Welcome to Santa Clara!

Here, innovation isn’t just encouraged—it’s a way of life. From legendary tech breakthroughs to unforgettable events, this city thrives on turning the impossible into reality. Ready to host something that stands out? Let’s make it extraordinary together.

Discover Santa Clara’s® dedicated team is here to make your event planning experience effortless from start to finish. We support you every step of the way, from the planning phase to event completion, ensuring seamless execution for events of any size.

• Our Sales team will guide your site selection and planning process and connect you with the partners and businesses you need to ensure your event’s success.
• We’ll facilitate the RFP Process with our hotel partners, ensuring you receive comprehensive proposals including rates and availability.
• We’ll arrange site inspections of our hotel partners, the convention center, and other unique venues across the city.
• Our Marketing team is dedicated to driving pre-event awareness and increasing attendance by featuring the event on our website and in our email newsletter.

Planning an executive meeting, conference, incentive program, customer event, product launch, company celebration, or multi-day program?

Entire Destination Management is a full-service destination management partner for corporate meetings, incentive programs, conferences, customer events, and multi-day experiences across San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, Napa and Sonoma Wine Country, Monterey, California, and the West Coast.

Backed by Entire Productions, our team brings destination management, event production, creative strategy, venue sourcing, entertainment, transportation, experiential design, hospitality, and on-site execution together under one experienced partner.

We support Fortune 500 companies, high-growth brands, technology and AI organizations, life sciences companies, and leading venture capital firms. Our team combines experienced production leadership and creative strategy with deep destination knowledge and a trusted partner network throughout the region.

From executive dinners and incentive experiences to conferences, customer events, off-sites, and complex multi-day programs, we help internal event teams reduce vendor complexity while creating thoughtful, high-impact experiences tailored to their business objectives.

Planning a West Coast program in 2027? Meet with us at IMEX for practical destination guidance on venues, experiences, transportation, production considerations, and guest experience and an exclusive gift for qualified meetings.

Based in the beautiful City by the Bay, we are a resource and partner to corporate event planners looking to immerse their attendees in an authentic experiences within our community and  neighborhoods. We partner with local transportation companies, artisans, restaurants, caterers, hotels and more to ensure we design the perfect program specific to your group and your organization’s objectives.

Whether it's orchestrating grand-scale corporate events, spearheading social responsibility initiatives, or curating bespoke incentive trips, the ETHOS Event Collective team uses business as a force for good, consistently delivering exceptional service and results that leave a lasting positive impact on both our clients and the communities we serve.

We Have Events Down to a Science!

Located in the vibrant heart of the historic San Francisco Embarcadero, our LEED platinum sustainably designed facility is an unforgettable venue for everything from intimate gatherings to large events for 3,500 guests.

With spectacular views of both city and Bay—plus access to our lively landscape of hundreds of interactive exhibits—the Exploratorium’s waterfront home offers an exciting, imaginative setting for just about anything you can dream up.

Facility Rental Options

At Pier 15, the museum is divided into five galleries filled with hundreds of exhibits ranging from mechanical contraptions to artworks highlighting the beauty of the physical phenomena that surround us. Galleries are available to rent either individually or in combination. Evening and daytime options are available.

• The Osher West Gallery (500ppl) highlights social science exhibits, art pieces, interactive elements perfect for groups, and holds our iconic Tactile Dome.
• The Bechtel Central Gallery (1,200ppl) is our largest single gallery space perfect for live entertainment and large receptions. Here you can experiment with light, color, sound, vision, and hearing.
• The Moore East Gallery (450ppl) has sweeping views of the SF Bay and Treasure Island, and includes our Biology Lab, Cells to Self exhibits and other plants, animals, and living systems.
• The Fisher Bay Observatory and Terrace (200ppl) is another waterfront gallery with an adjoining terrace ideal for elegant seated dinners and daytime meetings. Exhibits showcase the surrounding landscape, climate, waterways, and maps.
• The Kanbar Forum (200ppl) has Meyer Constellation sound and state-of-the-art projection making it ideal for special media events including seminars, lectures, and film screenings. A fully customizable space with options for theater and cabaret seating.

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The Fairmont San Francisco, the very first Fairmont ever built, is a historic gem atop Nob Hill. With 606 stylish guestrooms and over 72,000 square feet of meeting space, it’s the perfect mix of business and leisure for conferences and corporate retreats. After meetings wrap, guests can head to the legendary Tonga Room, where tropical drinks, live music, and indoor rainstorms make for an unforgettable San Francisco experience.

Giants Enterprises is dedicated to the curation and development of distinctive experiences and venues complementary to the San Francisco Giants franchise, extending the organization’s reach throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Plotted at the intersection of sports, entertainment, hospitality, meetings, events and tourism, Giants Enterprises brings together an exceptional portfolio of iconic venues, industry veterans and innovative programming. Featuring more than 15 venues, including Oracle Park, Pier 48, Mission Rock and the historic Curran Theatre, these locations, utilized independently or integrated within a seamless campus-wide setting, provide an extraordinary service-based platform for our partners to work from. Giants Enterprises also produces a dynamic calendar of public programming and believes in being bold to make Giant impressions, as illustrated by such notable past events hosted: The 34th America’s Cup, Rugby World Cup Sevens and dozens of sold-out Public Concerts. In addition to transforming Oracle Park and our other venues to host exclusive private dinners, meetings and receptions, Giants Enterprises also operates a daily Tourism program at Oracle Park as well as Epikkos, the division focused on Fan Travel and Access more broadly. The Gotham Club, the first and only year-round private membership social club in professional sports, is also a key feature of the company’s arsenal.

Comfort and luxury, the Hilton San Francisco Financial District features 558 contemporary guest rooms, including a mix of doubles and kings, along with 7 luxurious suites, and private balcony rooms. Our rooms offer breathtaking views of the famous San Francisco Bay or city skyline, and come equipped with high-speed internet and smart TVs.

Our unbeatable downtown location offers immediate access to hundreds of nearby restaurants and attractions, and is perfect for seamless team dinners, post‑meeting activities, and off‑site exploration. Discover the charm of North Beach, visit one of the oldest and most established Chinatowns in the U.S., or take a short walk to the Ferry Building for a culinary adventure. Plus, we’re conveniently close to major airports, with a short drive to SFO.

Our Grand Ballroom located on the 3rd floor, offers 4,396 sq.ft. of natural light and versatile banquet space, ideal for hosting unforgettable events. Energize in this well-lit space with urban skyscraper views of downtown San Francisco, providing a unique backdrop for any occasion.

Reimagined by San Francisco’s native sons, The Huntington Hotel reanimates one of the city’s most storied addresses with deserved attention and worthy character. Just 71 guest rooms and 72 suites frame scenic bay and city views and arrive with all of the accompaniments to settle into easy and elegant Nob Hill living. Fresh global influences and urban sophistication prevail over The Huntington’s legendary three-story spa, and Nob Hill will once again rumble with the familiar roar of the four.

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