What to look for when sourcing a venue
- Meetings with clients or customers: a meeting venue can provide a professional setting creating a positive impression and helping to build constructive relationships.
- Internal meetings or training sessions: an external venue can provide a neutral location for team meetings or training sessions, supporting productive discussions and encouraging participation.
- Conferencing or events: the right space can provide the facilities required for larger-scale hybrid events such as seminars, lectures, or product launches.
- Team building activities: the ideal location for off-site training or group activities, helping to develop team cohesion and boost morale.
1. Design Offices Hamburg, Domplatz: a venue that offers every possibility
With 5-star ratings across the board, this venue couldn’t be more ideal for your next corporate event, if you’re heading to picturesque Hamburg. Design Offices offers a huge variety of meeting spaces, from cheaper training rooms (from €59/hour) to larger event spaces (up to €150/hour). Its high ceilings and natural daylight give it a spacious feel, and it’s a great option for brainstorming events, with breakout rooms, blackout blinds for presents, and magnetic walls to visualize ideas. All-day catering options are also available upon request.
- Location: Hamburg city center
- Capacity: up to 90
- Cost: €€€
2. H10 Berlin Ku’Damm: a stylish corporate meeting space in the city center
With seven event spaces available, this hotel is an ideal option for corporate meetings in the heart of the capital. It’s just a short walking distance from Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the Zoologischer Garten, two of the city’s top attractions. The hotel’s historic facade contrasts with the modern facilities inside, which include five conference rooms, and all are equipped with the latest and greatest technology designed to help your event run as smoothly as possible.
- Location: City West
- Capacity: up to 90
- Cost: €€€
3. Courtyard by Marriott Hotel: an unparalleled location in Munich city center
Just a stone’s throw away from world-famous landmarks including Marienplatz and Hofbrauhaus, Courtyard offers a choice of four meeting rooms, and 250 bedrooms for attendees needing accommodation. With an on-site restaurant, bar, and fitness center, it has all you need for a successful—and comfortable—corporate event. It’s accessible for wheelchair users and offers event catering if necessary.
- Location: Munich city center
- Capacity: up to 50
- Cost: €€€
4. SPARK Europe: an impressive modern venue in the heart of Frankfurt
We’ve covered the birthplace of the hamburger, so let’s move to the frankfurter. With plans to expand the chain to Amsterdam, Vienna, and London, SPARK is an up-and-coming corporate space, with coworking areas, meeting rooms, and boardrooms on offer.Based in one of the newest buildings in Frankfurt, SPARK is a highly-accessible venue in the city center, reachable by air, car, train, or underground. With a range of spaces and additional extras, it’s a brilliant option for your next corporate event.
- Location: Frankfurt city center
- Capacity: up to 100
- Cost: €€€
5. AXICA Kongress: the most exclusive event space in Berlin
When it comes to finding the perfect event location, you can’t get more impressive than AXICA. Berlin’s most exclusive conference and congress center, it boasts the architecture of award-winning architect Frank O. Gehry, and can host all types of corporate events.AXICA is highly adaptable: whether you’re seeking an exhibition hall, conference center, or gala dinner, it ticks all the boxes. With various spaces available, from smaller meeting spaces to a vast event hall accommodating hundreds of attendees, you won’t be short on choice.
- Location: City West Berlin
- Capacity: up to 600
- Cost: €€€€
6. Hilton Dusseldorf: everything from boardrooms to ballrooms
Choosing a globally-recognized hotel brand such as the Hilton will immediately add an air of professionalism to your corporate event. With 2,124 square meters of event space and 18 meeting rooms, the latest A/V equipment for hire, and top-quality catering options available, the Hilton is fully equipped to host all types of corporate conventions.
- Location: Dusseldorf city center
- Capacity: up to 900
- Cost: €€€
7. SKYLOFT: a bright, modern space in central Stuttgart
Home to global giants such as Mercedes Benz and Porsche, Stuttgart has been a hub of industry and business for decades. Now a hotspot for tech startups, Stuttgart is an increasingly important business location in Germany.SKYLOFT is a popular corporate event space in the city center. It’s a bright and modern loft, which can act as both a boardroom and a convention center. Think of it as a blank canvas for your next corporate event—with some stunning views of the city thrown in for good measure.
- Location: Stuttgart center
- Capacity: up to 198
- Cost: €€
8. Offsite Meetings: an adaptable, fully-functional space in Cologne
Whether you’re planning a networking event, company photo shoot, or looking for a cozy meeting room, chances are you’ll be able to hold it here. Offsite is a great modern space in central Cologne, with different options from a seminar loft space to small boardrooms to private offices. It manages to feel both relaxed and professional at the same time and is definitely one to remember for your next event in Cologne.
- Location: Cologne city center
- Capacity: up to 50
- Cost: €€
9. SVYT: the sought-after business hideaway in Munich
With a variety of meeting rooms, conference spaces, and boardrooms on offer, SVYT is a classy venue ready to host your next corporate event in Munich. It also offers an exclusive coworking space for executives and business travelers, located right next to Maximilianstrasse in the heart of the city.Ranging from 75€ - 125€/hour, it’s on the pricier end of the scale but offers an elegant, professional space to impress clients or treat employees. Looking at the variety of snacks available might just help you make up your mind…
- Location: Munich city center
- Capacity: up to 200
- Cost: €€€
10. NürnbergMesse: a vast conference and convention center in Nuremberg
To finish with a bang, here’s NürnbergMesse, one of the world’s 15 largest trade fair companies. It’s a brilliant exhibit space, but also offers smaller halls and rooms. The space offers maximum flexibility, high-end videoconferencing equipment, six restaurants, ten cafeterias, and thousands of parking spaces. It’s an ideal choice for the larger-scale corporate events, with an international reputation.
- Location: Nuremberg
- Capacity: 15 - 13,000
- Cost: €€€€€