Planners and travel managers use Engine to search and book conference hotels in Santa Cruz, and attendees can reserve their own rooms on the same platform. Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection leads this list with a largest event space of about 4,400 square feet (the Sequoia Ballroom holds up to 400 people) and 10 meeting rooms across its 170-room property. The hotels below are ranked by their conference and event capability, so you can compare space and capacity at a glance.
Santa Cruz draws corporate groups for everything from tech offsites and academic conferences to team retreats and industry gatherings. The hotels on this list serve organizations of every size and industry, whether you're attending a large meeting or hosting one. You can search, compare, and book guest rooms at these properties on Engine; for a stay of 9 or more rooms, Engine Groups handles the room-block booking, and for 8 or fewer you book self-serve. To find and request meeting and event space, you can use Engine Spaces, Engine's venue product that lets planners source from a large set of venues across the U.S.
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Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection offers 10 event spaces across 170 rooms, led by the Sequoia Ballroom at about 4,400 square feet and a capacity of up to 400 people.
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Chaminade Resort & Spa features 13 event spaces and 156 rooms, with the Seascape Ballroom as its largest space at about 2,650 square feet, hosting up to 320 people.
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Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley provides 14 event spaces and 178 rooms, anchored by the Forest Ballroom at about 3,315 square feet and a capacity of up to 250 people.
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Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz has 4 event spaces and 151 rooms, with the Santa Cruz Meeting Room running about 3,400 square feet and holding up to 250 people.
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Dream Inn Santa Cruz offers 5 event spaces and 165 rooms, featuring the Dream Ballroom at about 3,300 square feet with capacity for up to 200 people.
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Hyatt Place Santa Cruz provides a single event space called Meeting Place at about 1,500 square feet, accommodating up to 80 people, with 106 guest rooms.
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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA has 82 rooms and one meeting room at about 990 square feet, suitable for gatherings of up to 30 people.
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Santa Cruz by IHG offers 100 rooms and 2 meeting rooms, with the largest at about 412 square feet for up to 20 people.
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Best Western Plus All Suites Inn features 77 rooms and a single meeting room of about 570 square feet, hosting up to 45 people.
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Marea Sol Hotel has 38 rooms and one event space in its breakfast room at about 342 square feet, accommodating up to 10 people.
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Casablanca On The Beach offers 34 rooms and a Garden Patio event space with capacity for up to 100 people.
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Same order as the list above: ranked by a hotel's total event space across all its meeting rooms. The largest single room is shown here, so that column can run out of order. Space figures come from each hotel's meeting-space records. A dash means the hotel's data doesn't list that detail, not that it's unavailable.
| # | Hotel | Largest event space | Max occupancy | Event spaces | Guest rooms | Guest rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel Paradox, Autograph Collection | 4,400 sq ft | 400 | 10 | 170 | (1,342) |
| 2 | Chaminade Resort & Spa | 2,650 sq ft | 320 | 13 | 156 | (1,003) |
| 3 | Hilton Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley | 3,315 sq ft | 250 | 14 | 178 | (1,483) |
| 4 | Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz | 3,400 sq ft | 250 | 4 | 151 | (1,175) |
| 5 | Dream Inn Santa Cruz | 3,300 sq ft | 200 | 5 | 165 | (1,378) |
| 6 | Hyatt Place Santa Cruz | 1,500 sq ft | 80 | 1 | 106 | (1,325) |
| 7 | Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA | 990 sq ft | 30 | 1 | 82 | (1,000) |
| 8 | Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Santa Cruz by IHG | 412 sq ft | 20 | 2 | 100 | (1,278) |
| 9 | Best Western Plus All Suites Inn | 570 sq ft | 45 | 1 | 77 | (1,000) |
| 10 | Marea Sol Hotel | 342 sq ft | 10 | 1 | 38 | (1,625) |
| 11 | Casablanca On The Beach | 1 sq ft | 100 | 1 | 34 | (2,032) |
