MBCC’s oceanfront location and landscaped
outdoor event spaces let groups soak up the
destination’s best asset every chance they
get. The open-air layout of the facility — the
meeting, exhibition, and ballroom spaces
are all housed in three separate buildings,
and connect via outdoor walkways — give
attendees the chance to get outside more
than the typical convention center might
allow. Many of the MBCC’s indoor spaces
feature plenty of natural light, and the
property offers a number of outdoor event
spaces, like the 17,000-square-foot Ocean
View Terrace — which accommodates up to
1,500 for banquet-style functions — and the
MBCC’s courtyard, capable of holding up to
2,600 guests for receptions within its 25,000
square feet of space.
The MBCC’s largest space, the
57,525-square-foot Exhibition Hall, spans t wo
buildings and offers room for 282 booths
as well as 4,700 guests seated banquet-style or 6,200 guests seated theater-style.
For special events, the 18,417-square-foot
Grand Ballroom can seat up to 1,580 for
banquets — and for meetings, nine meeting
rooms offer 9,737 square feet, with the largest accommodating up to 600 attendees.
All of the center’s prefunction lobby areas
come outfitted with built-in reception desks
and comfortable seating.
Supporting these spaces are the
MBCC’s well-equipped catering facilities. A
15,000-square-foot kitchen, along with additional prep spaces, means that everything
from tea breaks to five-course banquets run
seamlessly. Ample parking, coach bays, and
freight access in the Exhibition Hall offer
added convenience for larger events.
As for on-site technology, all of the MBCC’s
meeting, exhibit, and ballroom spaces come
equipped with videoconferencing capabilities and high-speed Internet. A full-service
business center, a fully integrated broadcast and teleconference system, and an
on-site team of audiovisual technicians all
help ensure that meetings and events run
smoothly while groups are in house.
The MBCC also has the advantage of
having a prime location. Sangster Interna-
tional Airport is just 15 minutes away, and
surrounding the convention center are more
than 4,000 hotel rooms, a cluster of restau-
rants and bars, five shopping centers, and
three championship 18-hole golf courses. In
Rose Hall, nearby resorts like Half Moon, A
RockResort; Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara Rose
Hall; Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa; and three
IBEROSTAR hotels — Rose Hall Beach, Rose
Hall Suites, and Grand Hotel Rose Hall — sat-
isfy a range of needs, whether groups seek an
all-inclusive experience or a meeting planner
needs plenty of on-site meeting spaces.
Montego Bay is the second-largest city in
Jamaica, and also offers groups conveniences like duty-free shopping and the Caribbean’s busiest airport — as well as plenty to
do and see. Groups can cruise the biolumin-scent Luminous Lagoon, snorkel or swim in
the pale aqua waters of Doctor’s Cave Beach,
visit working plantations that grow pineapple
and sugarcane, shop the craft markets, take a
horseback ride on the beach, or hit the nightclubs that line the Hip Strip. Also popular is
the 18th-century Rose Hall Plantation and
Great House, for which the area is named. In
addition, meeting-related expenses incurred
in Jamaica by U.S.-based groups qualify as
tax-deductible.
For more information: Montego
Bay Convention Centre — Sandra
Daley-Francois, Director of Global
Sales, Marketing, and Public Relations;
sdaleyfrancois@mobaycentre.com;
mobaycentre.com
First impressions The SMG-managed Montego Bay Convention Centre comes with all of the
essentials meeting planners expect from a modern meeting facility, including spacious lobbies and
prefunction areas equipped with reception desks and comfortable seating.
CONVENTION CENTER SPECS
Total meeting, exhibition,
and ballroom space
• 127,679 square feet
Exhibition hall
• 57,525 square feet
Grand Ballroom
• 18,417 square feet
Meeting space
• Nine rooms totaling 9,737
square feet
Outdoor space
• The 25,000-square-foot
Courtyard and the 17,000-square-
foot Ocean View Terrace