Gaylord Palms

Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center, opened in Kissimmee, Florida, on February 2, 2002. It also acts as the ''de facto'' convention center for Osceola County, Florida, until plans for their own dedicated convention center are realized. It has of total meeting space, and a total of 1,720 guest rooms.

Gaylord Palms is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International. It is a sister hotel to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, and Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center. It is located at the corner of International Drive South and Osceola Parkway, about east of Interstate 4, west of the Central Florida GreeneWay, north of US 192 and a few minutes away from Walt Disney World Resort.

Gaylord Palms was originally to be named Opryland Hotel Florida. However, when Gaylord Entertainment decided to re-brand their Opryland Hotels division to Gaylord Hotels on October 26, 2001, the name Gaylord Palms was given to the Florida hotel.

Gaylord Palms conducts Christmas programming with large-scale events like Best of Florida Christmas and ICE!, an attraction hand-carved from two million pounds of ice.

Gaylord Hotels has a tentative plan to expand the Gaylord Palms. This expansion may include an additional atrium containing up to 500 more rooms. There will be an added entertainment center, (which may contain a night club/disco), along with two new restaurants as well. This project will include and additional 400,000 to . of meeting/convention space, in effect doubling the current convention space. This planned expansion will also add at least one parking garage to the property.

Gaylord Palms is a member of Great Hotels Of The World alliance.

Hotel Areas

Gaylord Palms is built around a glass-covered atrium, divided into four areas, each with their own activities and guest rooms.
* St. Augustine has an old-world colonial Spanish theme based on North America's oldest existing permanent settlement. Among its features are a wedding gazebo, a replica of the Castillo de San Marcos (North America's oldest fort), an alligator exhibit featuring animals from the Gatorland theme park, and a display with treasures from the Spanish galleon '' Our Lady of Atocha'', sunk off the Florida coast in 1622.
* Key West is inspired by Mallory Square, the central area of the major Florida Keys port city. It has a -long sailboat, which is designed around a seafood restaurant called Moor.
* The Everglades is themed on the river of grass. In addition to Gaylord Hotels' signature restaurant, Old Hickory Steakhouse, The Everglades has a spa.
* Emerald Bay has of meeting space and 26 luxury suites. Several shops and boutiques can be found on the ground floor of this locale.
* Coastal has 300 guest rooms including twelve suites and one presidential suite.

Convention Center

The Gaylord Palms Convention Center has of meeting space. More than half of that space is one large bay called the Florida Exhibition Hall, which has including prefunction space. It also features a permanent 101- by . performing stage with green rooms and dressing rooms connected to its Osceola Ballroom.

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Buildings and structures in Kissimmee, Florida
Convention centers in Florida
Gaylord Hotels
Hotels in Greater Orlando
Resorts in Florida
Tourist attractions in Osceola County, Florida
2002 establishments in Florida