Park Plaza Riverbank

General Overview:

The Park Plaza Riverbank hotel is a 4-star upscale contemporary and purpose-built business and conference hotel on London's South Bank. Meetings and events are a major part of the business offering, with a purpose-built conference centre, extensive meeting facilities and 645 guestrooms supporting residential conferences.

Location:

Located on Albert Embankment on the South Bank of the River Thames. Accessible via Vauxhall Underground, National Rail and bus services. There is no on-site parking. The hotel benefits from dedicated coach drop-off facilities for conferences and groups near the conference entrance.

Easily accessible from London Heathrow, Gatwick, and City airports, the venue benefits from good underground links with the nearest stations being Vauxhall, Waterloo, and Westminster.

Design:

Modern contemporary high-rise hotel with glass and contemporary architectural styling. Interiors feature modern décor, contemporary furnishings and purpose-built conference facilities throughout public areas, bedrooms and event space.

Bedrooms:

645 guestrooms and suites. Room categories can be represented as: Standard = Superior Rooms; Executive = Executive Rooms; Suites = Studio Suites, One Bedroom Suites and higher suite categories. Standard rooms typically include work desk, complimentary Wi‑Fi, laptop-compatible safe, tea and coffee facilities, television, air conditioning and ironing facilities. Premium amenities depend on room category and can normally be adjusted subject to operational requirements and all amenities can be removed upon request.

Meeting space:

The hotel offers 24 meeting rooms across 3 conference floors. The largest space is the Ballroom, accommodating up to 650 delegates theatre-style. This is the only space on this floor. Major event spaces include the Ballroom, Plaza Suites, Park Suites and City Suites.

Conference facilities feature dedicated entrances, separate lift access, spacious foyers andbreakout rooms. The venue is particularly well suited to conferences, healthcare meetings, training programmes, product launches, exhibitions and residential events. The Ballroom and Plaza Suites can be partitioned and exclusive areas can be fully privatised. The conference spaces are on their own dedicated floors and are therefore fully private. 360- degree virtual tours are available here - Virtual tour | Park Plaza London Riverbank, part of Radisson Hotel Group.

Restaurant & Public spaces:

The hotel’s main restaurant is the Park Plaza brand, Chino Latino Restaurant & Bar, located on the 1 st floor, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cuisine is Pan-Asian with international influences and has achieved AA Rosette recognition but this is not actively marketed. The restaurant and private dining areas can be used for corporate dinners and there is a semi-private area but not full privatisable. For fully confidential presentations, private meeting rooms are recommended. The restaurant and private dining areas can be used for corporate dinners and there is a semi-private area but not full privatisable. For fully confidential presentations, private meeting rooms are recommended. Additional outlets include the bar and River View Lounge for receptions and catered events. 

 Additional outlets include the bar and River View Lounge for receptions and catered events. The River View lounge can be fully privatised.

Experience:

The hotel actively markets to healthcare and life sciences meetings and holds a Healthcare Venue accreditation. Due it its location and ability to hold residential conferences for up to 500, the hotel has experience in hosting advisory boards, investigator meetings, sales meetings, training programmes, conferences, steering committee meetings and other internal and external pharmaceutical or life science events. 

It therefore works regularly with specialist healthcare agencies and benefits from London’s extensive network of hospitals, universities, research institutes and healthcare organisations along with being only a 10 minute walk from Guy & St. Thomas' Hospital. The hotel also has a number of signed MSA agreements with Healthcare clients due to its affiliation with Radisson Hotel Group.

Fitness:

On-site fitness centre with cardiovascular and resistance equipment plus free weights. Indoor swimming pool, sauna and wellness facilities are available and managed by the hotel. The venue is not primarily marketed as a spa destination, although leisure and wellness facilities are available for guests. Fitness and pool facilities are located within the hotel and are easily accessible from guest rooms and meeting facilities.

This 4-star hotel promotes its Thames riverside location near Westminster, the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and other central London attractions to the general public.

Chino Latino is promoted as an award-winning AA Rosette restaurant, an award of two (out of 5) AA Rosettes underlines its quality rather than suggesting it is for fine dining. 

The hotel does promote its riverside location near Westminster, the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and other central London attractions to the general public