Bring Your Group To The Wine Country

Hotel Andalucia, centrally located in the city of Santa Barbara and adjacent to the winery-filled Santa Ynez Valley, is known for its flexible and inventive meeting and event spaces with space for 10 to 200 guests.

Highlighted with hand-tinted vintage photos of city landmarks, posters from the city’s celebrated Spanish Days Fiesta and the works of visual artists, the hotel’s five dedicated meeting rooms range from 500 to 2,000 square feet and feature distinctly local themes:

• The Ro Snell Gallery showcases a rotating collection of contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography and mixed media; the space accommodates meetings, private parties, hotel receptions and exhibition-related events.
  
  
• Mission Board Room presents a suite of 21 etchings depicting California’s famed missions by artist Leonardo Nunez, who has also created museum-quality editions.
  
  
• Riviera Ballroom offers a mural of Santa Barbara as the “American Riviera;”
  
  
• Valley Meeting Room features large-format landscape photography by Susan Jorgenson who lives in the Santa Ynez Valley.
  
  
• Channel Islands Conference Room showcases fine photographs of area beaches and islands by Macduff Everton and a stunning coastal scene in oil.

The hotel’s outdoor terrace offers a more intimate setting for private events. Rising up above the red-tiled roofs of Santa Barbara, the 4,000-square-foot space enjoys exclusive status as the highest rooftop hotel venue in the city. Here, guests can enjoy some of the city’s best views, along with a mission-style fireplace, a whirlpool for eight and a pool that also serves as a lighted fountain for private events.

The hotel’s art program, which is featured prominently in the pre-function areas as well as in each of the meeting rooms, was developed to highlight the history and natural heritage of the surrounding Santa Barbara landscape. The collection includes traditional and contemporary works culled from some of the region’s most prominent names, including Santa Barbara photographer Susan Jorgenson, local artists Leonardo Nunez and Macduff Everton, Italo Scanga, Harry Reese, and Dane Goodman.

The hotel is situated in the heart of Santa Barbara’s downtown, within a five-minute stroll of high-end stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and open-air courtyards filled with restaurant, boutiques and art galleries.  Other area destinations include the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, with its outstanding European and Asian collection; the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, which houses Chumash Indian artifacts; the Santa Barbara Mission established in 1786; and the historic El Presidio and the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, the flagship of the city’s Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style.

Utilizing its relationship with local wineries, Hotel Andalucia has created two new programs offering groups, both corporate and leisurely, with exciting new ways to both bond and learn while in the eclectic Santa Barbara region.  These include:

• Hotel Andalucia’s Exclusive Wine Camp - Hotel Andalucia has partnered with the Artiste Winery in the Santa Ynez wine country to offer a blending class and excursion to groups staying at the hotel.  The group of guests will take turns blending barrel samples and creating, designing, and painting the label for their own special bottled blend.  This “wine camp” will allow groups of business partners, families, and friends to enjoy each other’s company with the help of the lush surroundings and winery experts.  Groups will leave with the fruits of their labor in their own wine varietal, ready to enjoy.  Wine Camp is available for groups of 10-30 people.  The cost is $30 per person.  

• Wining and Dining - Designed for those corporate groups spending hours in meetings, Hotel Andalucia has created an initiative both entertaining and educational.  The “Wining and Dining” program was fashioned for groups to enjoy the teachings of local wine educators after a long day’s work.  Groups can choose from the more useful varieties of seminars, such as “how to order wine” and “pairing wine with food,” both topics which often seem daunting to the businessman wining and dining a potential client or high-powered executive.  They can also opt to draw inspiration from the land, with topics including “the history of wine in Santa Barbara” or “how wine is made.”  The cost is $75 per hour, plus the cost of wine.  Varietals of wine are determined by the chosen seminar topic. 

Room rates start at $325 per night. The property hosts a business center; 31 West, an 80-seat restaurant, with 40 seats in the bar, featuring simple, creatively prepared American cuisine; and underground parking.

For further information call 877-468-3515 or visit www.andaluciasb.com.

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