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Originally established as the Coral Club as a place for family bonding, enjoyable food and fun activities, The Briar Club has evolved from a traditional meeting place into the desirable club it is today. Now celebrating 64 years of tradition, The Briar Club is a sanctuary away from the city with state-of-the-art exercise amenities, fine dining and great space for members and nonmembers to hold a corporate event or party. The Briar Club provides the highest level of service, attention to detail and flexibility in planning that will exceed expectations. The decorated banquet facility offers rooms for 16–200, a spacious outdoor courtyard and picture windows that overlook the pools and plaza. Beginning in October 2013 with completion expected by 2016, The Briar Club is implementing a Strategic Master Plan that will see the club through its next 60 years and, among other things, create expanded banquet facilities.
The Houston Engineering and Scientific Society (HESS) Club is one of the city’s most elegant and luxurious settings for members and outside private events. From breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings to all-day conferences, the HESS Club is a full-service corporate meeting facility with nine beautiful private settings—from intimate rooms for 10 guests to the grand Texas Ballroom for a group of 300—that altogether total 22,000 square feet of space. The HESS Club provides the best of everything with its outstanding reputation for impeccable service and attention to detail as well as superb food and many types of audiovisual equipment available for rental.
Located in Houston’s Greenway Plaza, The Houston City Club is a private social, business and athletic club that offers excellent meeting and event space for corporate gatherings in addition to its extensive state-of-the-art athletic facility. This perfect combination of high-end meeting and banquet rooms offers spectacular views through its floor-to-ceiling picture windows, cutting-edge meeting technology, fine finishes and refined cuisine from the club’s restaurant: 360. The Houston City Club provides everything necessary for all kinds of business and social events, from receptions and casual breakfasts to all-day corporate events, private interviews and board meetings. All rooms are fully equipped with the technology and incidentals required for successful meetings, and seating arrangements can be customized for functions from 20 to 350.
Established in 1894, The HOUSTON Club was the city’s first member-owned private club and still is the oldest in the Southwest. Its tradition of delivering excellence in a historical and comfortably elegant atmosphere is something generations of Houstonians have come to expect. The HOUSTON Club boasts a distinguished membership, including former President George H. W. Bush, thus setting the club apart from others today. In addition to member services and events, the club provides a gathering place for the city’s business elite, debutantes and young professionals looking for casual, formal, intimate and extravagant settings to fit any social occasion. The HOUSTON Club also offers options for a variety of meeting spaces, including private rooms for conferences, trade shows and seminars, with the best audiovisual capabilities available.
Sitting on the western shore of Galveston Bay less than an hour from Houston, the Houston Yacht Club (HYC) offers its members activities on the water and on shore. The oldest yacht club in Texas, HYC hosts two or three national or international regattas a year and offers a modern harbor, spectacular views of the bay and a historic three-story Spanish Mission-style clubhouse. Complete with a ballroom, meeting rooms, a dining room and guestrooms available for private events, its 27,000 square feet accommodate a variety of activities. The multipurpose ballroom holds seminars, meetings, weddings and galas while the ground-floor Porthole room supports more laid-back functions and the outdoor Pavilion is perfect for summer gatherings.
Inspired by oil industry professionals, the Petroleum Club of Houston is a private member-owned city club surrounded by Houston’s downtown skyline. Originally atop the historic Rice Hotel, the club now resides on the 43rd and 44th floors of the ExxonMobil Building. Today’s membership of more than 1,300 goes beyond the oil and gas community to include diverse industry leaders throughout the city. With delectable cuisine from expert chefs and attentive world-class service, the Petroleum Club of Houston offers venues for weddings and other private business or social events for three to 300 in the club’s 10 private rooms. The Petroleum and Discovery Rooms and the Wildcatter Grill boast large spaces for banquets and receptions while small, intimate dinners are held in the club’s other elegant lounges and rooms, including the Vintage Room, which is also a wine cellar.
The Houston Engineering and Scientific Society (HESS) Club is one of the city’s most elegant and luxurious settings for members and outside private events. From breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings to all-day conferences, the HESS Club is a full-service corporate meeting facility with nine beautiful private settings—from intimate rooms for 10 guests to the grand Texas Ballroom for a group of 300—that altogether total 22,000 square feet of space. The HESS Club provides the best of everything with its outstanding reputation for impeccable service and attention to detail as well as superb food and many types of audiovisual equipment available for rental.
Located in Houston’s Greenway Plaza, The Houston City Club is a private social, business and athletic club that offers excellent meeting and event space for corporate gatherings in addition to its extensive state-of-the-art athletic facility. This perfect combination of high-end meeting and banquet rooms offers spectacular views through its floor-to-ceiling picture windows, cutting-edge meeting technology, fine finishes and refined cuisine from the club’s restaurant: 360. The Houston City Club provides everything necessary for all kinds of business and social events, from receptions and casual breakfasts to all-day corporate events, private interviews and board meetings. All rooms are fully equipped with the technology and incidentals required for successful meetings, and seating arrangements can be customized for functions from 20 to 350.
Established in 1894, The HOUSTON Club was the city’s first member-owned private club and still is the oldest in the Southwest. Its tradition of delivering excellence in a historical and comfortably elegant atmosphere is something generations of Houstonians have come to expect. The HOUSTON Club boasts a distinguished membership, including former President George H. W. Bush, thus setting the club apart from others today. In addition to member services and events, the club provides a gathering place for the city’s business elite, debutantes and young professionals looking for casual, formal, intimate and extravagant settings to fit any social occasion. The HOUSTON Club also offers options for a variety of meeting spaces, including private rooms for conferences, trade shows and seminars, with the best audiovisual capabilities available.
Sitting on the western shore of Galveston Bay less than an hour from Houston, the Houston Yacht Club (HYC) offers its members activities on the water and on shore. The oldest yacht club in Texas, HYC hosts two or three national or international regattas a year and offers a modern harbor, spectacular views of the bay and a historic three-story Spanish Mission-style clubhouse. Complete with a ballroom, meeting rooms, a dining room and guestrooms available for private events, its 27,000 square feet accommodate a variety of activities. The multipurpose ballroom holds seminars, meetings, weddings and galas while the ground-floor Porthole room supports more laid-back functions and the outdoor Pavilion is perfect for summer gatherings.
Inspired by oil industry professionals, the Petroleum Club of Houston is a private member-owned city club surrounded by Houston’s downtown skyline. Originally atop the historic Rice Hotel, the club now resides on the 43rd and 44th floors of the ExxonMobil Building. Today’s membership of more than 1,300 goes beyond the oil and gas community to include diverse industry leaders throughout the city. With delectable cuisine from expert chefs and attentive world-class service, the Petroleum Club of Houston offers venues for weddings and other private business or social events for three to 300 in the club’s 10 private rooms. The Petroleum and Discovery Rooms and the Wildcatter Grill boast large spaces for banquets and receptions while small, intimate dinners are held in the club’s other elegant lounges and rooms, including the Vintage Room, which is also a wine cellar.
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