productive but unforgettable.
Consider the American Heritage Museum, with 26,000 square feet of indoor space, including a hangar full of antique planes and a museum gallery with state-of-the-art video projection and theatrical lighting—creating a 21st-century meeting surrounded by 20th-century artifacts. The Museum’s 100+ acre campus allows options from intimate 20- to 50-person affairs at the stepped gardens and pergola to 400-person tented gatherings on the expansive 2200-foot grass airfield bordered by the Assabet River. 
American Heritage MuseumPhoto: Courtesy of MetroWest Boston
Or perhaps the Wayside Inn, the oldest inn in America with 11 historical meeting rooms, 10 guest rooms, tented outdoor space, and onsite catering—not to mention over 100 acres of wooded trails, historic outbuildings, and more. With stories to tell, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s stay and subsequent publication of “Tales from a Wayside Inn” to ghost stories of lost loves, the inn gives an amazing glimpse into Colonial America and an atmosphere that inspires.
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts offers over 6,000 square feet of highly customizable theater and gallery space, plus a beautiful outdoor amphitheater adjacent to their Shakespeare garden. Combine team-building, art, music, or theater breakout sessions with your standard conference schedule to help attendees think outside of the box and boost productivity.
Looking for a hotel venue that isn’t your typical “big box”? The Verve Hotel Natick is a Hilton Tapestry Collection property that showcases truly unique American pop culture decor from the 1960s to ’90s, with 12 meeting rooms and 17,000 square feet of space plus 251 luxury guest rooms.
The Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center just transformed into a Marriott TriBrand destination. The iconic “castle” property now offers a 200-room full-service Sheraton, a 95-room TownePlace Suites, and a 75-room Fairfield Inn, all connected to 25,000 square feet of meeting space with 23 flexible breakout rooms in their Tara Event Center.
Explore these and many other venues for your next meeting at metrowestvisitors.org/meet.
MetroWest Boston’s region is equidistant from the Boston, Providence, and Worcester airports; the region is just a half hour from Boston but costs a fraction of big city prices. MetroWest has the lowest average hotel room rate of any region in Massachusetts, at just $136 per night with free parking, compared to Boston’s average rate of $357/night with parking, making this region an affordable location for meetings, conferences, and conventions. With a variety of transportation options, including trains, buses, and airport shuttles, getting to the region is easy as well. From one-of-a-kind team-building activities to unique venues, this hidden gem of a region can make your next conference truly extraordinary.
For assistance with RFPs and additional information on regional venues and vendors, please contact Stacey David, Executive Director, MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau, at [email protected].
