Where river & sea come together for extraordinary settings & meetings

From our historic riverfront city to the pristine shores of beautiful island beaches, you'll find Wilmington & North Carolina's Cape Fear Coast to be the ideal destination for your next meeting. Specializing in small-and medium-size meetings, we offer some of the newest and most spectacular meeting and convention facilities on the coast, as well as an exceptional range of attractions, off-site meeting venues, personalized and professional service, and good old-fashioned Southern hospitality.

Our friendly and inviting beach communities along the Cape Fear Coast are no more than 25 minutes apart and are filled with endless opportunities for pre and post meeting fun and relaxation. Together, this dynamic port city and its neighboring beach towns offer one incredible destination where your group can enjoy the business at hand from a fresh perspective.

  • A Distinctive Destination
    · Meeting facilities from riverfront to oceanfront and in-between 
    · Downtown Wilmington is a 230+ block National Register Historic District
    · Designated as a Dozen Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
    · The Two-mile wooden riverwalk, lined with shops and restaurants, skirts the historic Cape Fear River
     
  • Unique off-site meeting venues and Pre & Post Vacation Ideas 
    · Airlie Gardens
    · Battleship NORTH CAROLINA
    · Bellamy Mansion Museum
    · Cameron Art Museum
    · Fort Fisher State Historic Site
    · Henrietta III Riverboat – Cape Fear Riverboats
    · NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
    · Thalian Hall Center for Performing Arts

Affordable and accessible by car, plane or even boat.  You’ll find it’s easy to get to, and easily navigable once you’re here. Wilmington International Airport (ILM) provides the Cape Fear Coast and southeastern NC with major commercial and general aviation services.

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