Florida’s Space Coast, including the cities of Titusville, Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, and Cape Canaveral, provides planners with a one-of-a-kind attraction at Kennedy Space Center with regularly scheduled rocket launches, space artifacts, and exhibits, plus 72 miles of beaches and outdoor attractions, including kayaking with manatees and dolphins. Meeting facilities at Kennedy Space Center include the Debus Conference Facility, which can accommodate 400 guests, and the Apollo/Saturn V Center, which can host 2,000-person receptions beneath a 363-foot rocket. Heroes & Legends: The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame has a 60-person banquet capacity. The center also has access to astronaut guest speakers and offers after-hours buyouts.
Other offsite venues include the Indian River Queen, a paddlewheel boat with private charters for 150 guests; and Brevard Zoo, with indoor and outdoor spaces to host 275 guests.
Larger hotels include 284-room Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral, with 30,000 square feet of meeting space; 206-room Hilton Melbourne Beach Oceanfront, with 13,519 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space; 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Cocoa Beach, with a 425-person meeting capacity; 150-room Hilton Garden Inn Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, with 15,215 square feet of function space; 238-room Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place, with 15,000 square feet of event space; and 290-room Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront, with 10,000 square feet of indoor meeting rooms and a 6,000-square-foot deck.
