University. Set on a rolling 55-acre
estate, the facility offers 86 guest rooms
and a variety of classically beautiful
conference facilities. “I nominated
Graylyn [for Best in Show] because the
Wake Forest University School of Business enjoys having events there, such as
student events, team-building activities,
and conferences,” said Sydnee Alms,
special projects manager for Wake Forest. “Graylyn is an 86-room boutique
hotel and conference center with
meeting spaces that are unlike any
other, and ideal for small meetings and
training agendas. Each meeting space
is uniquely different in size, design, and
architectural detail.”
CORK FAC TORY HOTEL
(LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA)
corkfactoryhotel.com
The boutique Cork Factory Hotel
occupies a
19th-century,
red-brick building in downtown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania — part
of the Urban
Place mixed-use
complex, which
originally was
home first to
the Armstrong
Cork Company
and then to the
Kerr Glass Company. Cork Factory’s
meeting attendees feel every bit of
this history. The 77-room property’s
5,225-square-foot ballroom features
exposed wood rafters, a vaulted wood-
beam ceiling, and a covered terrace that
overlooks the restored cork factory. Its
new, 2,555-square-foot Warehouse
event space is garnished with cork-
lined walls and antique hardwood
floors. And its Cork & Cap Restaurant
offers outdoor dining around Urban
Place’s colossal smokestack.
19th-century
industry at the
Cork Factory
Hotel.
