Our Southbury Conference Center near Litchfield Makes Meetings in Connecticut a Snap

The 25 dedicated meeting rooms at our meeting venue in Southbury near Litchfield, CT offer space that can accommodate five to 225 attendees. The Constitution Room, one of the few tiered amphitheaters in Connecticut, is fully equipped with professional sound and lighting capabilities, meeting technology, and rear-screen projection. The Conference Services Desk is available to provide complete secretarial support, and on-site Conference Technicians will assist with technology and multimedia electronic presentations. All of the meeting rooms at Heritage Hotel feature natural light for a bright and cheerful ambiance no matter what the season. View our capacity chart and floor plan. After your meeting or event is over, tell us what you think. Click here to take our confidential survey.

The Complete Meeting Package
Our Complete Meeting Package (CMP) allows you to stay within your budget guidelines by including all the major components you require:

Three meals daily served in our restaurant, Eight Mile Brook, include breakfast buffet, lunch buffet and dinner. Guest room accommodations including high-speed wireless Internet service and continuous refreshment breaks are other things that make our meetings in Connecticut worry-free.

A.M. Service Features: Freshly brewed coffee, tea, assorted juices, soft drinks, sparkling water, fresh whole or sliced fruit, assorted breakfast pastries, breads, bagels and/or croissants.

P.M. Service Features: Freshly brewed coffee, tea, assorted juices, soft drinks, sparkling water, healthy snacks. We feature themed breaks, which can offer hot pretzels, ice cream novelties, chocolates, candies, popcorn and hot hors d'oeuvres.

Technology Package Includes: Overhead projector or 35mm slide projector, projection screen, supply table, TV/VCR, 2 flip charts, one podium (upon request) and LCD Data Package with LCD projector, screen, VGA extension cable and power strip.

Conference Service Desk providing message service, copying, faxing, desktop publishing, document binding, name tags and administrative services and a dedicated conference room set to your specifications. Additional perks include bottled water in all meeting rooms, ergonomic chairs and hard-surface, non-glare conference tables equipped with privacy panels. Ruled pads, pencils and candies are thoughtful touches that are always included.

Full Use of Resort: The only additional charges are for spa services and the pro shop and golf course

All service charges and gratuities are included, but please note, Connecticut sales tax is additional.

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The Day Meeting Package
Your comprehensive Day Meeting Package includes:

A professional conference planner will assist you with all your meeting planning needs at our Southbury meeting venue near Litchfield. This will be your single point of contact before, during and after your meeting. You'll have a dedicated conference room set to your specifications with ergonomic chairs, writing tablets, pencils, bottled water, glasses, hard candies and a supply kit. Enjoy a continuously replenished refreshment breaks with:

• A.M. Service features freshly brewed coffee, teas, assorted juices, soft drinks, fresh whole or sliced fruits, assorted breakfast pastries, breads, bagels and/or croissants.
• P.M. Service features freshly brewed coffee, teas, assorted juices, soft drinks, health snacks, fun snacks and assorted baked goods.

You'll also enjoy an extensive lunch buffet in our on-site restaurant.

The 'Standard' Technology Package offers an overhead projector or 35 mm slide projector, projection screen, TV monitor, VCR, two flipcharts with markers and tape and one podium. Our in-house technology staff will set-up all equipment and provides immediate assistance with AV equipment.
Our Conference Service Desk provides message service during all meeting hours. Copies, faxing, desktop publishing, document binding, name tags and administrative services are also available.

Enjoy our on-site recreation at Heritage Hotel Sports Club. We offer treadmills, step masters, Lifecycles, and an extensive variety of weight machines, steam room, sauna, indoor/outdoor pools, and whirlpool. **Golf charges not included.

All food and conference service gratuities are included in the Day Meeting Package price.

Team-Building activities

Enhance the meeting process with these activities. Here are some examples given by the Heritage Hotel.

Team Improv:

Objectives:

• Encourages creativity, communication, and trust
• Increases teamwork and team effectiveness
• Improves team communication and motivation
• Improves leadership skills

Keys: Working together on the spot, under pressure, and with unknown resources in order to accomplish a goal.

Time: Unlimited

Groups: Pairs, threes, fours, or entire team!

Cost: $150

The Great Egg Drop:

Objectives:

• A competition between groups
• Dramatic egg drop at the end
• Problem solving and teamwork

Keys:

• Must build a single egg package that can sustain a fall of 8 feet
• Before the drop each group must present a 30-second commercial for the egg package to explain why their package is the best

Material:

• 4-12 straws (# depends on difficulty)
• Duct tape (Length depends on difficulty)
• 1 fresh egg
• Newspaper

Time:

• 30-45 minutes to build package
• 10 minutes to prepare the commercial
• 15-30 minutes for the egg drop
• 15 minutes for debriefing

Groups: Pairs to groups of four or five

Cost: $200

Newspaper Shelter:

Objectives:

• Team interaction
• Build communication skills
• Teamwork/ Cooperation
• Planning
• Fun!

Keys: The group is told they are stranded in the desert. They have to build a structure that is free-standing and will protect the entire group from the sun.

Material:

• Newspaper
• Masking tape

Time:

• 20 minutes to plan how to build the structure
• 20 minutes to build the structure
• 10 minutes for completion
• 10 minutes for debriefing
• Optional: No talking during the building phase

Cost: $150

Silent Opera:

Objectives:

• Encourages teamwork
• Inspires commitment
• Builds trust

Keys:

• 1 blindfolded volunteer
• 1 volunteer gives instructions to the blindfolded volunteer
• The remaining members are mute
• The blindfolded member can speak, but will need to be told what to do in order to accomplish the task
• The instruction giver can only look at the large group, and must tell the blindfolded member what to do
• The large group will know the task and must communicate to the instruction giver without talking and without crossing the line

Materials:

• Assorted objects
• Blindfold
• Tape to mark a line on the floor

Time: Can be done multiple times with rule variations

Cost: $200

Sneek-a-Peek:

Objective: For each person to do his/her part when solving a problem as a group.

Keys:

• Ask 1 member from each team to come "sneek-a-peek" at the model structure for 5 seconds each to try to memorize as much as possible
• They then return to their group and have 25 seconds to describe the model to their groups
• After 25 seconds a different member from each team comes for a 5-second peek
• This continues until one group successfully duplicates the model
• Other models can be built and used for additional rounds of the game

Materials:

• Popsicle sticks
• Glue/tape

Time: Approx. 1 hour (allow more time for more rounds)

Cost: $250

Blind Folded Cake Decorating:

Objectives:

• Teamwork
• Fun!

Keys:

• Decorate your own cake blindfolded
• Optional: Have partners help guide you

Materials:

• Unfrosted cakes
• Frosting
• Sprinkles
• Blindfolds
• Spatulas

Time: Approx. 90 minutes

Cost: $300

Bring your meetings and events in Southbury near Litchfield, CT to a new level of success at the Heritage. Contact our Director of Sales and Marketing, at ted.mccallum@heritagesouthbury.com to learn more.