Baltimore Inner Harbour
BALTIMORE
With a focus on food and the arts, there’s a creative charm to Baltimore which masks a steely grit: the city ranks in the top five of Forbes’ list of rising stars for startups and has welcomed $1bn in venture capital investment in recent years. Johns Hopkins University helps bolster its reputation as a powerhouse for academic research and, as a result,
Baltimore is a global hub of cyber, early-stage entrepreneurship and medtech innovation, while Maryland is home to 2,360 life sciences companies. Ease of access is a major boon: Baltimore Convention Center in the thriving Inner Harbor district is within walking distance of 34 hotels (with some 9,000 rooms) which make up the downtown convention campus – all just 15 minutes from the airport.
Boston Harbour
BOSTON
With medical and educational institutions bringing conferences from around the world, Boston boasts two convention centres: the extensive Boston Convention and Exhibition Center just eight minutes from Logan International Airport (the fastest airport-to-convention-centre transfer time in the States) and the elegant John B Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention
Center, part of a complex encompassing The Westin Copley Place, Boston with more than 800 rooms, Boston Marriott Copley Place - home to one of the largest ballrooms in New England - and the 1,220-room Sheraton Boston Hotel. The new entertainment district at The Hub on Causeway is worth checking out for off-site visits while Boston Landing is a new neighbourhood being developed with sports and wellness at its core.
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